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Rhodochrosite

Ex J & S Mommers Collection

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Description
Locality: 
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3.3 × 2.1 cm
Description

A hot pink rhodochrosite crystal cluster that has formed as a caste over two now long gone calcite (?) crystals. I have never seen anything like this heart shaped hollow calcite in rhodochrosite before... a real oddity

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
Earthstones Australia

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