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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Ushkatan #3 Deposit, Zhayrem, Karazhal, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.9 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Massive, well-colored botryoidal rhodochrosite on matrix from the Ushkatan deposit.

Has a few little dings.

Rhodochrosite from Ushkatan is becoming scarce, there's no more material coming out from the mine.

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

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