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Olmiite with Oyelite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite)

 
Olmiite with Oyelite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite)

Olmiite with Oyelite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite)

Olmiite with Oyelite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite)

Olmiite with Oyelite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite)

DESCRIPTION:No. 60900
Mineral:Olmiite with Oyelite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite)
Description:Lustrous translucent brownish-pink olmiite crystals in a rectangular aggregate 16 mm across on a fragment of matrix with acicular white oyelite microcrystals in spherical aggregates to 1 mm diameter.
Overall Size:3.5x2x2 cm
Crystals:0.2-12.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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