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Bixbyite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa (#:MINS9158)

Group of very sharp Bixbyite crystals, of cubic habit, very bright to 4 mm in Manganese matrix.

Formula :
(Mn³⁺,Fe³⁺)₂O₃
System: cubic Hardness:6-6½ Rarity:not common
Strunz id:IV/C.3-10 - OXIDES and HYDROXIDES
Name origin: For Maynard Bixby (1853-1935), prospector, miner, mine broker, author, explorer of the Thomas Range, and mineral dealer of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, who collected and provided the first specimens. He published several editions of the authoritative "Catalogue of Utah Minerals and Localities" and authored articles on several mineral localities in the western states.