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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Zanett Tunnel, Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek Canyon, Ouray County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 4.7 × 2.6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
55.00gr
Description

An elegant rhombohedron of vivid pink rhodochrosite proudly stands pierced by a drusy of hyalin quartz in this vein specimen from the classic Coloradoan locality. The crystal is very lustrous and translucent and makes a very well-balanced miniature.
This is material dated back to the 70s or even earlier. I acquired it in the late 2010s as such from an old stock I got a hold of. To my knowledge, this is connoisseur material and not easy to spot on the market.

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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