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MG96AL5: Group of extraordinarily defined rhombic habit crystals, of a good size for the species, translucent and shiny and with an excellent reddish color, much more intense than usual in this type of specimen. With small Calcite crystals and globular white Oyelite aggregates.
N'Chwaning II Mine, level 45 south, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (13-15/08/2009)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.83”
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.71” × 0.59”
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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