Mineral: Rhodochrosite with Manganite
Locality: N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Dimensions: 2.5 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm

Description: Group of scalenohedral crystals with intense deep red color that has made the Kuruman Rhodochrosite famous. They are on a Manganite matrix. The sample is from the well-known find of 1978

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