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Rhodochrosite & Manganite

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Rhodochrosite & Manganite

ex Raimond Göllner, 1979
Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.7 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
42.00gr
Description

A fantastic rhodochrosite specimen with crystals balls of this manganese carbonate on black manganite crystals.

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

Manganite

Formula: 
Mn3+O(OH)
Strunz: 
4.FD.15
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany