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(2024) Vibrational Analysis of Natural Rhodochrosites by Raman Spectroscopy. \u003Ci>Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  14 (7)  \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3390\u002Fmin14070703'>doi:10.3390\u002Fmin14070703\u003C\u002Fa>","10.3390\u002Fmin14070703",{"id":548,"year":544,"html":549,"doi":550},17221492,"Zhang, Shanrong; Liang, Wen; Wu, Mengzeng; Zhong, Qifa; Fan, Dawei (2024) Crystal structure of calcite-type Ca1–xMnxCO3 solid solution by X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. \u003Ci>Physics and Chemistry of Minerals\u003C\u002Fi>,  51 (2). 10 \u003Ca target='_blank' href='https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs00269-024-01269-6'>doi:10.1007\u002Fs00269-024-01269-6\u003C\u002Fa>","10.1007\u002Fs00269-024-01269-6",[552,562,569,576,581,589,594,599,604,613,618,627,632,642,650,658,666,671,681,691,699,707,714,722,731,739,748,758,766,774,783,791,798,805,813,821,827,833,840,849,857,864,871,877,884,890,899,906,913,920,928,935,942,949,957,965,974,983,990,997,1003,1011,1019,1027,1034,1040,1046,1052,1057,1064,1071,1078,1085,1091,1099,1106,1113,1118,1125,1132,1138,1145,1151,1156,1163,1169,1175,1182,1189,1196,1201,1207,1214,1221,1227,1234,1240,1247,1253,1259,1266,1273,1279,1285,1291,1298,1304],{"id":553,"source_url":554,"license_code":555,"credit_html":556,"title":557,"description":558,"author":559,"original_width":560,"original_height":561},23851,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657408","CC BY 2.0","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657408\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) 6 (46987176554).jpg","\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite from the Oligocene of Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3.  Most rhodochrosite is pinkish, but high-quality specimens are a gorgeous red color.  Its crystals are rhomb-shaped.  Rhodochrosite has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, a white streak, and has a hardness of about 3.5 to 4.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Colorado's Sweet Home Mine has produced the most spectacular rhodochrosite specimens on Earth.  Specimens from this site are intimately associated with polymetallic sulfides (tetrahedrite-tennantite - (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12(Sb,As)4S13), pyrite, and quartz.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite at this locality occurs in hydrothermal veins that intrude Precambrian basement rocks (granodiorites, gneisses, schists, migmatites, and pegmatites).  Isotopic dating shows that hydrothermal mineralization occurred during the Oligocene, from 27.6 to 30.6 million years ago.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Sweet Home Mine, above Buckskin Gulch, south-southwest of Mt. Bross, northwest of Alma, Alma Mining District, eastern slopes of the northern Mosquito Range, far-western Park County, central Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of rhodochrosite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406<\u002Fa>","James St. John",2180,2136,{"id":563,"source_url":564,"license_code":555,"credit_html":565,"title":566,"description":558,"author":559,"original_width":567,"original_height":568},23852,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657409","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657409\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) 7 (46987177644).jpg",1791,1554,{"id":570,"source_url":571,"license_code":572,"credit_html":573,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":575},30607,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65162","CC BY-SA 4.0","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65162\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",1000,826,{"id":577,"source_url":578,"license_code":572,"credit_html":579,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":580},30608,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61670","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61670\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",881,{"id":582,"source_url":583,"license_code":555,"credit_html":584,"title":585,"description":586,"author":559,"original_width":587,"original_height":588},23847,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657216","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657216\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-tetrahedrite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) (27190913706).jpg","\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite-tetrahedrite from the Oligocene of Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Red = rhodochrosite\nGray = tetrahedrite\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3.  Most rhodochrosite is pinkish, but high-quality specimens are a gorgeous red color.  Its crystals are rhomb-shaped.  Rhodochrosite has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, a white streak, and has a hardness of about 3.5 to 4.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Colorado's Sweet Home Mine has produced the most spectacular rhodochrosite specimens on Earth.  Specimens from this site are intimately associated with polymetallic sulfides (tetrahedrite-tennantite - (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12(Sb,As)4S13), pyrite, and quartz.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite at this locality occurs in hydrothermal veins that intrude Precambrian basement rocks (granodiorites, gneisses, schists, migmatites, and pegmatites).  Isotopic dating shows that hydrothermal mineralization occurred during the Oligocene, from 27.6 to 30.6 million years ago.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Sweet Home Mine, above Buckskin Gulch, south-southwest of Mt. Bross, northwest of Alma, Alma Mining District, eastern slopes of the northern Mosquito Range, far-western Park County, central Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of rhodochrosite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406<\u002Fa>",2682,2364,{"id":590,"source_url":591,"license_code":572,"credit_html":592,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":593},30609,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65196","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65196\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",695,{"id":595,"source_url":596,"license_code":572,"credit_html":597,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":598},30610,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65149","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65149\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",612,{"id":600,"source_url":601,"license_code":572,"credit_html":602,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":603},30611,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61690","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F61690\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",750,{"id":605,"source_url":606,"license_code":572,"credit_html":607,"title":608,"description":609,"author":610,"original_width":611,"original_height":612},20853,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=86319503","JJ Harrison (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jjharrison.com.au\u002F), via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=86319503\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite on Matrix - Peru.jpg","Rhodochrosite on Matrix from Peru. Size 4×2.5 cm.","JJ Harrison (https:\u002F\u002Fwww.jjharrison.com.au\u002F)",4466,2978,{"id":614,"source_url":615,"license_code":572,"credit_html":616,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":617},30612,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65189","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65189\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",899,{"id":619,"source_url":620,"license_code":572,"credit_html":621,"title":622,"description":623,"author":624,"original_width":625,"original_height":626},20854,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=132860443","Eric Polk, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=132860443\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite NHMLA.png","Sample of Rhodochrosite collected from Tswaneng Mine, Kuruman, northern cape, South Africa.  