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Rhodochrosite Quartz Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Rhodochrosite Quartz Sphalerite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Olympiada Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 7.7 × 5 cm
Description

A top for the locality (and for Greece in general) specimen of botryoidal soft pink rhodochrosite with a group of transparent quartz crystals at the side and massive sphalerite with traces of pyrite embedded in rhodochrosite matrix. Specimen is from a German collection, label included.

 

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Pyrite

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

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