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Rhodochrosite Pyrite & Calcite

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Rhodochrosite Pyrite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Trepča, Mitrovica District, Kosovo
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 5.5 × 4.7 cm
Weight: 
319.00gr
Description

Spectacular group of pink rossetes of rhodochrosite and calcite crystals on pyrite matrix from the famous Trepca Stan Terg Mine in Kosovo. This is an old specimen and on the label you can still see the inscription Trepca, Yugoslavia.

Really this is a very aesthetic specimen.

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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