Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Sturmanite

Views:
Watches:
SKY888456

Sturmanite

Rare Mineral

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm
Description

Outstanding yellow crystal group of the mineral sturmanite from the famous Wessels mine in Southafrica.

Much better in person than the photograph !

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sturmanite

Formula: 
Ca6(Fe3+,Al,Mn3+)2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH)12·25H2O
Strunz: 
7.DG.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Black Rock Mine, Black Rock, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps