Manganvesuvianite (Type Locality), N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Manganvesuvianite 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. Some of the crystals are incomplete but overall a great specimen.e.

Size: 4.4 x 3 x 2.2cm

Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa.