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Bustamite & Rhodonite

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Bustamite & Rhodonite

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Description
Locality: 
Meldon British Rail Quarry, Okehampton, Devon, United Kingdom
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 2 cm
Weight: 
28.00gr
Description

A rare brown radiant bustamite in a massive pink rhodonite matrix. Both minerals belong to the manganese silicates. The quarry is now abandoned. Only sparse finds can still be made on this locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bustamite

Formula: 
CaMn2+(Si2O6)
Strunz: 
9.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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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Germany
6
EU+EuropePlus (Zone 1+2)
15
worldwide (to 500g)
$17
worldwide (to 5kg and El Salvador, ...)
$55

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