Portlandite and Quartz

Wessels Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 12/05/2013 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/17/2013 6:00:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Portlandite is a rare Calcium Hydroxide that occurs very seldom in nature. There are dozens of bone-white Portlandite blades up to 4 mm covering about half the matrix, and it is intergrown with clear Quartz crystals. A good specimen of a rare species, from the well-known Wessels Mine.

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