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Rhodonite Schefferite & Hematite

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Rhodonite Schefferite & Hematite

Ex Roland Schmidt Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Mont Reed, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.8 × 4 cm
Weight: 
96.00gr
Description

An unusual and attractive example of a banded rock consisting of pink rhodonite grains with brown schefferite and grey hematite - from a seldom offered Canadian locality. LC

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

Schefferite

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)(Mg,Fe,Mn)Si2O6
Hardness: 
0.0

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

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