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Rhodochrosite over Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Rhodochrosite over Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite over Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite over Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Rhodochrosite over Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 63770
Mineral:Rhodochrosite over Rhodochrosite
Locality:N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent vivid-pink rhodochrosite crystals in a 12 mm thick layer over an earlier generation of transparent red-brown scalenohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 6 mm on gray manganese-rich matrix.
Overall Size:4.5x4x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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