The SA Mineral Shop specimen record
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N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
This is a two sided specimen which is made up of a deposit of rhodochrosite on one side and on the underside. The main display side is made...
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N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
From finds in January 1999 the specimen is made up of fine pseudo-octahedral pagoda-shaped crystals of hausmannite up to 0.7cm which have grouped together on the top part...
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Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
The specimen is from finds in May 1992 and is made up of small thin transparent tabular blades of inesite arranged in a fan-like grouping. The inesite has...
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N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
The specimen is an elongated lamellar formation of plates of andradite garnet one above the other. The densely packed lamellar mass of crystals are made up out of...
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Mashamba West Mine, DR Congo
An attractive specimen here which is made up of a deposit of light blue plancheite with a small cluster of cobaltoan calcite. The plancheite is deposited onto a...
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This is a cute thumbnail which is made up of a main doubly terminated quartz crystal with a few smaller quartz attached. The quartz has good lustre, clarity...
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Gobobosebberge Mnt, Erongo, Namibia
The specimen is made up of multiple clear, glassy and lustrous quartz crystals which have more or less grown outward from a core point. Overall in good condition....
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From finds around 2012 when I was still travelling to the mine weekly, the specimen is made up of a main doubly terminated quartz crystal with a smaller...
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A cluster specimen of intergrown cubic crystals of fluorite. The cubic crystals of fluorite have a good lustre and lovely clarity. The colour of the fluorite is sea...
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Erongo Mountains, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
The specimen has opal-an on a smoky quartz cluster with small cassiterite crystals attached. The opal-an has a bubble-like formation and is spectacularly daytime fluorescent. The opal-an is...
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Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
This is a lovely small cabinet sized specimen of a classic combination of species. The Hematite has a high lustre and has a 'veil' of fine grained Andradite...
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N'Chwaning I Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
A cute specimen here which is made up of a deposit of rhodochrosite on a thin host matrix. The rhodochrosite is made up of small lustrous gemmy crystals...
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N'Chwaning II, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
The specimen consists of a very thin plate later of calcite with two clusters of large crystals of calcite in two of the three corners in a triangular...
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N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
The specimen is a small cluster of intergrown crystals of braunite II with three interesting crystals of calcite. The calcite have trigonal terminations toditrigonal scalenohedrons. The braunite crystals...
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N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
A neat tabular stubby single crystal of hydroxyapophyllite-(k) with attached bits of country rock brecchia. There are also a few snared hematite crystals. The corners of the crystal...
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Gobobosebberge Mnt, Erongo, Namibia
This is a single lustrous quartz with good clarity and a small moving gas bubble/enhydro included. The quartz is included by lovely amethyst coloured phantoms and no major...
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Kakanda South Mine, Kakanda deposit, Lubudi, Lualaba, DR Congo
The specimen has one face of the matrix deposited of malachite on pink cobaltoan calcite. The calcite has created a botryoidal formation covering display face edge to edge....
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Kandesei, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
I bought this specimen around 2012 and is made up of a cluster of lustrous dioptase crystals with good colour and reaching up to 0.8cm and are deposited...
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Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
I am very fond of this miniature sized specimen made up of modified cubic crystals of green fluorite with purple colour zoning on the edges of the crystals....
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Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
An attractive specimen here made up of a intergrown cubic crystals of fluorite which also have some elevation above the matrix. The fluorite crystals are small, lustrous with...
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Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
The specimen is made up of multiple cubic crystals of fluorite which are deposited onto a matrix of massive fluorite. The cubes of fluorite are high lustre, sharply...
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Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
An attractive specimen here which is made up of a deposit of rhodochrosite in a rhombic form which have formed botryoids on a thin host matrix. The rhodochrosite...
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
The specimen has metallic crystals of descloizite which are clustered together. The crystals have a blackish brown metallic finish and colour. The crystals are intergrown following a rhombic...
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Broken Hill Shaft, Black Mountain Mine, Aggeneys, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
The specimen has trapezohedral spessartine garnet crystal embedded in quartz. Deep wine red garnet crystals one to 1.1cm and smaller crystal to 0.6cm. The main large crystal appears...
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