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Rhodochrosite On Quartz

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Rhodochrosite On Quartz

Ex J& S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Sunnyside Mine Group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm
Description

Showy, sharp, pastel-pink rhodochrosite rhombs to1 cm are festooned on the sculptural, 3-dimensional, dome of tufted, needle quartz . A classic Colorado specimen from the famous American Tunnel Mine dating back to the late 1950's or early 1960's.

Acquired by the seller in 1998

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

Quartz

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

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