On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA.","Eric Polk",1453,1656,{"id":628,"source_url":629,"license_code":572,"credit_html":630,"title":7,"description":11,"author":11,"original_width":574,"original_height":631},30613,"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65169","Photo: Unknown author — http:\u002F\u002Fcreativecommons.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fby-sa\u002F4.0\u002F, courtesy of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgeocollections.info\u002Ffile\u002F65169\" rel=\"noopener\">The Estonian Museum of Natural History\u003C\u002Fa> via Europeana",944,{"id":633,"source_url":634,"license_code":635,"credit_html":636,"title":637,"description":638,"author":639,"original_width":640,"original_height":641},20855,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=166157260","CC0 1.0","TheUltimateGrass, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=166157260\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite Argentina.jpg","Rhodochrosite from Argentina that looks like pork.","TheUltimateGrass",1536,2048,{"id":643,"source_url":644,"license_code":555,"credit_html":645,"title":646,"description":647,"author":559,"original_width":648,"original_height":649},23846,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657181","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657181\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) 1 (15374334062).jpg","\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite-tetrahedrite-tennantite-pyrite-quartz from the Oligocene of Colorado, USA. (4.1 centimeters across at its widest)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Pink to red = rhodochrosite\nSilvery-gray = tetrahedrite-tennantite\nBrassy gold = pyrite\nGray glassy masses = quartz\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3.  Most rhodochrosite is pinkish, but high-quality specimens are a gorgeous red color.  Its crystals are rhomb-shaped.  Rhodochrosite has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, a white streak, and has a hardness of about 3.5 to 4.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Colorado's Sweet Home Mine has produced the most spectacular rhodochrosite specimens on Earth.  Specimens from this site are intimately associated with polymetallic sulfides (tetrahedrite-tennantite - (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12(Sb,As)4S13), pyrite, and quartz.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite at this locality occurs in hydrothermal veins that intrude Precambrian basement rocks (granodiorites, gneisses, schists, migmatites, and pegmatites).  Isotopic dating shows that hydrothermal mineralization occurred during the Oligocene, from 27.6 to 30.6 million years ago.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Sweet Home Mine, above Buckskin Gulch, south-southwest of Mt. Bross, northwest of Alma, Alma Mining District, eastern slopes of the northern Mosquito Range, far-western Park County, central Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of rhodochrosite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406<\u002Fa>",3852,2424,{"id":651,"source_url":652,"license_code":555,"credit_html":653,"title":654,"description":655,"author":559,"original_width":656,"original_height":657},23848,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657327","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657327\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) 2 (31714550683).jpg","\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite from the Oligocene of Colorado, USA. (public display, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado, USA)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Red = rhodochrosite (MnCO3 - manganese carbonate)\nWhitish-gray, stick-like crystals = quartz (SiO2 - silica)\nPale blue = fluorite (CaF2 - calcium fluoride)\nBlack = sphalerite (ZnS - zinc sulfide)\nPale yellowish = calcite (CaCO3 - calcium carbonate)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3.  Most rhodochrosite is pinkish, but high-quality specimens are a gorgeous red color.  Its crystals are rhomb-shaped.  Rhodochrosite has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, a white streak, and has a hardness of about 3.5 to 4.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Colorado's Sweet Home Mine has produced the most spectacular rhodochrosite specimens on Earth.  Specimens from this site are intimately associated with polymetallic sulfides (tetrahedrite-tennantite - (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12(Sb,As)4S13), pyrite, and quartz.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite at this locality occurs in hydrothermal veins that intrude Precambrian basement rocks (granodiorites, gneisses, schists, migmatites, and pegmatites).  Isotopic dating shows that hydrothermal mineralization occurred during the Oligocene, from 27.6 to 30.6 million years ago.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The large rhodochrosite crystal shown above is \"The Alma King\".  It was discovered in 1992 and is the world's most famous rhodochrosite specimen.  It is six inches in size and occurred in a narrow, crystal-lined cavity associated with quartz, sphalerite, fluorite, calcite, and chalcopyrite.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Sweet Home Mine, above Buckskin Gulch, south-southwest of Mt. Bross, northwest of Alma, Alma Mining District, eastern slopes of the northern Mosquito Range, far-western Park County, central Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of rhodochrosite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406<\u002Fa>",4000,3000,{"id":659,"source_url":660,"license_code":555,"credit_html":661,"title":662,"description":663,"author":559,"original_width":664,"original_height":665},23849,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657329","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657329\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) 4 (31714549343).jpg","\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite from the Oligocene of Colorado, USA. (public display, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado, USA)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Red = rhodochrosite (MnCO3 - manganese carbonate)\nWhitish-gray, stick-like crystals = quartz (SiO2 - silica)\nBlack = sphalerite (ZnS - zinc sulfide)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3.  Most rhodochrosite is pinkish, but high-quality specimens are a gorgeous red color.  Its crystals are rhomb-shaped.  Rhodochrosite has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, a white streak, and has a hardness of about 3.5 to 4.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Colorado's Sweet Home Mine has produced the most spectacular rhodochrosite specimens on Earth.  Specimens from this site are intimately associated with polymetallic sulfides (tetrahedrite-tennantite - (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12(Sb,As)4S13), pyrite, and quartz.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite at this locality occurs in hydrothermal veins that intrude Precambrian basement rocks (granodiorites, gneisses, schists, migmatites, and pegmatites).  Isotopic dating shows that hydrothermal mineralization occurred during the Oligocene, from 27.6 to 30.6 million years ago.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The large rhodochrosite crystal shown above is \"The Alma King\".  It was discovered in 1992 and is the world's most famous rhodochrosite specimen.  It is six inches in size and occurred in a narrow, crystal-lined cavity associated with quartz, sphalerite, fluorite, calcite, and chalcopyrite.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Sweet Home Mine, above Buckskin Gulch, south-southwest of Mt. Bross, northwest of Alma, Alma Mining District, eastern slopes of the northern Mosquito Range, far-western Park County, central Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of rhodochrosite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406<\u002Fa>",3968,2976,{"id":667,"source_url":668,"license_code":555,"credit_html":669,"title":670,"description":655,"author":559,"original_width":665,"original_height":664},23850,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657330","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657330\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) 5 (32373986802).jpg",{"id":672,"source_url":673,"license_code":674,"credit_html":675,"title":676,"description":677,"author":678,"original_width":679,"original_height":680},75777,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=89414001","CC BY 4.0","HildLSmith, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=89414001\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Родохрозит Кузнецова Ольга.jpg","Pyrite with Rhodochrosite from Trepča Stan Terg mine, Kosovo","HildLSmith",3224,2604,{"id":682,"source_url":683,"license_code":684,"credit_html":685,"title":686,"description":687,"author":688,"original_width":689,"original_height":690},20848,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122537","CC BY-SA 3.0","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10122537\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Malachite-Tetrahedrite-Rhodochrosite-27310.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMalachite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Malachite\">Malachite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTetrahedrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tetrahedrite\">Tetrahedrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSweet_Home_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sweet Home Mine\">Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Bross\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Bross\">Mount Bross\u003C\u002Fa>, Alma District, Park County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3690.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece is extremely sculptural with 2cm lustrous,black tetrahedrites jutting out of a valley of quartz crystals and green malachite along with minor lilac fluorite and rhodochrosite. From the single pocket of malachite found at this mine and considered quite a rarity! i bought the best of them, about 6 months ago, and this is one from that lot. VERY IMPORTANT locality specimen! 7.5 x 3.3 x 3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Robert M. Lavinsky",600,370,{"id":692,"source_url":693,"license_code":684,"credit_html":694,"title":695,"description":696,"author":688,"original_width":697,"original_height":698},20849,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10449917","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10449917\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorite-Rhodochrosite-jh14c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Uchucchacua Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOy%C3%B3n_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Oyón Province\">Oyon Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FLima_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Lima Department\">Lima Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Peru (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2544.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 5.5 x 4 x 2.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite with Fluorite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a super specimen with very unusual rhodo crystals to 1.5 INCHES, ON MATRIX. a neat little fluorite provides accent. i think its quite exceptional and have not seen such crysatls on matrix like this before. Jack loves his rhodos dearly and this was thus one of the harder ones to let go...\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",350,368,{"id":700,"source_url":701,"license_code":684,"credit_html":702,"title":703,"description":704,"author":688,"original_width":705,"original_height":706},20850,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453085","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453085\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorite-Rhodochrosite-mf42b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSilverton\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Silverton\">Silverton\u003C\u002Fa>, Silverton District, San Juan County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3663.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 7.6 x 6.1 x 5.0 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Fluorite with Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Extremely high-quality green fluorite, for the locality, perched atop a matrix of sulphides nad rhodochrosite. There is some possible pseudomorph casts under the fluorite, as you can see. Classic old material, and beautiful!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",352,400,{"id":708,"source_url":709,"license_code":684,"credit_html":710,"title":711,"description":712,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":713},20851,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10466240","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10466240\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Barite-Rhodochrosite-tcm01b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaryte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Baryte\">Baryte\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Wuzhou Prefecture, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGuangxi\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Guangxi\">Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region\u003C\u002Fa>, China (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-157664.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5.7 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite with Barite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A SHARP, beautiful cherry-red , elongated disc-shaped crystal from this small find. Most unusual in form, compared to other worldwide rhodo locales where you may see this habit, but not in such sizeable crystals. This is a particularly fine example for this locality because of the size, good color, overall form, and completeness all around. Both sides shown - it is almost a floater with just a small attachment point on the bottom. Also, the barite association is a novel and nice touch!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",396,{"id":715,"source_url":716,"license_code":684,"credit_html":717,"title":718,"description":719,"author":688,"original_width":720,"original_height":721},20852,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10474612","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10474612\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Fluorite-Quartz-Rhodochrosite-ed10a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTetrahedrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tetrahedrite\">Tetrahedrite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSweet_Home_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sweet Home Mine\">Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Bross\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Bross\">Mount Bross\u003C\u002Fa>, Alma District, Park County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3690.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 10 x 8.4 x 4.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite with Fluorite,Tetrahedrite, Quartz\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a very appealing rhodochrosite, unusual in its combination with both fluorite and tetrahedrite. The tetrahedrite occurs as sharp , metallic crystals and may actually be overtopping large bornite crystals, it seems. The piece is very nearly pristine with but a few faint marks of wear seen by the educated eye only, and NO restoration or repairs whatsoever. The large central crystal is 5 cm across, and it is draped with fluorite and smaller rhodo crystals. The color I would rate as an 8.5 on a scale of 10 - and I can say honestly that it is what we called good color back when they were being mined - as opposed to what often passes for \"acceptable color\" on specimens I see at market today. The lustre is high, and the color saturation is uniform. This is an EXCELLENT piece overall, and has a huge amount of color for the price (again, considering what else I have seen on the market these days). The fluorites are sparkling and a nice lavender hue, in person. I purchased this piece for my private collection, of fine large Sweet Home rhodochrosite specimens, in 2006 at the Munich show. I have held it since, and am selling a few of my private collection rhodochrosites now only to finance acquiring a yet larger specimen. Jeff Scovil Photo (on green background).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",1800,1510,{"id":723,"source_url":724,"license_code":725,"credit_html":726,"title":727,"description":728,"author":729,"original_width":730,"original_height":730},511,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15358683","CC BY 3.0","Carles Millan, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=15358683\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Alabandite, Rhodochrosite, Quartz-376141.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlabandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Alabandite\">Alabandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa> (Size: 84 mm x 58 mm x 45 mm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>\u003Ci>Original description:\u003C\u002Fi> Group of octahedral {111}, metallic black color, alabandite crystals partially coated with pale pink rhodochrosite, accompanied with some crystallized quartz, from a find of September 2010 in the 300 level of the mine (895 m deep). It shows at least five spinel law twins, several of them visible in the photos. Size: 84 mm x 58 mm x 45 mm. Major crystal: 13 mm tall, 9 mm on edge. Weight: 214 g. The specimens from this pocket represent the highest quality ever seen for this species (Ref.: The Mineralogical Record, January-February 2011, vol. 42\u002F1, page 73).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Carles Millan",1024,{"id":732,"source_url":733,"license_code":684,"credit_html":734,"title":735,"description":736,"author":688,"original_width":737,"original_height":738},1328,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174922","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10174922\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Ancylite-Rhodochrosite-20242.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAncylite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Ancylite\">Ancylite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Fat bladed crystals to 8 mm (running through the matrix from side to side), make this a nice specimen. 1.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",550,700,{"id":740,"source_url":741,"license_code":684,"credit_html":742,"title":743,"description":744,"author":745,"original_width":746,"original_height":747},1330,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=17545679","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=17545679\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite, rhodocrosite, aegirine, natrolite, épidimyte, ancylite-(Ce) (Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec - Canada).JPG","nenadkevichite, rhodochrosite, aegirine, natrolite, epidimyte, ancylite-(Ce) : Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry ; Uni-Mix quarry ; Desourdy quarry ; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada","Parent Géry",3931,2848,{"id":749,"source_url":750,"license_code":751,"credit_html":752,"title":753,"description":754,"author":755,"original_width":756,"original_height":757},2818,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24876970","Public domain","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24876970\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bastnäsite-(Ce), Rhodochrosite-204285.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBastn%C3%A4site-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bastnäsite-(Ce)\">Bastnäsite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The taller \"xl\" plus rhodochrosite \"hat\" is a bit < 2 cm tall. Via Jean-Yves Lamoureux (found July 1989). MOB coll.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a pseudomorph - likely after petersenite-(Ce) or another burbankite family mineral. Only XRD (and qualitative EDS? - I forget) was done but at MSH Ce dominates in all bastnäsite “group” minerals. Some areas of the “xls” look gemmy but apparently there is no relict material to prove that it was petersenite-(Ce) (rather than some other burbankite family member).