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Rhodochrosite & Calcite

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Rhodochrosite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.2 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Pink rhochrosite covered with calcite and tiny waterclear crystals - best 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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White