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MD-186525
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Cabinet, 9.5 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
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An impressive and colorful rhodochrosite specimen from the famous N'Chwaning II Mine. Super gemmy and lustrous, intergrown, cherry-red rhodochrosite scalenohedrons densely cover the thin matrix rind of massive manganite. The rhodochrosite crystals are partially covered by a quartz druse. The gemmy rhodochrosites reach 2.0 cm on this specimen.