\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This find predates the Poudrette pegmatite PS of synchysite-(Ce) after petersenite-(Ce). The dark red\u002Fbrown rhombs are rhodochrosite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Modris Baum",495,768,{"id":759,"source_url":760,"license_code":751,"credit_html":761,"title":762,"description":763,"author":755,"original_width":764,"original_height":765},2819,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24876972","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=24876972\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bastnäsite-(Ce), Rhodochrosite-204288.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBastn%C3%A4site-(Ce)\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bastnäsite-(Ce)\">Bastnäsite-(Ce)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa> (FOV 8 x 11.4 mm)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The taller \"xl\" plus rhodochrosite \"hat\" is a bit < 2 cm tall. Via Jean-Yves Lamoureux (found July 1989). MOB coll.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is a pseudomorph - likely after petersenite-(Ce) or another burbankite family mineral. Only XRD (and qualitative EDS? - I forget) was done but at MSH Ce dominates in all bastnäsite “group” minerals. Some areas of the “xls” look gemmy but apparently there is no relict material to prove that it was petersenite-(Ce) (rather than some other burbankite family member).\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This find predates the Poudrette pegmatite PS of synchysite-(Ce) after petersenite-(Ce). The dark red\u002Fbrown rhombs are rhodochrosite.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",459,653,{"id":767,"source_url":768,"license_code":684,"credit_html":769,"title":770,"description":771,"author":688,"original_width":772,"original_height":773},4532,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030115","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030115\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Cancrinite-Natrolite-Rhodochrosite-20244.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCancrinite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Cancrinite\">Cancrinite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNatrolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Natrolite\">Natrolite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A remarkable specimen consisting of a very finely crystallized natrolite crystal that has been completely replaced by Cancrinite. It has accents of Rhodochrosite, as well, for a bit of color! Complete all around with a fine termination on top. Ex Marcelle and Charles Weber Collection 4 x 2 x 1.75 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",531,720,{"id":775,"source_url":776,"license_code":684,"credit_html":777,"title":778,"description":779,"author":780,"original_width":781,"original_height":782},4813,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866037","Leon Hupperichs, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=14866037\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Caryopilite-Rhodochrosite-89634.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCaryopilite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Caryopilite\">Caryopilite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Brown crust of Caryopilite on Rhodochrosite. Field of view 15 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","Leon Hupperichs",699,530,{"id":784,"source_url":785,"license_code":684,"credit_html":786,"title":787,"description":788,"author":688,"original_width":789,"original_height":790},7205,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162227","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162227\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Chalcopyrite-Rhodochrosite-Pyrite-221158.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChalcopyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Chalcopyrite\">Chalcopyrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyrite\">Pyrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKutnohorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kutnohorite\">Kutnohorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDickite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Dickite\">Dickite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSweet_Home_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sweet Home Mine\">Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Bross\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Bross\">Mount Bross\u003C\u002Fa>, Alma District, Park County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3690.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine association specimen. This piece features a translucent, gemmy, red\u002Fpink crystal group of rhombic Rhodochrosite measuring 2.3 x 1.5 cm, but the most attractive aspect of this specimen is the fact that it is associated with Chalcopyrite, modified cuboctahedra of purple and colorless\u002Fwhite Fluorite crystals, along with Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz, Kutnohorite and possibly Dickite. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",398,360,{"id":792,"source_url":793,"license_code":684,"credit_html":794,"title":795,"description":796,"author":688,"original_width":797,"original_height":790},7206,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162229","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162229\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Fluorite-Pyrite-221159.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFluorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Fluorite\">Fluorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyrite\">Pyrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChalcopyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Chalcopyrite\">Chalcopyrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKutnohorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kutnohorite\">Kutnohorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FDickite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Dickite\">Dickite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSweet_Home_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sweet Home Mine\">Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Bross\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Bross\">Mount Bross\u003C\u002Fa>, Alma District, Park County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3690.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 5.3 x 3.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine association specimen from the mine that produced the world's finest quality Rhodochrosites. This piece features a translucent, gemmy, red\u002Fpink crystal group of rhombic Rhodochrosite measuring 2.3 x 1.5 cm, but the most attractive aspect of this specimen is the fact that it is associated with modified cuboctahedra of purple and colorless\u002Fwhite Fluorite crystals, along with Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz, Kutnohorite and possibly Dickite. That's a minimum of eight species on the same specimen, and there could possibly be more under close inspection. