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Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Wolfsberg Mountain, Spittal, Carinthia, Austria
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.4 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm
Description

Absolutely perfect pair of well cut and polished rhodonite from Austria. Quite uncommon material which was found and cut from a friend of mine in summer 2021.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany