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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: 
17.2 × 9.4 × 2.7 cm
Description

Fine example of intense pink to reddish coloured rhodochrosite from Romania. The specimen is completely covered at the front side and additionally there are some quartz crystals present too.

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