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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 81560
Mineral:Bixbyite
Locality:N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Description:Superb miniature of large lustrous black bixbyite crystals lining a shallow cavity in a crystallized mass of bixbyite from the famous 2014 find of bixbyite. The bixbyite crystals are cubic form with finely striated crystal faces. Large crystals are rare. Originally acquired from Marshall Sussman in 2016; collected in 2014
Overall Size:32x25x22 mm
Crystals:1-14 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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