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Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.80cm
Description

Big crystal of rhodonite of matrix (matrix specimens were rare here) from Conselheiro Lafaiete in Brazil

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