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Rhodochrosite Pyrite Sphalerite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite Pyrite Sphalerite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6 × 6.2 cm
Description

Beautiful classic specimen - the rhodochrosite crystals show a very good, silky luster and form little clolumns. Some quartz crystals underneath. The matrix consists of sphalerite with pyrite.

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

Pyrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

Quartz

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

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