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Rhodochrosite Bertrandite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite Bertrandite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 3 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Nice deep pink rhodochrosite crystals up to 1 cm with elongated quartz crystals, partially covered by beige bertrandite.Some tetrahedrite and/or covelline present. Very nice specimen from a recent discovery.

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

Bertrandite

Formula: 
Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Petit-Port, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de Loire, France

Quartz

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

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