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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Lustrous red sharp scalenohedral crystal of rhodochrosite from South Africa. A super transparent representative specimen, that is already a modern classic. At the base there are some re-entrant indentations where there were contacts with other crystals.

Acquired in 1978. 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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