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Bixbyite

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Bixbyite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

A specimen of very fine crystals of bixbyite that came out from N'Chwaning II Mine.

Weight: 40 gr.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bixbyite

Formula: 
Mn3+2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Colour: 
Black
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
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