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Rhodochrosite & Calcite

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Rhodochrosite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Sailauf, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Old-time massive rhodochrosite piece from the only German lokality where rhodochrosite was mined for jewelry and decorative work. With minor calcite.

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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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