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Rhodochrosite Rock Crystal & Pyrite

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Rhodochrosite Rock Crystal & Pyrite

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Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.8 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm
Description

Nice pink rhodochrosite (type locality!) rosettes with colorless rock crystals on matrix with minor pyrite.

Even though it has some flaws it's still a really nice sample of rhodochrosite fro the type locality.

Could be easily trimmed and made into two or three very good specimens.

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

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

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