A novelty at Denver 2017. Very well defined lenticular Jouravskite crystals, a very rare calcium and manganese sulfate-carbonate. They are translucent, very bright, with an extraordinary lemon-yellow color and on matrix, with white Xonotlite aggregates and translucent botryoidal Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) aggregates with a lavender color.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 64 in number 2017/2
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2017)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.4 × 1.2 cm = 3.46” × 1.73” × 0.47”
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