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Rhodochrosite & Baryte

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Rhodochrosite & Baryte

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Description
Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
15 × 14.5 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.50cm
Weight: 
1 857.00gr
Description

A large and fabulous specimen of rhodochrosite & baryte crystals on matrix that came out from NÇhwaning II mine. Light contact on some of the cystals.   This is a very heavy specimen.  Shipping US $68.00

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

Baryte

Formula: 
BaSO4
Strunz: 
7.AD.35
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Streak: 
White