Hematite, Andradite
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Manganoan Calcite Cluster
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Reference specimen
Dimensions
Display units
- Metric
- 4 x 5.8 x 2.5 cm
- Inches
The specimen has a radial acicular dome of pink manganoan calcite with a perfectly exposed hollow underside finished in fine needle points. This could well be the primary display feature. The outside of the specimen has been grown over by a second generation of manganoan calcite crystal needles in an erratic growth pattern.
Specimen data
- Specimen number
- SAMS-154
- Size class
- Small Cabinet
- Country
- South Africa
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