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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: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm
Description

Just look at this awesome specimen! The composition is truely amazing. Deepest red rhodochrosite crystals forming a star-like cluster. Most of the crystals are covered in a thin layer of micro crystalline quartz. Truely awesome piece for this well known locality.

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