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Bertrandite & Rhodochrosite

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Bertrandite & Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Kara Oba, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3.8 cm
Description

This is a very good specimen, featuring medium pink, bladed Rhodochrosite accompanied by matchstick shaped, white Bertrandite. Both species are, associated with glistening, cubed Pyrite and perched on pale brown Quartz crystals. A super combination piece, way better in kind.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bertrandite

Formula: 
Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Petit-Port, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de Loire, France

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
Wendel Minerals

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