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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.9 × 2.3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Weight: 
64.00gr
Description

Very fine pink Rhodochrosite crystals on a Manganese matrix with very nice crystal formation. The specimen has been trimmed at the bottom and one side. 

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