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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 81390
Mineral:Rhodochrosite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Lustrous transparent-to-translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals on one face of brown-gray matrix. The rhodochrosite crystals fluoresce red under longwave and shortwave ultraviolet illumination. Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2004; ex. Betts #23778c; ex. John Rumble collection (South Africa)
Overall Size:3.2x1.5x0.5 cm
Crystals:1-2 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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