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Rhodochrosite Covered With Quartz

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Rhodochrosite Covered With Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
80.00gr
Description

A fabulous Pink Rhodochrosite specimen covered with Quartz. This beautiful specimen sparkles due to the Quartz. The specimen was trimmed with a trim saw on 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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White