Rhodochrosite

N’Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa

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2.3 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm

This brilliant, cherry red rhodochrosite from the famous finds of the 1980’s, is an incredible rarity today. The piece has intense color, beautiful lustre, and a translucency that makes it illuminate with radiance with just a minimal amount of backlighting. It features many small terminations clustered tightly, in a profoundly aesthetic piece. It is an undeniably spectacular thumbnail of one of the most famous mineral finds to exist at NChwaning. Pieces of this exquisite caliber rarely make appearances on the market!

Ex. Rob Smith Collection