AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Romania > Rhodochrosite with Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 46817 |
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite with Quartz |
Locality: | Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbanya), Maramures, Romania (Type Locality for Rhodochrosite) |
Description: | Translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 4 mm long with a thin coating of transparent colorless quartz microcrystals plus a few larger milky quartz crystals to 6 mm long. Ex. Peter Zodac (1894-1967), founder of Rocks and Minerals magazine |
Overall Size: | 5x4.5x4 cm |
Crystals: | micro to 6 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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