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Carpholite On Rhodochrosite

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Carpholite On Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Huber Stock, Krásno, Horní Slavkov, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 0.4 cm
Description

carpholite on rhodochrosite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carpholite

Formula: 
Mn2+Al2(Si2O6)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic

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