Specimen #698

Name: Limonite pseudo after Pyrite

Type: Mineral

Locality: Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

Size: 9.9 x 7.4 x 7.0 cm

Weight: 843

Acquired: 2008-06-05

Source: Arkenstone Auction

Label: Y

Comment: Beautiful? Ugly? One thing you can say about this large specimen from the Kalahari Manganese fields - it is VERY unusual and striking! What you have is a cluster of pyrite crystals atop the gray manganese-rich matrix that have pseudormorphed to limonite - so you are left with these bright rust-colored euhedral crystals piled atop a dramatically-contrasting gray matrix. Will probably be snapped up by a Kalahari collector - certainly not a pretty as a Hotazel rhodo but awfully interesting!

Minerals: Limonite Pyrite (FeS₂)

There are 7 pictures on file

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa - 9.9 x 7.4 x 7.0 cm F: 7

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa - 9.9 x 7.4 x 7.0 cm

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

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Limonite pseudomorph after Pyrite, on Matrix, Hotazel Mine, Kuruman, South Africa