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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm
Description

Classic three-dimensional rhodochrosite specimen with quartz crystals. Very fine all around.
Because it's so bright it's hard to photograph and therefore much better in nature.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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