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Rhodochrosite With Calcite On Quartz

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Rhodochrosite With Calcite On Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Eniovche Mine, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.5 × 4 × 2.5 cm
Description

Glittering on every angle,this two sided crust of quartz points is covered with lustrous baby pink micro spheres of rhodochrosite!On the top of display,one can see white calcite groups,contrasting to the colorless matrix!No damage,this is a piece everyone would like to handle!

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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