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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Kara Oba, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Description

Great rhodochrosite sitting on top of a matrix of wolframite crystals sprinkled with Pyrites.

The size of the big rhodochrosite is 3.5 cm.

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

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