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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Alicante, Lake County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
250.00gr
Description

Here we have an old rhodochrosite specimen from the John Reed Mine, Colorado.
ex-collection Dr. Harry von Eckersmann.
Comes with the old label

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