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Quartz & Rhodochrosite

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Quartz & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakko Mine, Cassandra Mines, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.3 × 5.6 × 2.5 cm
Description

A V-shaped specimen of quartz with a little bit of very pale pink rhodochrosite on one side. One part of the V is composed of three crystals one of which has a ding and another one has a chip.

Please note that shipping charges have increased for Europe as the Greek post has increased its prices. Combined shipping will still be beneficial but a lot more epxensive than before as parcel weighing more than 1kg and up to 2kgs will cost 30euros to ship.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

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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