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Rhodochrosite On Sturtite

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Rhodochrosite On Sturtite

Ex The Lee's Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Zinc Corporation Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.8 × 0.8 cm
Description

A deep pink botyroidal clusters of bladed rhodochrosite crystals on a matrix of resinous dark brown sturtite from the 18 level of the Zinc Corp. Mine at Broken Hill

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
Earthstones Australia

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