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Rhodochrosite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Aesthetic combination of intergrown pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite with lustrous golden pyrite crystals on matrix. Old times classic and among the most desired mineral combinations from the locality and from Greece in general. Such specimens were found at upper levels of the mine where tunnels are now refilled and cemented. Nowdays can be found only from old collections.

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

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