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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.8 × 3.3 × 3 cm
Description

Fine old-time rhodochrosite from the classic Greek locality for the species. Pale pink, botryoidal rhodochrosite with fine silky luster on a little bit of matrix. Please pay attention at the quality; This specimen is Not a result of acid treatment or micro-abbrasion. It is a natural example of botryoidal rhodochrosite which extremelly hard to get in a decent, untreated specimen nowadays from Greece.

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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