Inesite
specimen number:
91210249
location:
N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
description:
This is an outstanding in beautiful large cabinet Museum size display piece for the species consisting of a 25.0 x 17.0 x 6.5 cm breccia aided matrix, the front side almost completely covered with needlelike deep red crystals of inesite to 0.4 cm in length. A few areas show broken away crystals and the underlying matrix, overall however I think this is in great condition considering what this. Really fine. Ex Charles Noll collection.
Size: 25.0 x 17.0 x 6.0 cm (large-cabinet)
Collection: Charles Noll
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