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Sugilite on Quartz with Ruizite inclusions from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Sugilite on Quartz with Ruizite inclusions from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Sugilite on Quartz with Ruizite inclusions from Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 56819
Mineral:Sugilite on Quartz with Ruizite inclusions
Locality:Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Translucent purple sugilite microcrystals in rounded aggregates to 1 mm across on the edge of lustrous transparent colorless quartz crystals to 8 mm (with rare second order prism faces!) with inclusions of brown ruizite crystals in the quartz crystals.
Overall Size:9x6x4 mm
Crystals:micro to 8 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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