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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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.6 × 1.4 cm
Description

A huge cut and polished specimen from this most famous locality. It shows wonderful translucency and seems to glow inside - the intensity of color is really amazing!

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