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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Zhelezny Rog, Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 6.7 × 2.5 cm
Weight: 
92.00gr
Description

Light pink botryoidal Rhodochrosite has patially replaced a section of a fossil clam shell. Accompanied by a yellowish, radial crystal cluster, which is probably baryte.
The fact that part of the calcareous shell is still preserved makes this specimen especially.

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