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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.5 × 6 × 3 cm
Weight: 
344.00gr
Description

Red, translucent, tapered flattened nail-head crystals, compose this plate from this famous old mine, found from the early 1970s. This "shield form" of thick botryoidal growth is typical variety from this mine.

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