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Rhodochrosite Alabandite & Gypsum

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Rhodochrosite Alabandite & Gypsum

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Description
Locality: 
Săcărâmb, Deva, Hunedoara County, Romania
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4.7 × 2.8 cm
Description

Nice pink rhodochrosite crystals in alabandite matrix cavity. Associated with translucent gypsum.

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

Alabandite

Formula: 
MnS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
White.

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