Rhodochrosite
specimen number:
9851058
location:
N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape, South Africa
description:
Beautiful deep red glassy and gemmy scalenohedral crystals of rhodochrosite averaging 0.5 cm in size mostly covering the top of a manganite crystal matrix. Typical of these some cleaving is present, this still very nice. Collected in the 1970s.
Size: 7.0 x 4.5 x 1.0 cm (small-cabinet)
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