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Rhodochrosite On Quartz

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Rhodochrosite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Batantsi Mine, Madan, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Fine specimen of rhodochrosite crystals in spheres on quartz from the classic and now impossible to find material.Note that there are several localities for rhodochrosite from the country and this is the most desirable.This is the last specimen I have.

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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