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Calcite On Rhodochrosite

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Calcite On Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Srebrenica, Tuzla Canton, Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 7.4 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
176.00gr
Description

New discovery from this little known little mine. The calcite crystals are placed on a bed of small pale pink rhodochrosite beads on a  sphalerite slab.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

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

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