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Rhodochrosite

Former collection Kasper (CH)
Gem Crystal

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Description
Locality: 
Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm
Weight: 
1.00gr
Description

***relisted due to non-paying customer***

Rare excellent scalenohedral crystal of rhodochrosite from South Africa. A superb thumbnail specimen given by a single crystal featuring exceptional transparency and growth patterns all over its faces. On two sides is it possible to spot the casts of originally associated crystals, possibly also rhodochrosite, as this specimen was presumably belonging to a larger drusy.
Given both the color and the specie, I am safe to define this specimen the 'cherry' of this auction.

In excellent conditions, this is a gem quality crystal. One of the top specimens of the recently acquired Kasper collection (CH).

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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

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