Bixbyite from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
DESCRIPTION: | No. 81529
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Mineral: | Bixbyite
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Locality: | N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
Description: | Unusually large lustrous black-metallic cubic bixbyite crystals on a compact crystallized bixbyite mass. The largest bixbyite crystals have broad, flat cubic crystal faces, overgrown with a second generation of smaller cubic bixbyite crystals. Collected in 2014 |
Overall Size: | 5x4x2.3 cm |
Crystals: | 0.2-20 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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