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Rhodochrosite Quartz & Pyrite

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Rhodochrosite Quartz & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Description

Pale pink rhodochrosite spheres on matrix of quartz with minor pyrite crystals.Rhodochrosite is covered by a thin film of quartz microcrystals as most rhodochrosite from this locality.A classic now from this long ago closed mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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