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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 5.1 × 5 cm
Description

Superb rhodochrosite specimen from famous sweet home mine.

Intensive pink crystals with length up to 2.3 cm. In the middle there is a cluster of bigger rhodochrosite. But crystals all around the matrix in combination with golden chalcopyrite and small, clear quartz.
Crystals are in good condition.
Photos from several sides, since this specimen is presentable from the front- and backside.

Will be delivered on a base.

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

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