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Rhodochrosite

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Locality: 
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 6.2 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
38.51gr
Description

The specimen consists of an aggregate deposit of small rhombic crystals of grey pink rhodochrosite with a few modular botryoidal outcrops in the middle of the spread of crystals. The rhombs of rhodochrosite are up to 0.1cm on edge. There is a piece of brecchiated matrix attached on the display face encased by rhodochrosite.

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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