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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm
Description

Old specimen and from the type locality, this is a rhodochrosite specimen of intense pink colour matrix and pinkish-orange aggregates of bowed rhombohedral crystals. The specimen is accompanied by rosettes of and sparkling quartz crystals and the surface is spotted by tiny stibnite needles between the rhodochrosite crystals.

Ex Dr. F. Krantz 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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