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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.6 × 4 × 3.8 cm
Description

Pale pink rhodochrosite crystals on a bed of white quartz crystals with lustrous pyrite crystals and brown sphalerite on the back side.

Attractive specimen - acquired 1989

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