Sugilte with Aegerine from N'Chwanning III Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Republic of South Africa

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Sugilte with Aegerine from N'Chwanning III Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Republic of South Africa

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Sugilte with Aegerine from N'Chwanning III Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Republic of South Africa [db_pics/pics/sugilite4a.jpg]

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SUGILITE4 - Sugilte with Aegerine
$ 575.00 (=~ AUS$ 892.93) SOLD
N'Chwanning III Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Republic of South Africa
thumbnail - 6 x 3.9 x 2.5 cm

Within the last 2 years, a small pocket of crystallized Sugilite was found at the N'Chwanning III mine. Sugilite is typically found at the Wessels mine, in solid chunks, so this was an amazing discovery. Fibrous purple crystals grow in the seams of the Aegerine matrix. The Sugilite is an electric purple (daylight) that shifts to an electric magenta under incandescent light. Many seams of fibrous needle Sugilite twist and turn in the greater matrix, in a 360 degree view of color. No damage.