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Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet from N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 74072
Mineral:Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet
Locality:N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous black gaudefroyite crystals to 9 mm with lustrous transparent red-brown dodecahedral andradite garnet crystals to 1 mm lining the walls of a cavity in brown matrix. The gaudefroyite crystals are hexagonal prisms with complex terminations. Collected ca. 1995
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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