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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
NChwaning Mines, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm
Description

Sharp gemmy subparallel aggregate of rhodochrosite crystals of an intense red colour, that gets pinkish orange if backlighted. Nice!. Mounted on an acrylic socle. The label reds Kuruman (now John Taolo Gaetsewe), and it is likely from the N'Chwaning Mines.

Ex Fernand Weyts #376, who built his collections from early 1970’s to early 2000’s.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

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

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