Specimen #701

Name: Gaudefroyite

Type: Micromount

Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape province, South Africa

Favorite? N

Fluorescent? N

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Acquired: 2008-06-02

Source: Simkev Micromounts

Label: N

Comment: Sharp lustrous black prismatic crystal on matrix +/- Calcite, Barite, Hematite.

Minerals: Gaudefroyite (Ca₄Mn⁺⁺⁺₃^-x(BO₃)₃(CO₃)(O,OH)₃)

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Magnification: 75X, Field of View: 1.8 x 1.2 mm