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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Inakuraishi Mine, Furubira, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Hokkaido Island, Japan
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 5 × 3.1 cm
Description

Rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals,from Inakuraishi Mine are among the best in Japan.

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

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