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Pyrochroite from
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa


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Pyrochroite, etc.

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Pyrochroite

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Pyrochroite

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Pyrochroite, etc.

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
02462480017363505336491.jpg
Pyrochroite

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Pyrochroite

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
07454190017271987179455.jpg
Pyrochroite, etc.

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
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Pyrochroite

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
06110470017271987183208.jpg
Pyrochroite

N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrochroite
Formula:Mn(OH)2
Comments:Material differs slightly to that from N'Chwaning I mine, association with calcite is also not known at N'Chwaning I. As per a specimen in the von Bezing collection (pc: Woolf & Cairncross, 2025).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Datolite2
Rhodochrosite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrochroite data
Locality Data:Click here to view N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9117
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9117:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrochroite
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘN'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
2.7km (1.7 miles) ⓘWessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
References
Pohl, Demetrius, Bezing, K.L. Von, Dixon, Roger D., Cavallo, Greg (1991) The Kalahari Manganese Field [South Africa]: an Update. The Mineralogical Record, 22 (4) 279-297pp.289-289
 
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