Shigaite

  

Shigaite on barite

  

Shigaite on rhodochrosite

Origin: N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Fields, South Africa

Sample size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (top), 6 x 4 x 2 cm (bottom)

 

  

  

Shigaite and rhodochrosite on barite

Origin: N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Fields, South Africa

Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm

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Origin: Wessels mine, Kalahari Mn Field, South Africa

Sample size: 5 x 5 x 3 cm

 

  

Light brown, clear crystals of shigaite to less than 0.1 mm on gypsum

Origin: N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari Mn Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Ex. DeVito Collection

Sample size: 2 x 1.5 cm x 3 mm

 

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This specimen is covered with salmon pink coloured crystals of rhodochrosite to 0.5 cm in length and it has scattered crystals of the rare mineral shigaite. Also present on this specimen is some minor gageite.

  

Shigaite on rhodochrosite, Ex. Keith Hayes coll.

Origin: NCwhaning II Mine, Kuruamn, Cape Province, South Africa

Sample size: 7.4 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm (top/2nd row), 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm (3rd/bottom row)

 

  

This specimen is covered with rose pink, scalenohedral crystals of rhodochrosite to 2 mm and has a solitary barite crystal that is 1 cm across. On it and elsewhere on the specimen are small 2-3 mm crystals of shigaite.
Origin: N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa

Ex. John Schneider collection

Sample size: 4.5 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm

 

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Origin: Ioi Mine, Shiga Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan

Sample size: 1.4 x 2.5 cm

 

Tiny greenish yellow shiagite crystals with red brown triploidite crystals in matrix

Origin: Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, SA, Australia

Sample size: 2 x 3 cm

 

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