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Rhodochrosite

Dan Behnke collection
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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.6 × 0.5 × 0.1 cm
Description

ILLUSTRATED!! You are bidding on a perfect, twinned, single crystal of rhodochrosite from the Poudrette Quarry. The sample is illustrated in the famous Mineralogical Record issue on Mont Saint Hilaire (V21 July 1990) and in Photo Atlas of Minerals 2007. Comes with two original slides taken by Dan and the original collection index card. 

This sample is from the collection of Dan Behnke, long-time friend, micromounter and prodigious photographer. I am pleased to be able to offer selections from his large collection, many of which are illustrated specimens in Rocks & Minerals, The Mineralogiocal Record, Photo Atlas of Minerals and many other publications. All samples from his meticulously catalogued collection will come with his original index card with all notes, photography annotations and other pertinent information, as well as any slides Dan may have taken of the sample with publication notes and date the photo was made.

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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