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Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals) from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

 
Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals) from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals) from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals) from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals) from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals) from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada

DESCRIPTION:No. 48998
Mineral:Rhodochrosite (twinned crystals)
Locality:Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Description:Two large translucent dark-red rhodochrosite crystals with smooth faces and several crystallized depressions where other crystals intersected the rhodochrosite. The rhodochrosite crystals are twinned with prominent reentrant faces at the twin plane. collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:33x28x10 mm
Crystals:22-33 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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