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Rhodochrosite & Pyrolusite

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Rhodochrosite & Pyrolusite

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Description
Locality: 
Ushkatan #3 Deposit, Zhayrem, Karazhal, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.4 × 8.8 × 6.3 cm
Weight: 
1 042.00gr
Description

Very nice botryoidal 'raspberry spar' (rhodochrosite of course) with a little black, glossy pyrolusite on matrix. Rhodochrosite-lined vug on the back. Minor contact spots.

The color is 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

Pyrolusite

Formula: 
MnO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 6.5

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