Rhodochrosite on Matrix, 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 is a light pastel pink colour with rhombic crystals that are slightly saddle like. The rhodochrosite have intergrown with one another to form spheres. Overall an attractive specimen with no mahor damage to note.

Size: 4.6 x 4.2 x 1.6cm

Locality: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa