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Behoite Rhodochrosite

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Behoite Rhodochrosite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

Rich specimen of sharp clear stacked crystals of behoite on dark red well formed crystals of rhodochrosite. Of the two dozen or so specimens found this is one of the last I have available for sale.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Behoite

Formula: 
Be(OH)2
Strunz: 
4.FA.05a
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Rode Ranch pegmatite, Llano Co., Texas, USA

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