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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 4 cm
Description

Rare red rhodochrosite specimen from a historic locality. 

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