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Inesite

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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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Classic light to mid-pink radial crystals of Inesite and as terminated crystals in main areas, forming a fine specimen of the uncommon mineral from the N'Chwanning Mines, South Africa.

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Species
InesiteAbout Inesite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.8 x 9.0 x 3.8 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
South Africa, Northern Cape, N'Chwaning MinesRegional guide →
SKUCC15034

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Mineral guide
Learn about Inesite
salmon-pink radiating crystals on white host, prized for color, luster, and sculptural form; notable localities include Kalahari, Broken Hill, Långban.
Inesite
Regional guide
Inesite from N’Chwaning Mines, South Africa
from the N’Chwaning Mines is one of the quietly sophisticated prizes of the Kalahari Manganese Field: not the loudest mineral from this legendary district, but one of the most distinctive when a specimen is right. The appeal is in the contrast between color and architecture. Good pieces show rich rose, salmon, Persian-red, or orange-red inesite in sprays, bow-ties, radiating tufts, and discrete bladed crystals, commonly set against pale calcite, orange prehnite, baryte, hydroxyapophyllite-(K), or dark manganese-oxide matrix. At their best, these specimens have the glassy, wet luster and crisp terminations collectors want in manganese silicates, but with the softer, fibrous elegance implied by the name inesite.