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N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari manganese field

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: World-class rhodochrosite, hausmannite, ettringite, gaudefroyite, poldervaartite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Paleoproterozoic Kalahari Mn field, hydrothermal veins

N'Chwaning II is the premier rhodochrosite locality; many rare Mn species

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