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Rhodonite

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Rhodonite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 4.8 × 3 cm
Description

This is an other old specimen from Stockholm museum. It shows nice rhodonite crystals in matrix and comes with two beautiful old labels.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany