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| Name: | Rhodochrosite Rds |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #20: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Guangxi, China  #215: Rhodochrosite  #269: Rhodochrosite Sweet Home Mine, Colorado, USA  #358: Rhodochrosite / Pyrite Casapalca, Peru  #409: Rhodochrosite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #425: Pyrargyrite / Rhodochrosite Peru  #474: Rhodochrosite Julia Fiske Mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado, USA  #623: Rhodochrosite N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa  #630: Rhodochrosite / Kupletskite / Aegirine / Albite Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada  #636: Rhodochrosite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru  #637: Rhodochrosite Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru  #643: Rhodochrosite Moose Mine, Gilpin County, Colorado, USA  #696: Rhodochrosite Potosi Mine, Level 10, Santo Domingo, Chihuahua, Mexico  #828: Rhodochrosite Michael Breene Mine, Montrose Country, Colorado, USA  #850: Rhodochrosite Detroit City Portal, Sweet Home Mine, Colorado, USA  #917: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #918: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #919: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #920: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #921: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #922: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #923: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #924: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #925: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #926: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #927: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #928: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #929: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #930: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #931: Rhodochrosite / Fluorite Wutong, Guangxi, China  #943: Rhodochrosite Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico  #1154: Rhodochrosite Santa Rita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín, Peru  #1254: Rhodochrosite Santa Eulalia, Mexico |
| IMA Chemistry: | Mn(CO3) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Rhodochrosite contains elements: Manganese (Mn) Carbon (C) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Romania |
| Year First Published: | 1813 |
| IMA Status: | Approved |
| Status Notes: | Hausmann J F L (1813) Rhodochrosit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie, Volume 3, (Göttingen) 1081-1082 |
| Structural Group Name: | Calcite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | calcite |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 3411 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 3.75 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 3.7 |
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