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Rhodochrosite

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Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.9 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm
Description

These mines have stopped producing collector's grade specimens since the 90s. Ever since, the local mines have been scooped by collectors and dealers and its been many years since they have been almost entirely exhausted having only the lowest quality specimens available for sale. This piece is from my purchases in the area about 13 years ago where you could still find good Greek rhodochrosite. It hosts well formed, pastel-pink botryoids that are leaping our nicely, out of a bed of drusy quartz crystasl.

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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