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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Ushkatan #3 Deposit, Zhayrem, Karazhal, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 6 × 2.5 cm
Description

Red, bladed spherical aggregates of flattened rhodochrosite rhombs form a rich and uncommon specimen from this well-known locale. Most rhodochrosites you see from there are pure botryoidal spheres, without bladed crystals.

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