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Olmiite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Orange/pink reflective olmiite crystals, from the type locality, inattractive spherical aggregates. A lovely little display specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Olmiite

Formula: 
CaMn2+[SiO3(OH)](OH)
Strunz: 
9.AF.90
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa...
Peter Crozier Minerals