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",397,{"id":799,"source_url":800,"license_code":751,"credit_html":801,"title":802,"description":803,"author":755,"original_width":804,"original_height":730},9373,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=77267996","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=77267996\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Niveolanite, Aegirine, Rhodochrosite, Microcline-164748.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNiveolanite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Niveolanite\">Niveolanite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMicrocline\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Microcline\">Microcline\u003C\u002Fa> (FOV ~ 4+ cm wide)\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Thanks to Jean-Pierre Beckerich. MOB coll.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fragment of this specimen was XRD confirmed (as UK113) at the Canadian Museum of Nature. The color is distinctly yellowish. Out of view there is a great deal of unaltered petersenite-(Ce) (see child photo), but only a couple of terminated xls. Also out of view are \"beehives\" of tan\u002Fgray catapleiite with a bit of franconite in the interstices. Other specimens have (verified) franconite directly associated with the niveolanite. But here, most of the fuzzy white stuff is \"short hair\" niveolanite or (in very small amounts) dawsonite. This specimen came from the Poudrette pegmatite. Various child photos including closeups and stereo views. Oct 2009: I think I finally achieved reasonable color fidelity!\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Compare with the more typical snow white variety: \u003Ca href=\"\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFile:Niveolanite-257750.jpg\" title=\"File:Niveolanite-257750.jpg\">File:Niveolanite-257750.jpg\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",795,{"id":806,"source_url":807,"license_code":684,"credit_html":808,"title":809,"description":810,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":812},9545,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133203","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10133203\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Baryte-Gageite-Rhodochrosite-49051.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaryte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Baryte\">Baryte\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGageite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gageite\">Gageite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is an amazing combination piece. Imagine, lustrous, razor-sharp Barites to .9 cm on edge, gemmy pink 1 mm Rhodos completely coating the top of the matrix, and the incredibly rare Gageite undeerlaying and poking out here and there (brown microcrystals). 3.8 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",800,522,{"id":814,"source_url":815,"license_code":684,"credit_html":816,"title":817,"description":818,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":820},9547,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165402","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165402\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Gageite-240261.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGageite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gageite\">Gageite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6.5 x 3 x 2.4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A fine combination piece of rich pink 2-mm Rhodochrosite spheres coating multiple pockets in the specimen. The abundant brown Gageite is fibrous to felted, and spread throughout the specimen. An attractive and rare example of the combination. Ex. Charlie Key stock.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",500,329,{"id":822,"source_url":823,"license_code":684,"credit_html":824,"title":825,"description":818,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":826},9548,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165403","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165403\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Gageite-240262.jpg",457,{"id":828,"source_url":829,"license_code":684,"credit_html":830,"title":831,"description":818,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":832},9549,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165404","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165404\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Gageite-240263.jpg",375,{"id":834,"source_url":835,"license_code":684,"credit_html":836,"title":837,"description":838,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":839},9550,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10443197","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10443197\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Barite-Gageite-Rhodochrosite-3d56b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBaryte\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Baryte\">Baryte\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGageite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gageite\">Gageite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3068.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 3.8 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Barite, Gageite, & Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This is an amazing combination piece. Imagine, lustrous, razor-sharp Barites to .9 cm on edge, gemmy pink 1 mm Rhodos completely coating the top of the matrix, and the incredibly rare Gageite undeerlaying and poking out here and there (brown microcrystals).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",333,{"id":841,"source_url":842,"license_code":572,"credit_html":843,"title":844,"description":845,"author":846,"original_width":847,"original_height":848},11689,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67405992","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=67405992\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite, hübnerite, quartz.jpg","rhodochrosite, hübnerite, quartz : Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Perù","Géry PARENT",1980,1438,{"id":850,"source_url":851,"license_code":572,"credit_html":852,"title":853,"description":854,"author":846,"original_width":855,"original_height":856},15348,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=112594749","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=112594749\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Manganoneptunite, rhodochrosite 1.jpg","manganoneptunite, rhodochrosite : Poudrette Quarry (De-Mix Quarry ; Demix Quarry ; Uni-Mix Quarry ; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire ; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada - crystals up to 1 mm each",1975,1317,{"id":858,"source_url":859,"license_code":684,"credit_html":860,"title":861,"description":862,"author":688,"original_width":863,"original_height":738},17532,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030108","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030108\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Rhodochrosite-20238.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>9 mm crystal on nice matrix. 