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Rhodochrosite Amethyst & Gypsum

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Rhodochrosite Amethyst & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Eniovche Mine, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.3 × 6.8 × 6.4 cm
Weight: 
413.00gr
Description

Nice pink rhodochrosite (here appearing more orange) on amethyst crystals. In one corner a b it of colorless to brown gypsum.

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

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

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

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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