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Rhodochrosite With Kutnohorite

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TBM930152

Rhodochrosite With Kutnohorite

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Description
Locality: 
Fosso della Chiesa Mine, Pompana, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
175.00gr
Description

Nice   pink globular aggregate  of rhodochrosite of 4mm diameter , in this sample there are tufts of  Kutnahorite crystals covered of Rhodochrosite

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

Kutnohorite

Formula: 
Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Strunz: 
5.AB.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Poličany, Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic