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Rhodochrosite & Capillitite

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Rhodochrosite & Capillitite

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Description
Locality: 
Capillitas Vein, Capillitas, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Excellent cut but unpolished Rhodochrosite and Capillitite, the banded ferro-zincíferous variety of Rhodochrosite showing layers and strange adhesions from the famous Capillitas Vein, Capillitas in Argentinia.

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

Capillitite

Variety Of: 

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
(Mn,Zn,Fe)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0