Rhodochrosite - N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa

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specimen
Rhodochrosite
SpeciesSize
RhodochrositeMedium
Comments
Details
ColorsRed
Origin
ZASouth Africa
Northern Cape
N'Chwaning II Mine
SizeMedium
Dimensions9.9 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm
Species
Rds
Rhodochrosite
Description
A really unusual specimen of highly lustrous, botryoidal, salmon-flesh-red rhodochrosite from the famed N'Chwaning II Mine. This very fine piece was collected in 1976-77, just before most of the more common styles of scalenohedral crystals were found. The salmon-red rind is underlain by very gemmy, dark cherry-red rhodochrosite.
Origin