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Bertrandite With Rhodochrosite

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Bertrandite With Rhodochrosite

Ex Anna Mae Anderson
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Kounrad Massif, Balkhash, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.2 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.50cm
Description

Found in 1993. It's a superb example of bertrandite crystals wit colorless crystals on a small matrix. As a bonus tiny pink rhodochrosite crystals. 

Clean of damage.

Eastern Kounrad Mo-W deposit, Zhezqazghan Oblysy, Kazakhstan

 

Previous labels supplied (not photographed)
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bertrandite

Formula: 
Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Petit-Port, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de Loire, France

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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