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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

Ex J & S Mommers Collection.

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Description
Locality: 
Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm
Description

An excellent group, very rich in rhombohedral, very sharp crystals. Color, luster and transparency are magnificent. The quality of the specimen is exceptional because of its excellent condition. A specimen highly desirabe specimen.Hedgehog Pocket, Main Stope Drift, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado

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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