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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Eniovche Mine, Ardino, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.5 × 3 cm
Description

Very nice miniature of rhodochrosite on matrix!Several balls of glittering crystals grow on matrix of quartz!It's hard to show how three dimentional the piece is!The tone is light, but it's still intense, not a blur version of pink!The aggregates look complete and not broken of the matrix!No damage!

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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