Specimen #1368

Name: Sugilite

Type: Micromount

Locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2009-05-02

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: A small piece showing glassy deep
purple CRYSTAL sections in matrix, cork mounted.

Minerals: Sugilite (KNa₂(Fe⁺⁺,Mn⁺⁺,Al)₂Li₃Si₁₂O₃)

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Sugilite, Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa - FOV: 9.8 x 6.5 mm