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Rhodochrosite

Ex Brian Shelton Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Silverton, Animas, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm
Description

A pre 1970's rhodochrosite cleavage from the Silverton area, the mine is listed as the Long Tunnel Mine, but I can find no reference for that mine in Colorado. It is a very attractive rhomb of deep pink to red transparent to translucent rhodochrosite

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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