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Hausmannite (Berthold Ottens Coll.)
- Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa
- Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm
- Start Time: 04/12/2009 8:20:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/16/2009 8:00:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
An aesthetic and superb, upright specimen of an elongate vug lined with lustrous, jet-black, tetragonal hausmannite crystals to 9 mm and nicely framed by contrasting, light brick-red matrix coated with tiny andradite garnets. The Kalahari Manganese Field of South Africa is the source of the world"s best hausmannite crystals. EXCELLENT, unusually aesthetic large specimen from the Berthold Ottens Collection and valued at $1000-1200.