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Rhodochrosite Stibnite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite Stibnite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7.5 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pink botryoidal rhodochrosite covered by quartz microcrystals tha also cover acicular lead gray stibnite.Stibnite is common in hydrothermal sulphide deposits but at Madem Lakkos is rare and highly desired by collectors.Old specimen (more than 40 years ago) from an old miner;s collection at the locality.

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

Stibnite

Formula: 
Sb2S3
Strunz: 
2.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Lead grey

Quartz

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

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