Rhodochrosite

specimen number:
2063149

location:
Madem-Lakkos, Kassandra, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece

description:

Classic Greek specimen with light pink scalenohedral crystals of rhodochrosite to 0.4 cm in size covering the top of matrix. In great condition.

The Madem-Lakkos mine within the Kassandra mining district of Chalkidiki, Greece, features complex polymetallic sulfide mineralization hosted in metamorphic rocks shaped by intense regional tectonism. Mining in this historic region spans over two millennia, dating back to classical antiquity and continuing through Byzantine, Ottoman, and modern eras, targeting silver, lead, zinc, and gold. Within these hydrothermal vein systems, collectors have prized the locality for producing fine, aesthetic mineral specimens, particularly delicate pink spherical aggregates and crystal groups of rhodochrosite.

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