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Rhodonite On Galena

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Rhodonite On Galena

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Description
Locality: 
North Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm
Description

Cherry red Rhodonite crystals on galena from Broken Hill.  This specimen has 2 doubly terminated crystals on a lustrous galena matrix.  The Rhodonite is transparent - translucent with good deep colour.

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

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey