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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.7 × 7.7 × 6 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.70cm
Weight: 
531.00gr
Description

Recently obtained from an Italian collector, this classic rhodochrosite comes as a quartz laden drusy with various partial rhodo crystals grown on a mixed sulphide matrix.
Very rich color and good lustre, quite appealing. 

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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