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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm
Description

A wonderful and impressive specimen from this famous locality! The crystals are set in a vug, they are gemmy and highly lustrous and color is as good as it ever could be. It is really amazing to have a specimen in this quality and dimension. To get a piece in this exceptional color, quality and dimension here in an auction is really a great opportunity. None of these specimen are completely undamaged, this here is also not perfect but in good condition overall. The contrast to black manganese matrix makes it even more exciting, the assemble is much more tri-dimensional in person and crystals are more freesatnding as you can see on photography.

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