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Rhodochrosite Pyrite & Calcite

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Rhodochrosite Pyrite & Calcite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 3.4 × 3 cm
Description

Sharp golden pyrite crystals embedded in pink to soft pink rhodochrosite with minor calcite present.This combination is among the most desired from this locality and is considered classic as mine tunnels where such specimens were found are now refilled and cemented.

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

Pyrite

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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