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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Ushkatyn, Zhayrem, Karazhal, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 10.5 × 6 cm
Weight: 
448.00gr
Description

This is an excellent specimen of brick-red spherically grown rhodochrosite encrusting a dark matrix. It is translucent and shows a waxy luster. Very typical for this locality in Kazakhstan.

There are only a few tiny damages.

 

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

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