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Fluorite & Rhodochrosite

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FRN102198

Fluorite & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

Lustrous, intense pink, rhombs of Rhodochrosite crystals are aesthetically set on the wolframite matrix with sharp, transparent fluorite crystals, you can also find many shinny microcrystalline pyrite on the specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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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