Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent!) Ludi von Bezing Coll.

N'Chwaning Mines, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Cabinet, 11.3 x 8.0 x 4.5 cm
Start Time: 02/27/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/03/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Fantastic neon-orange fluoresence highlights this excellent large undulating specimen of very pretty pastel-pink bulb-like sprays and smaller modified scalenohedrons of manganoan calcite from the renowned N'Chwaning mines. Choice material from the Ludi von Bezing Collection, a noted South Africa and Namibian expert and principal author of recent large and excellent Namibia book.

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