恩查寧礦區
Northern Cape, South Africa
南非喀拉哈里錳礦帶(恩查寧、韋塞爾斯)是世界首要的寶石級菱錳礦產地,並蘊藏大量稀有錳礦物。
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.