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Rhodonite

Ex Armin Wendlandt coll., ex C. Rewitzer
With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
4 × 7.5 × 2 cm
Description

Rhodonite crystals on diopside/hematite matrix. Comes with very detailled descriptive label. Translation: 'Paragenesis: Raspberry-colored, translucent to transparent, glass-glossy rhodonite crystals with thick-tabular - prismatic habit similar to fig. 3 [likely reference to an unknown book]. The very good rhodonite crystals are on-grown on matrix with black illmenite. Location: Harstigen-Pajsberg near Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden Purchased at Christian Weise [Publisher of the german LAPIS magazine], Munich, April 1988'
Weight: 100 grams

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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