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Manganoan Calcite

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Manganoan Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.4 × 7.5 × 5 cm
Description

This is a very large, hexagonal pink manganocalcite. It glows in UV light! I am told these are older and almost impossible to get nowadays. A flat surface that looks like a face modification seems to be cleavage but regardless, this is a great calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

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