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Rhodochrosite Psm Calcite

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Rhodochrosite Psm Calcite

Pseudomorph

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Description
Locality: 
Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
12.2 × 9.2 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 
234.00gr
Description

Pink lustrous rhodochrosite crystals with parallel growths that form tube-like structures. They look like pseudomorphs after elongated rhombohedral crystal cores, which have been almost completely dissolved. Attractive specimen, in very good condition.

Ex Daniel Berthot Museum.

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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

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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