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Rhodochrosite On Quartz With Sphalerite

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Rhodochrosite On Quartz With Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Eniovche Mine, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

This is a fine miniature of a very old material!This piece comes after trimming from a huge ugly piece I got more than 10 years ago from an old miner in Madan!The piece was super difficult to trim and only a few good pieces resulted and this is a fine one!On this piece,on one side,you can see rosette of rhodochrosite on matrix of quartz and sphalerite small crystals!The sphere is complete and undamaged all around and displays perfectly on top of matrix!On the other side,there are aggregates of small rhodochrosite crystals that cover sphalerite matrix!You will choose the best display of this aesthetic piece!

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0

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