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K217 - Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet - $ 475 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 3.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
SHARP specimen with really lustrous crystals of this rare species, especially a 2-cm-long doubly-terminated crystal right in the front-left. That one is partially covered with the andradite garnet that makes up the matrix as well
K218 - Bultfonteinite - $ 600 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.0 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm
A very showy example of the more rare form of Bultfonteinite - mostly you see the acicular crystals or rounded balls of powdery crystals. This looks like crystallized willemite from Tsumeb, and is quite solid and different. And beautiful!
K219 - Manganocalcite - $ 1500 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 7.0 x 4.6 x 2.8 cm
A very pretty , attractive, "puffball", of calcite with a very strong pastel pink color. VERY unusual and subtle, different than most you see of this species.
K221 - Kutnahorite - $ 285 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.4 x 4.2 x 1.9 cm
Beautiful, intricate floater cluster of elongated kutnahorite!
K222 - Ettringite - $ 1500 NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 5 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm
This somewhat gemmy, translucent crystal is exceptional becaus eyou seldome see LARGER ettringites of this size that have such gemmines,s and retain sharp form, with lustre as well. I've seen many brown ones, few yellow ones. It is complete all around and pristine save for the fact that (perhaps in heat shock) it perfectly cleaved down the middle in transport home form Charlie's, and so what once was a $7500 specimen is now reduced to $1500 to ensure it sells and gets away from me becaus eit is depressing. but it really LOOKS like a pricier rock and displays dramaticaly. I had it shot at the worst possible angle here to catch the join head-on. IN person, the repair is really NOT ovbvious at all, and this remains a significant , rare, and beautiful specimen.
K223 - Sturmanite - $ 475 SOLD NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa thumbnail, 3.1 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm
Transparent (!), gemmy , sharply formed sturmanite xls to 1.3 cm in size, on a good matrix. Very fine example for the size and price range!
K224 - Sturmanite - $ 285 SOLD NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.2 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
Translucent (!), gemmy , sharply formed sturmanite xls to 1 cm in size, on a good matrix. Very fine example for the size and price range!
K225 - Calcite - $ 200 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 6.8 x 4.0 x 2.5 cm
A very elegant, flaring, lustrous calcite crystal of unusual habit!
K226 - Manganite - $ 750 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 6.1 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
A very complex aggregate growth of slender, curving manganite crystals , reaching from top to bottom on this specimen. More pronounced curvature and 3-dimensionality in person! This is an excellent specimen of manganite from a manganese mine that really doesn't produce much pure manganite , of specimen calibre. It is more impressive, and quite hefty, in person!
K227 - Calcite - $ 375 SOLD NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.3 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
A pristine, perfect, lustrous, sparkling, JEWEL of a calcite! Complete 360 degrees!
K228 - Ettringite - $ 300 SOLD NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
A bright lemon-yellow specimen consisting of 2-4mm ettringite crystals perched on a thin shard of matrix, VERY much more 3-dimensional in person!
K232 - Poldervaartite on Chalcedony-coated Calcite - $ 1450 SOLD NChwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 7.5 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
A very well-balanced specimen featuring two gemmy, pristine balls of Poldervaartite perched on crystallized matrix. The Poldervaartite measures 3 cm long and 2 cm across, and is pristine and complete, of highest quality.
K233 - Hematite with Andradite Garnet "veil" - $ 1250 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
A stunning miniature, of this classic combination of species for Wessels. Few are found with such a wonderful and aesthetic combination of the garnet coating on hematite! this is essentially one large,elongated crystal of hematite, complete all around save for small contacts near the base.
K234 - Hematite with Andradite Garnet - $ 1250 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.2 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Another stunning miniature, of this classic combination of species for Wessels. Few are found with such a wonderful and aesthetic combination of the garnet coating on hematite! The hematite here is 2.7 cm and is sharply twinned, as you can see from the reflections . More andradite could be picked off, as the owner wishes, to expose more hematite along the righthand edge, but I like the coating the way it is covering all the crystal but the shockingly fine twin planes facing out..
K235 - Inesite on Orlymanite - $ 2250 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm
A full miniature of deep cherry-red inesite , perched on matrix of the rare species orlymanite (and this is a substantial amount of that species, here, with some value of its own!). This is a rare piece from a small and unique pocket of the late 1980s, Charlie said. It is a style I had not seen before, and has very different color and even translucency, compared to the inesite of other pockets found here. I should add that, as well, the piece is super-aesthetic!
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