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Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Pukanec, Levice District, Nitra Region, Slovakia (Slovak Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.3 × 3.8 × 3.6 cm
Description

Very nice sample of massive, light pink Rhodonite (with minor Rhodochrosite and Quartz) with typical black Mn oxides (from waethering) in matrix with minor Pyrite from Pukanec Au-Ag mining district (Slovakia). One side is cut but without final polishing. Analysed material!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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