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Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 74101
Mineral:Bixbyite with Ettringite and Brucite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous black cubic bixbyite crystals to 15 mm with translucent yellow ettringite and white brucite microcrystals on the surfaces of the bixbyite. Intermixed in the ettringite are hair-like black crystals of an unidentified mineral, possibly groutite. Collected in 2014
Overall Size:5x4x3 cm
Crystals:micro to 15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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