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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Eniovche Mine, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 3.5 cm
Description

That's a truly rare form of rhodochrosite from the country that rarely offered speimens with crystals.Those are actually scalenohedra of rhodochrosite on matrix!This looks like a Greek rhodochrosite but it surely comes from the famous mine!The color is very fine and there is a sugary luster!That's a large piece,with only some crystals missing!

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

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