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Rhodochrosite On Hisingerite

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Rhodochrosite On Hisingerite

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4 × 3 cm
Description

Several slightly rough rhodochrosite crystals on dark brown, resinous hisingerite. Although the condition of the rhodos is not great, this is actually an ex Crystal Classics/Kristalle specimen! Label included.

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

Hisingerite

Formula: 
Fe3+2(Si2O5)(OH)4·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.ED.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden
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