| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Gabon > Rhodochrosite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 58229 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | Moanda Mine, Haut Ogooue, Gabon |
| Description: | Lustrous pink-red transparent scalenohedral rhodochrosite crystals completely covering the black manganese-oxide matrix. This rhodochrosite cluster originated from a locality that has produced few specimens compared to other localities Ex. B. Gaber collection #529; ex. Paul Pohwat collection #816 (Mineral Collection Manager at Smithsonian); ex. Howard Belsky (1958-1987) |
| Overall Size: | 32x28x14 mm |
| Crystals: | 2-4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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