The Richard M. Geiger Collection
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Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning I mine, N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
miniature – 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Ex. Desmond Sacco Collection, via Gary Hansen to Robert Lavinsky, and thence to me. Complete and undamaged cluster without matrix. The crystals have an unusual sprinkling of small blades of Manganite attached to the scalenohedral faces. From the December, 1977 pocket. ----- Photos courtesy of/@2004 The Arkenstone
Mineral Species
Manganite
Dana
Strunz
Crystal System
IMA Chemistry
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Also known as:
Rhodochrosite
Dana
Strunz
Crystal System
IMA Chemistry
Elements
IMA #
IMA Status
Also known as:
Provenance / Ex-Collections
- Desmond Sacco
332
Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning I mine, N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa