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Jouravskite On Manganite

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Jouravskite On Manganite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.3 × 7.3 × 3 cm
Description

Another rarity from the KMF, a rare paragenesis featuring attractive luminescent yellow sugary jouravskite crystals on lustrous manganite crystals, some scalenohedral calcite crystals are also partially coated there.

Measuring over 7cm across this rare specimen affords you limitless viewing pleasure.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jouravskite

Formula: 
Ca3Mn4+(SO4}(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Tachgagalt Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Manganite

Formula: 
Mn3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany

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