Specimen #1367

Name: Inesite

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: Aggregates of bladed orange-pink to deep pink crystals dotted with
creamy-white Calcite crystals.

Minerals: Calcite (CaCO₃) Inesite (Ca₂Mn₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)_{2 5}(H₂O))

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Inesite, Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Cape Province, South Africa - FOV: 18.8 x 12.5 mm