Mineral: Celestine
Locality: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Dimensions: 3.1 x 2.4 cm

Description: Lustrous pale blue celestine crystals to 2.4 cm in length. Celestine from the Wessels Mine usually occurs in rounded aggregates and prismatic crystals are much less common.

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