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Rhodochrosite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Eniovche Mine, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 6.5 × 6 cm
Description

This is a large,aesthetic and colorful piece from the classic locality!The mine has given several styles of rhodochrosite specimes.This is one of the rarest!The piece is actually a cluster of scalenohedra of modified form!Crystals of more than 1 mm are uncommon for Bulgaria and this is the only find I can recall with scalenohedra.A few tips 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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