Sugilite

  
Sugilite in pectolite
  
 
  
  
 
 
Sugilite with ruizite
Origin: Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa
Sample size: 3.2 x 2 x 1 cm (top/2nd row), 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm (3rd/4th row), 5 x 5 x 3 cm (5th/6th row), 1.7 x 1.1 x 1 cm (7th row), 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm (bottom)
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

  
Origin: South Africa
Sample size: 15.5 x 6 x 1 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
  
Sugilite on apophyllite
Origin: Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Republic of South Africa
Sample size: 1.9 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co

Trinityminerals.com

 

  
Sugilite with white fibrous pectolite to 0.5 mm
Origin: N'Chwaning mines, Kalahari Mn Fields, Northern Cap Province, South Africa
Ex. DeVito Collection
Sample size: 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

Origin: Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Republic of South Africa
Sample size: 1.5 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Diederik Visser

Diederik Visser Minerals & Petrological Services

 

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