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Rhodochrosite With Fluorite

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FRN96993

Rhodochrosite With Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.1 × 2.5 cm
Description

Lustrous, intense pink, rhombs of rhodochrosite crystals are aesthetically set on the matrix scattered with microcrystalline pyrite.

A group of sharp, deep purple fluorite set on the side of the specimen.

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
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