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Manganoan Calcite

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Manganoan Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 7 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
11.00cm
Description

This intriguing specimen of manganoancalcite is not the fact that it is fluorescent but that its a fluorescent tortoise! ;) Came out May 2105 pocket from N'Chwaning III, Northern Cape, South Africa.... Weight: 468gr

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0