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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Pestsovye Keivy, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 2.7 × 2.9 cm
Description

Nice sample from this more uncommon locality for rhodochrosite. Low quantity from old discoveries show more spherical clusters - isolated well shaped crystals on sparkling quartz crystals are very exceptional.

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White