Rhodochrosite on Manganite (rare old locale)

Moanda Mine, Haut-Ogooue Province, Gabon
Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
Start Time: 09/10/2017 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/14/2017 6:35:53 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Scintillating, gemmy, two-toned rose-red rhodochrosite scalenohedrons, to 8 mm, fill the striking vug at one end of the hefty rich manganese ore matrix on this colorful and excellent specimen from a rare and old locality, the Moanda Manganese Mine in Gabon. Another vug on one side is a bonus. This material came out in the 1970s and early 1980s and no more have been found in this active mine. Rich ore at 379 grams mass.

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