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Northern Cape
Kalahari Manganese Field (N'Chwaning)
Mineral locality Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: World-class red rhodochrosite, plus sturmanite, ettringite, and hausmannite..
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Manganese ore body
Premier locality for gem rhodochrosite and rare Mn species.
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