Sturmanite, N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa.

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Sturmanite is a rare sulfate of the ettringite group, named in 1983 in honor of Bozidar Darko Sturman, mineralogist at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
It is a secondary mineral found in manganese deposits.
This sample comes from the type locality: the N’Chwaning mines, near the town of Hotazel, in South Africa’s Kalahari manganese field, famous for rhodochrosite.
Video of this Sturmanite from the N’Chwaning mine, Hotazel, South Africa:

 

  • Description

    Description

    Sturmanite is a rare sulfate of the ettringite group, named in 1983 in honor of Bozidar Darko Sturman, mineralogist at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada.
    It is a secondary mineral found in manganese deposits.
    This sample comes from the type locality: the N’Chwaning mines, near the town of Hotazel, in the Kalahari manganese field, famous for rhodochrosite, in South Africa.  

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  • Additional information

    Additional information

    Weight 0,199 kg
    Dimensions 8 × 5 × 4 cm

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