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Manganoan Calcite With Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Manganoan Calcite With Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Locality: 
Laki, Laki Obshtina, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3 cm
Description

Impressive piece from the limited find one year ago!This is a superb large miniature of a large, complete scalenohedron, with great luster and beige color on matrix! The quartz matrix and partially the calcite scalenohedron is covred by yellow rhodochrosite micro crystal!The bottom is also covered and the piece is an undamaged floater!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

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

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