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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.8 × 1 cm
Weight: 
10.00gr
Description

Very nice thumbnail specimen of rhodochrosite rosette crystals, either singles or in groups, dispersed all over albite and aegirine.  Associated with microcrystals of unidentified species including white crystals of possibly griceite or gonnardite.  Ex-Ecole Polytechnique (Montreal University) specimen.

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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