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Orlymanite

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Orlymanite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with balls of discoidal crystals of orlymanite making up most of the specimen. Very good for the species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orlymanite

Formula: 
Ca4Mn3Si8O20(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.EE.30
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...

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