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The colour is dark maroon red where the light shines through the translucent material one sees a range of deep red colours to orange. Good balance on this specimen between larger crystals and smaller crystals. The large crystals to 1cm. From finds in Febuary 2004. Some of the crystals are incomplete but overall a great specimen.\"}' data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eManganvesuvianite is a type locality species, this specimen is an intergrown cluster of prismatic hexagonal crystals. The colour is dark maroon red where the light shines through the translucent material one sees a range of deep red colours to orange. Good balance on this specimen between larger crystals and smaller crystals. The large crystals to 1cm. From finds in Febuary 2004. 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One face presents a parallel aligned stepped formation of modified rhombic crystals of translucent white lustrous calcite. The flattish reverse side has a deposit of small canary yellow prismatic crystals of ettringite. There is some abrasions on the calcite.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":513,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"12\":0}'\u003eThe specimen has two presentation faces. One face presents a parallel aligned stepped formation of modified rhombic crystals of translucent white lustrous calcite. The flattish reverse side has a deposit of small canary yellow prismatic crystals of ettringite. 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On the oppositre side the colour is a much more vibrant pink and also the crystals are rhombic and intergrown but the crystals are larger. This side is also the side with some remnants of matrix attached.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SA Mineral Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46560228802774,"sku":"SAMS-145","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3719\/2918\/files\/IMG_4725.jpg?v=1740226384"},{"product_id":"rhodochrosite-on-manganite","title":"Rhodochrosite on Manganite","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe specimen is made up of a matrix that is deposited of manganite with rhodochrosite deposited on one end. The manganite has formed botryoidal clusters in a valley across the specimen. The rhodochrosite is deposited on one end in a botryoidal form. 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