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Amethyst & Rhodochrosite

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Amethyst & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
67.70gr
Description

Intense coloured amethyst combined with pink rhodochrosite. This is not really an everyday combination. A beautiful specimen from the Boldut Mine, Romania.

The stated weight includes the acrylic base
 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Amethyst

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
SiO2
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Purple

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