5667 Rhodochrosite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Deep orange-red sharp crystals. Ex Brian Shelton Collection. Photo widths 9mm and 5mm.
South Africa
30070 Rhodochrosite, Shigaite, N’Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Labelled as N’Chwaning II but should be N’Chwaning I according to Mindat. Video best viewed full screen.
30063 Sturmanite, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Flattened hexagonal dipyramid yellow crystals with pronounced pinacoid faces, and with tiny colourless-white acicular crystals of quartz. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
30061 Groutite, Calcite, Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Black groutite on an unknown brown stalactitic mineral with calcite that fluoresces red. Ex Barry Johnson Collection.
30058 Olimiite, Celestine, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Olmiite fluoresces bright red under longwave UV. Ex Barry Johnson Collection. Video best viewed full screen.
10083 Sugilite, N’Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
Fibrous to prismatic purple crystals. 65x40x20mm. Closeup photo is 6.5mm wide.
10062 Rhodochrosite, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lustrous deep red crystals on one face. Specimen measures 87x40x23mm. Closeup photo is 14mm across.
20007 Hausmannite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lustrous octahedral crystals.
10061 Rhodochrosite, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Cavities containing lustrous pink crystal groups.
10023 Ettringite, Calcite, Andradite, Hematite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Nice zoned yellow-white ettringite, superb colourless calcite, reddish andradite and minor hematite.
8073 Iowaite, Palabora mine (Foscor open pit; PMC mine), Loolekop, Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province, South Africa
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
4629 Quartz, Ceres, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Clear quartz crystal with inclusions collected by Pierre Joubert on a friend’s farm near Ceres.
4630 Rutile, Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4631 Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4410 Olmiite, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman Hills, North Cape Province, South Africa
Danny Jones Firebird Minerals
4017 Poldervaartite, Bulfonteinite, Kuruman, Hotazel, South Africa
Robert Kurcbart 4/2005
4016 Gauderfroyite, Kalahari Manganese Field, Kuruman, Hotazel, South Africa
Robert Kurcbart 4/2005
3935 Quartz (Amethyst), Magaliesburg, South Africa
Alison Sewell in Johannesburg
6092 Fluorite, Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences, Kakamas District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Light green fluorite octahedrons are featured here partially blanketed with white druzy quartz. The faces of the fluorite has medium luster. The piece measures 1 1/2″ wide by3 3/8″ tall by 1 1/2″ front to...
1391 Sogdianite, Wessels Mine (Wessel’s Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
The rare lithium bearing double-ring silicate sogdianite is rich in this mount which has a display face of 17x9mm. Specimen is mounted on a pedestal in a two part plastic (black bottom, clear top) micromount...
1392 Inesite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Red crystals of inesite with minor calcite.
1235 Delafossite, Cuprite, Vaalhoek Mine (Valhoek Mine), Pilgrim’s Rest, Pilgrim’s Rest District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Dark delafossite matrix with red cuprite crystals. Ex Arthur L Flagg Collection, 1950s. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection. Labelled as Vaalhoek Mine, Transvaal.
1095 Ettringite, Wessels Mine (Wessel’s Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Yellow unusual almost tabular flattened prismatic crystals. Acquired at the 2013 Artisan’s Festival, Ballarat.
0343 Sturmanite, Ettringite, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
A small cluster of sturmanite crystals. These elongated hexagonal crystals are well formed with the largest being 2.6cm in length x 0.9cm in width. All these crystals are terminated on one end. The outer surface...
0096 Shigaite, Gageite, N’Chwaning II Mine, N’Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Golden hexagonal plates of shigaite on greyish-white fibrous gageite. Collected 1993.