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Rhodochrosite With Pyrite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite With Pyrite & Quartz

Ex Marcus Lueg personal collection
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Oppu Mine, Naka-Tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Honshu Island, Japan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 8.5 × 4 cm
Description

The surface is covered by botryoidal rhodochrosite in salmon pink color and is in good shape. The matrix consists mostly of pyrite and quartz, there are crystallized portions on the backside of the specimen. Very aesthetic and good display size. The Oppu Mine is a classic and the most well-known source of rhodochrosite from Japan. Specimens date appr. 70 to over 100 years ago. Unfortunately no old label.
Weight: 180 grams

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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