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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Moanda Mine, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.86 × 7.21 × 4.91 cm
Description

Aggregate of Red/Pink Scalendhedral Rhodochrosite crystals over Manganese Oxide matrix.

Lovely sharp tapered crystals with good lustre from this classic locality.

Crystals to 0.25cm.

Ex my personal collection.   X789

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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