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The Northern Cape Province is a mineral rich area that covers several hundred kilometres. It includes the famous Kalahari Manganese Fields and well know mines like N'Chwaning, Blesberg and Jan Coetzee. |
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Springbok is the capital town of this area and lies on a national road (N7) approx 550 km north of Cape Town. This area is of special interest to us because of its interesting quartz specimens. |
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Steinkopf, some 50 km north of Springbok, yields beautiful smokeys and phantoms, while Pella, a small mission station on the banks of the Orange River (150 km NE of Springbok), has a coloured community that mines a wide assortment of crystals from the nearby river banks. These specimens include orange hematite covered quartz crystals, clear crystals with green, orange, red, black and amethyst phantoms, to mention just a few.
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| Specimens for sale from the Northern Cape: (Latest Upload 1 March 2010) | ||
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Quartz
Crystal Cluster - SNCO 001
76 x 55 x 42 mm US $ SOLD |
