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Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

 
Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Shigaite on Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

DESCRIPTION:No. 75401
Mineral:Shigaite on Rhodochrosite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Platy transparent red-brown shigaite crystals to 1.5 mm in a rounded rosette-shaped aggregate 3 mm across overgrown on lustrous transparent red-brown elongated rhodochrosite crystals to 2 mm. Collected ca. 1999
Overall Size:22x20x6 mm
Crystals:0.1-2.0 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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