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Inesite from
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Description
Habit:chisel-shaped in stacked, fan-shaped parallell groups and aggregates
Colour:pale red
Quality of samples:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Gutzmer, J. & Cairncross, B. (1993): Recent discoveries from the Wessels mine South Africa. Mineralogocal Record 24 (5): 365-368
Associated minerals:
Associates:Datolite
Natrolite
Orlymanite
Thomsonite-Ca
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Inesite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
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