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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Silverton, Animas, San Juan County, Colorado, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm
Description

This is a Rhodochrosite with Quartz from Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA. Some saturated pink Rhodochrosite rhomb are perched on sparkling, tiny, white Quartz crystals. One of the main crystals is broken and shows an even more intense color at the break points. This piece comes from an old collection and was acquired in 1972. The old collection label is included.

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