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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Silverton, Animas, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.3 × 7.1 × 3.6 cm
Description

Bright pink rhodochrosite rombohedrons nicely defined in the middle of the specimen.

Nice contrast with the white matrix.

Old specimen in great condition!

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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