恩查宁矿区
Northern Cape, South Africa
南非喀拉哈里锰矿带(恩查宁、韦塞尔斯)是世界首要的宝石级菱锰矿产地,并蕴藏大量稀有锰矿物。
The Kalahari Manganese Field in South Africa — including the N'Chwaning and Wessels mines — is the world's foremost source of fine manganese minerals, above all gem-quality rhodochrosite.
The world's great manganese field
This vast manganese deposit hosts an astonishing variety of manganese minerals, many in superb crystals. The N'Chwaning and Wessels mines in particular have produced specimens that set the world standard for several species.
Signature minerals
The Kalahari field is famous for intensely red rhodochrosite, along with ettringite, sturmanite, manganite, hausmannite and a host of rare species. N'Chwaning rhodochrosite is among the most coveted of all mineral specimens.