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Specimen: Standard Gallery: Standard
Dioptase
Dioptase
Altyn-Tyube, Karagandy Oblast, Kazakhstan
Quartz, var. Herkimer Diamond
Quartz, var. Herkimer Diamond
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Herkimer County, New York
Linarite
Linarite
Sunshine #1 Mine, Bingham, NM
Olmiite on matrix
Olmiite on matrix
N Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, Republic of South Africa
Opal (rough and cut)
Opal (rough and cut)
Shoa Province, Ethiopia
Tourmaline Var. Elbaite
Tourmaline Var. Elbaite
Kunar Province, Afganistan
Sugilite with Aegerine

Sugilite with Aegerine

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Locality
N'Chwanning III Mine, Kalahari manganese fields, Republic of South Africa
Minerals
Sugilite
Dimensions
8.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm
Size class
Small Cabinet
SID
SUGILITE2

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. this piece was described to me as being in the top 10 of the specimens recovered from the pocket, and from the specimens I have seen this is a spectacular example. 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. No damage. 

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