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Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Asahikawa Mine, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7.3 × 3.6 cm
Description

Nice band of  pink Rhodonite which goes through Chert.

The Manganese Silicates in the Japanese Cherts used to be Manganese Noduls,before uplifting and metamorphosis.

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

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