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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
14.5 × 9.2 × 4.9 cm
Description

When you look at Rhodochrosite from the entire region you will find just pale, very light pink specimen. When I saw this one I was so mpressed of the saturation – not even 5% of all Rhodochrosite from Cavnic show such a good intensity of color. The tiny curved crystals formed spheres – the whole assemble is not just a plate: It is very tri-dimensional – I tried to show this on my photography, but in person it is even better. A significant piece of high relevance for Romania and even for entire Europe.

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