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Rhodochrosite With Quartz

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Rhodochrosite With Quartz

ex collection Klaus Minderlein, ex F. Biro Budapest
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Cavnic Mine, Maramureș County, Romania
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
23.5 × 20 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
3 689.00gr
Description

Very big plate of very pale rhodochrosite (type locality), covered with tiny quartz crystals.

Some damaged stalactitic aggregates at the edges (easy to trim off), but still a fine specimen.

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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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White