| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Germany > Rhodochrosite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 60539 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | Grube Wolf, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
| Description: | Transparent pink-to-brown scalenohedral rhodochrosite crystals on brown limonite gossan. The rhodochrosite crystals have silky surface luster caused by many smaller parallel crystal faces on the surfaces. Ex. B. Gaber collection #492; ex. Paul Pohwat collection #638 (Mineral Collection Manager at Smithsonian) |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x3.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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