Pink-Beige Olmiite Balls

Pink-Beige Olmiite Balls from N'Chwaning Mine #2, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Collection

John Betts - Fine Minerals

Description

Two 12 mm hemispherical aggregates of translucent lustrous pink-beige Olmiite crystals on a partial crystal of translucent Calcite. The surfaces of the Olmiite aggregates are composed of lustrous crystal faces, a few with black Mn-oxide inclusions.

Locality

N'Chwaning Mine #2, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Dimensions

22 x 18 x 18 mm.


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