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Sussexite On Rhodochrosite

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Sussexite On Rhodochrosite

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Locality: 
NChwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm
Weight: 
22.30gr
Description

The specimen is made up of a deposit of rhodochrosite in a shallow depression. Tiny pale pink and gemmy scalenohedral crystals, with the naked eye one would say drusy rhodochrosite. There is small sub-parallel nest of brown sussexite layed down onto the rhodochrosite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sussexite

Formula: 
Mn2+BO2(OH)
Strunz: 
6.BA.15
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, 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

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