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Rhodochrosite & Pyrrhotite

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Rhodochrosite & Pyrrhotite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.4 × 7.3 × 3.3 cm
Description

Light pink sphere sof rhodochrosite cover a plate of pyrrhotite. At some areas you can see the well developed pyyhotite between the rhodochrosite spheres. Nice contrast and for Trepca a good and more well saturated rhodochrosite specimen.

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

Pyrrhotite

Formula: 
Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0