Mineral: Shigaite with Rhodochrosite and Siderite
Locality: N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Dimensions: main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm

Description: Very aerial aggregate of laminar Shigaite crystals. They are bright and transparent, with a color between yellow and orange, and have a considerable size for the species. The Shigaite, on matrix, is implated on a botryoidal Rhodochrosite aggregate and it is with crystalline Siderite. The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis' number 01/2016, page 80

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