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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

An uncommon red and nice piece of crystallized silk glossy rhodochrosite and quartz with some sphalerite. Some metallic arenopyrite crystals also occure. Matrix consists of gneis. Quite rare in this quality.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

SWIFT/BIC-Code: WELADED1FGX

IBAN: DE49 870520004111076110