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Rhodochrosite

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: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 2.2 × 2.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

A superb deep pink rhodochrosite rhomb with a small hollow calcite caste attached at the base of the rhomb. this is an oldtime specimen dating back most likely to late 1960's or early 70's.

Acquired by seller in 1990 at the Denver Show

 

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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