AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from South Africa > Bixbyite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 60879 |
Mineral: | Bixbyite |
Locality: | N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
Description: | Unusually large crystals of cubic black-metallic bixbyite covering the surfaces of a compact crystallized bixbyite mass. The bixbyite crystals have convex crystal faces (ball-peen habit) and are grown in arc-shaped aggregates. Collected in 2014 |
Overall Size: | 7x5.5x4.5 cm |
Crystals: | 0.1-25.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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