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Manganoan Calcite & Dolomite

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Manganoan Calcite & Dolomite

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Description
Locality: 
Olympiada Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Lustrus pinkish manganoan calcite on white dolomite rhomboedrons from the mine that gave the finest specimens of this kind in Greece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Dolomite

Formula: 
CaMg(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White

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