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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Moanda Mine, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15.5 × 9 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Tens of perfect cristals of rhodochrosite are scattered on a jet black matrix of manganese oxyde. Top red colour and luster for the locale, absolutely not common at Mounana where the rhodos are usually more orange. Here the colour is much closer to the South african material one. Excellent and showy!

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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The item can be returned for whichever reason, provided its original conditions, and within 10 days from its delivery to the Buyer. In the case of returning, the Buyer will be entitled to the refund of the item price; shipping costs will remain at the Buyer's charge in any case.