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Rhodochrosite On Quartz

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Rhodochrosite On Quartz

ex Persson Rare Minerals
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Description
Locality: 
Sunnyside Mine Group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.7 × 3.5 cm
Description

Nice, pale pink rhodochrosite on tiny, colorless quartz crystals.

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

Quartz

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

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