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Despujolsite & Hausmannite & Andradite & Clinochlore

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Despujolsite & Hausmannite & Andradite & Clinochlore

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Description

Very attractive specimen with yellow despujolsite together with very beautiful highly lustrous black pyramidal hausmannite crystals and reddish andradite crystals. The white fine crystalline crystal aggregates are clinochlore. 

Typical mineral association. 

Short information: This is the first of three auctions in July before a summer break. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Despujolsite

Formula: 
Ca3Mn4+(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O
Strunz: 
7.DF.25
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Tachgagalt Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

Hausmannite

Formula: 
Mn2+Mn3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.10
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Oehrenstock (Öhrenstock), Langewiesen, Ilmenau District, Thuringian Forest, Thuringia, Germany

Andradite

Formula: 
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
Strunz: 
9.AD.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Clinochlore

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Strunz: 
9.EC.55
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Brinton's Quarry, West Chester, Westtown Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA...

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