Poldervaartite - Item 070089
Location
Nchwaning Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
Description
Nice large thumbnail of Poldervaartite crystalline druze on matrix. mounted in a perky box. The color is excellent. The specimen measures 21 x 21 x 10 mm. This mineral was named for Arie Poldervaart, Professor of Petrology at Columbia University in NY. Only sources are from the N’Chwanning and Wessels mines in Cape Province SA.

