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Kutnohorite & Manganoan Calcite

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Kutnohorite & Manganoan Calcite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.2 × 6.1 cm
Weight: 
135.38gr
Description

Pink manganocalcite with pink fan-shaped kutnahorite. A sculptural piece and the manganocalcite fluoresces a bright orange as apposed to the minor proportion of kutnahorite present in this specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kutnohorite

Formula: 
Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

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