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MD-240119
Shigaite, Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Miniature, 3.5 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm
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Shigaite is a very rare aluminum manganese sulfate. This fine miniature features a beautifully placed, 6 mm cluster of tabular, hexagonal, dark cherry-red shigaite crystals on a mounded clusters of very sparkly, translucent, rose-red rhodochrosite crystals, which are sprinkled with micro shigaite crystals. This piece comes from a small recent find and is highly representative of both species.

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