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Quartz Rhodochrosite & Selenite

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Quartz Rhodochrosite & Selenite

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Description
Locality: 
Madem-Lakkos Mine, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Central Macedonia, Greece
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

Aesthetic specimen with bursts of quartz crystals, associated with beige rhodochrosite. I discovered a couple transparent crystals of selenite on the specimen while writing this description, they cannot be seen at the photos but they add to the association. This is an old timer from a local miner's stash that I got 7-8 years ago and is one of the very cute miniatures that I have had from the locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Quartz

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

Selenite

Variety Of: 

Gypsum

Formula: 
CaSO4·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.CD.40
Hardness: 
2.0
Hardness: 
0.0

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