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Rhodochrosite With Fluorite

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Rhodochrosite With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6 × 6.3 cm
Description

Lustrous, intense pink, transparent to translucent rhombs of Rhodochrosite crystals are aesthetically set on the matrix associate with purple fluorite set on the vug.

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

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
Oriental Minerals