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",486,{"id":865,"source_url":866,"license_code":684,"credit_html":867,"title":868,"description":869,"author":688,"original_width":870,"original_height":738},17533,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030109","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030109\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Aegirine-Rhodochrosite-20240.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Superb rosette of crystals perched on rhodochrosite! 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",485,{"id":872,"source_url":873,"license_code":684,"credit_html":874,"title":875,"description":876,"author":688,"original_width":738,"original_height":812},17534,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030112","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030112\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Aegirine-Rhodochrosite-20243.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Sharp doubly-terminated 7mm crystal perched on aegerine! Smaller crystals as well, are present. 1.6 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":878,"source_url":879,"license_code":684,"credit_html":880,"title":881,"description":882,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":883},17535,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151659","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151659\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Rhodochrosite-Aegirine-177549.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpididymite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epididymite\">Epididymite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-123123.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.1 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen contains what are by far and away among the largest reported crystals of the species, as do other specimens from the remarkable find of 2003 by MSH specialist collector Gilles Haineult. These crystals are to 8 mm in size and are nice and fat as well, with sharp terminations and good luster. Matrix associations include superb twinned epidiymite crystals and aegerine. Ex. James Zigras Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",567,{"id":885,"source_url":886,"license_code":684,"credit_html":887,"title":888,"description":882,"author":688,"original_width":889,"original_height":706},17536,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151663","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151663\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Rhodochrosite-Aegirine-177550.jpg",278,{"id":891,"source_url":892,"license_code":572,"credit_html":893,"title":894,"description":895,"author":896,"original_width":897,"original_height":898},19689,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10693321","User:Metodicar, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10693321\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite, Plumosite,Calcite.jpg","This is rhodochrosite with plumosite and calcite.","User:Metodicar",2202,1344,{"id":900,"source_url":901,"license_code":684,"credit_html":902,"title":903,"description":904,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":905},21070,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10127526","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10127526\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Romanechite-40303.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRoman%C3%A8chite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Romanèchite\">Romanèchite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sequoia Pit, Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain District, Humboldt County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNevada\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nevada\">Nevada\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-36833.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An EXCELLENT and SHOWY specimen of lustrous, translucent, red to orange-red, rhodochrosite hemispheres to 0.8 cm on a beautifully contrasting black romanechite crust on massive quartz matrix from an uncommon Nevada locality, the Lone Tree Mine. Very good piece for the locality! 6.9 x 4.0 x 2.9 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",680,{"id":907,"source_url":908,"license_code":684,"credit_html":909,"title":910,"description":911,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":912},22193,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138804","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138804\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-117504.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.1 x 6 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This piece features a superb .7cm Shigaite crystal with classic iridescent yellow-to-red color and incredible luster. It guards the gate into the pocket of gloriously sparkling rhodo behind it! Scattered in the beautiful Rhodochrosite pocket are numerous smaller hexagonal blades of shigaite that are gemmy red.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",353,{"id":914,"source_url":915,"license_code":684,"credit_html":916,"title":917,"description":918,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":919},22194,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10147625","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10147625\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-160204.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 10.0 x 7.8 x 6.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen has dark red crystals of the rare manganese species shigaite, ensconced on attractive, sparkling manganite blades and accented by rhodochrosite. It is from a small 1993 pocket and is said to be one of the best of that pocket. It was sold to John Barlow soon after by Charlie Key. An important specimen, this piece at one time was considered one of the world's great specimens for the species and resided in a pre-eminent collection of such rarities (John Barlow's). It still is significant, though others have been found recently of a different style. The new ones are more gracile and fragile-looking but have a metallic lustre and brighter color, whereas these crystals are more robust and dark. Also this matrix association is unique to the 1993 pocket which really did redefine the species in terms of quality. Illustrated in the F. John Barlow Collection book, in his chapter on South Africa.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",616,{"id":921,"source_url":922,"license_code":684,"credit_html":923,"title":924,"description":925,"author":688,"original_width":926,"original_height":927},22195,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150522","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10150522\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-173814.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.7 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen features a 1.6 cm, gemmy, dark cherry-red compound shigaite crystal placed in a large vug covered with very sparkly, transparent, rose-red rhodochrosite crystals, which are, in turn, sprinkled with gemmy, cherry-red, micro shigaite crystals. Ex. Rob Smith Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",404,371,{"id":929,"source_url":930,"license_code":684,"credit_html":931,"title":932,"description":933,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":934},22196,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159212","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159212\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-201388.