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Rhodochrosite & Malachite

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Rhodochrosite & Malachite

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Description
Locality: 
Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.8 × 3 cm
Description

Fantastic deep red rhodochrosite crystals with some tiny malachite crystals on matrix with goethite/limonite.

Color and luster far better in nature. The best rhodochrosite color I've seen so far, surpassing anything, no matter from where. The pictures represent the closest I can get to the color. In nature the crystals are far mor deep red with a satin luster. 

The crystal shape is also very rare and uncommon for the locality.

The crystal group shows minor contact marks and yellowish second generation growth around the edges, butno real damage.

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

Malachite

Formula: 
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Strunz: 
5.BA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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