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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 5.5 × 4.3 cm
Description

A very attractive and old specimen from the famous Cavnic Mine from Hoffmann collection.

Beautiful pink and globular rhodochrosite crystals on white 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