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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm
Description

Deep red, lustrous crystal of rhodochrosite from the Potosí Mine in Chihuahua. The rear side present relicts of the green matrix. In very good condition.

Ex. Gerard Vogel specimen.

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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