Detailed information
Dimensions
25 x 33 x 21
mm
Weight
40 g
Locality
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines Kuruman, Kalahari Mn. Field N. Cape Province, South Africa
Condition
No recorded repairs
With a style and form of crystals like no other Hematite in the world, the N'Chwaning mines specimens are usually seen as individual crystals, but are now icons of South African mineralogy. Their defining feature is their blocky form, with mirror-bright faces, which contrast markedly with the typical platy crystal forms seen in the variety known as Specularite. This miniature-sized, off-matrix, individual crystal presents a complex shape, with one large mirror-like face surrounded by 'stepped' crystal faces. One surface marks the fractured edge where this crystal was removed from matrix, but the other edges are intact other than a couple of faces dappled with pale cream inclusions. Ex Kessler Collection.
