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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: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

In all parameters -  the best! The color is on highest level, the luster as best as it ever could be and really optical transparency. One further important indicator - there is no cleavage at the top (like on nearly all crystals from the locality); I checked it under a microscope, it is healed - no damage! At the base you can see contacts, which is common for all these crystals. The quality is really fantastic and represents this most famous rhodochrosite-localityin the very best way.

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