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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 76838
Mineral:Ettringite
Locality:N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Two internally zoned hexagonal ettringite crystals on dark manganese-rich matrix with colorless ettringite microcrystals. The large ettringite crystals have transparent colorless outer zones with translucent vivid-yellow core zones. Originally acquired from Clive Queit in 1994
Overall Size:18x14x10 mm
Crystals:micro to 12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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