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Rhodochrosite Quartz & Boulangerite

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Rhodochrosite Quartz & Boulangerite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 15.5 × 8.2 cm
Description

Here is a large and fine rhodochrosite specimen from Trepca. The rhodochrosite forms spherical aggregates of lustrous, pale pink crystals which are sitting on contrasting whitish quartz crystals. Boulangerite is also present. Large, aesthetic, good quality and excellent condition!

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Boulangerite

Formula: 
Pb5Sb4S11
Strunz: 
2.HC.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Colour: 
Lead grey
Streak: 
Brownish
Type Locality: 
Molières, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

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