Rhodochrosite
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Rhodochrosite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 5 x 5.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- MnCO3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania
- Tagged
- carbonate
Light pink Rhodochrosite with a bit of Quartz. This is an old, antique specimen once in the collection of Peter Zodac, founder of Rocks and Minerals magazine and was also in the mineral stock of Lawrence Conklin dealership. Look closely at the Conklin label, which states "Peter Zodac Collection". It is type locality.
Type Locality
Rhodochrosite
- Formula
- MnCO3
- Crystal System
- Trigonal
- Crystal Habit
- Massive - Granular, Columnar, Botryoidal
- Cleavage
- Perfect, Perfect, Perfect
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- pinkish red, red, rose red, yellowish gray, brown
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
- Fracture
- Brittle - Conchoidal
- Hardness
- 3
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- McConlogue Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
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