Kalahari Manganese Field: Kuruman

Andradite garnet
on hausmannite, 1
Braunite II, 2
Calcite, 3
Calcite, 4
Gageite
(light brown matrix) with manganoan calcite, 5
Gaudefroyite, 6
Goethite
pseudomorph after kutnohorite, 7
Gypsum
enclosing yellow ettringite with small pyrite cystals, 8
Hausmannite, 9
Hausmannite, 10
Hematite, 11
Hematite
andradite garnet (red) and barite, 12
Inesite (red)
on orlymanite with calcite, 13
Inesite (red),
barite (white) and orlymanite (beige), 14
Inesite, 15
Inesite
with colourless datolite, 16
Inesite, 17
Jouravskite, 18
Kutnohorite, 19
Kutnohorite, 20
Mozartite, 21
Poldervaartite
(cream prismatic crystals) with henritérmièrite (orange) and Bultfonteinite (white), 22
Pyrite
and calcite, 23
Rhodochrosite, 24
Rhodochrosite, 25
Rhodochrosite
on Manganite, 26
Rhodochrosite
on Manganite, 27
Rhodochrosite, 28
Rhodochrosite, 29
Rhodochrosite,
[close up], 30
Rhodochrosite
(spherules) on sussexite, 31
Rhodochrosite
pseudomorph after calcite, 32
Shigaite
on orlymanite, 33
Sturmanite, 34
Sturmanite, 35
Sturmanite
pseudomorph after gypsum, 36
Sturmanite, 37
Sturmanite, 38
Sugilite
(purple) on pectolite, 39
Thaumasite
and xonotlite (white), 40
Unknown mineral
(spheroidal, metallic) on andradite garnet, 41
Unknown mineral
(small, orange sperules) on Sturmanite (yellow), 42


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1 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4,6 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 183.

2 Black Rock Mine, Kalahari managanese field (5- 10 mm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 190.

3 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (8 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 192.

4 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (8 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 192.

5 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (3,7 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 208.

6 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2 cm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 209.

7 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2,8 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 210.

8 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (3,5 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 211.

9 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4 cm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 212.

10 N'Chwaning Mine/ Kalahari/ South Africa (15*enlarged): Hochleitner, R. in: Fotoatlas der Mineralien und Gesteine, 2. ed., München 1980, p. 35.

11 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4,4 cm), specimen: Clive Queit, photo: Jeffrey Scovil in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 64.

12 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (10,5 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 213.

13 Wessels Mine, Ka (3,5 cm) in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 55.

14 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (3,2 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 66.

15 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (6,5 cm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 215.

16 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2 mm), specimen: Ludi von Bezing, photo: Roger Dixon in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 215.

17 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4,2 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 216.

18 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (6,6 cm), specimen: Department of Geology RAU, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 217.

19 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4,7 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 219.

20 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4,8 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 219.

21 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (7 mm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 226.

22 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4 cm), specimen: Roger Dixon, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 231.

23 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (11 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 64.

24 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (8 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 68.

25 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (12 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 68.

26 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (10 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 68.

27 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (11 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 68.

28 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (6 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 68.

29 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (10 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 68.

30 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (8 mm), specimen: and photo: Ecole des Mine de Paris.

31 Hotazel Mine, Kalahari managanese field (5 mm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 246.

32 N´Chwaning II Mine ( 5 cm), specimen: Karl Messner, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 237 .

33 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (8 mm), specimen: Paul Botha, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 241.

34 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (12 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 63.

35 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (7 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 63.

36 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (5,1 cm), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 245.

37 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (13 cm), specimen: Desmond Sacco, photo: Carlos Pais in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 245.

38 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2 mm crystal), specimen Christian MALLET, Specimen: Ecole des Mine de Paris.

39 Wessels Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2 mm crystal), specimen and photo: Ludi von Bezing in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 246.

40 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2,4 cm), specimen: Roger Dixon, photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 247.

41 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (2,7 cm), specimen: Bruce Cairncross, photo: David Minster in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 254.

42 N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari managanese field (4,2 cm), specimen and photo: Bruce Cairncross in: Cairncross, B./ Dixon, R.: Minerals of South Africa, Singapore 1995, p. 254.