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Rhodochrosite & Siderite

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Description
Locality: 
Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

Beautiful Rhodochrosite - Siderite up to 2mm from the Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper Palatinate in Bavaria

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

Siderite

Formula: 
FeCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.5
Streak: 
White