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.7 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A superb bladed, dark reddish crystal of Shigaite on Rhodochrosite is covered by additional yellow\u002Fgolden shigaite crystals. This is a super thumbnail from a small and unusual find, according to Charlie. The vitreous luster is fantastic, the combination fascinating. Ex. Charlie Key.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",479,{"id":936,"source_url":937,"license_code":684,"credit_html":938,"title":939,"description":940,"author":688,"original_width":603,"original_height":941},22198,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165335","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165335\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-240119.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.5 x 2.9 x 0.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Shigaite is a very rare aluminum manganese sulfate. This fine miniature features a beautifully placed, 6 mm cluster of tabular, hexagonal, dark cherry-red shigaite crystals on a mounded clusters of very sparkly, translucent, rose-red rhodochrosite crystals, which are sprinkled with micro shigaite crystals. This piece comes from a small recent find and is highly representative of both species.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",632,{"id":943,"source_url":944,"license_code":684,"credit_html":945,"title":946,"description":947,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":948},22199,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10446190","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10446190\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Shigaite-cktsr-4a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 3.2 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>SHIGAITE on RHODOCHROSITE\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A beautiful specimen, complete 360 degrees, hosting a translucent 2 cm shigaite perched on sparkly rhodo crystals! This is a piece of major importance in the world of rarities, and Charlie felt that for combination of size and aesthetics it was the best miniature from the find of the early 1980s that he could keep in his suite of personal Kalahari rarities of miniature size - this was in fact the pride of the collection, I'd say. it is NOT the fragile, thin, disclike crystal you expect to see form looking at the recently mined material. it is very thick, sturdy, and easily packed for shipping. Although a \"toenail\" size, it is important enough to take its place in a miniatures or rarities suite of stature, and is really irreplaceable.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",257,{"id":950,"source_url":951,"license_code":684,"credit_html":952,"title":953,"description":954,"author":688,"original_width":955,"original_height":956},23013,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10448935","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10448935\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Quartz-Rhodochrosite-Tetrahedrite-gem7-x3c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTetrahedrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tetrahedrite\">Tetrahedrite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSweet_Home_Mine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sweet Home Mine\">Sweet Home Mine (Home Sweet Home Mine)\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMount_Bross\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mount Bross\">Mount Bross\u003C\u002Fa>, Alma District, Park County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3690.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: large cabinet, 23 x 9 x 5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite on Quartz\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>For the size and overall visual impact, this is a stunning and unusually large rhodo plate with SHARP, and I mean SHARP, GEMMY crystals to 2 cm in size. Most of them average 1 cm. Sprinkled amonst the red, are sharp black clusters of metallic tetrahedrite which make for a really nice contrast. The overall shape of the piece is very sculptural with a slight curvature to it, not \"cookiecutter\" or blocky as so many large specimens are trimmed out from the plates they are sawed out on. The piece has the TOP CHERRY COLOR. This is not off-color, not strawberry in hue as so many you see on the market today are. This is a piece that has the color and lustre combination (important!) that, even \"way back when\" only a few years ago when the mine was still open, even in context of the many finds after 2001 or so before it closed, you couldnt get. Most people then and now settle for pieces with lesser color saturation, less lustre, and more damage...its all that is out there. I sold this one back in the late 90s and was happy to get it back recently! You just cannot find large cabinet rhodos of quality around. And this is one I am happy to have owned again and again, and would do so a third time. They appreciate at such a fast clip every year, 20% or so it seems, that I cannot replace my supply except by buying entire collections with specimens in them. So, I rarely sell mine. Or, as with this one, I'll give it a few months on the web and then pull it down and stash it for the future. Just cashflow...this is one rock I am happy to keep as rhodo today is \"red gold\" in the bank better than the cash is. Comes with custom lucite base for easy display. Recently, I had the chance to trade this older specimen back from a collector and i STILL find it unique, now, 3 years after I first had it.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",589,298,{"id":958,"source_url":959,"license_code":555,"credit_html":960,"title":961,"description":962,"author":559,"original_width":963,"original_height":964},23810,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657182","James St. John, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=83657182\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-tetrahedrite-tennantite-pyrite-quartz (Oligocene, 27.6 to 30.6 Ma; Sweet Home Mine, Mosquito Range, Colorado, USA) (15188108607).jpg","\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite-tetrahedrite-tennantite-pyrite-quartz from the Oligocene of Colorado, USA. (field of view 2.2 centimeters across)\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Pink to red = rhodochrosite\nSilvery-gray = tetrahedrite-tennantite\nBrassy gold = pyrite\nGray glassy masses = quartz\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties.  At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical.  Currently, there are over 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common.  Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry.  Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The carbonate minerals all contain one or more carbonate (CO3-2) anions.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral, MnCO3.  Most rhodochrosite is pinkish, but high-quality specimens are a gorgeous red color.  Its crystals are rhomb-shaped.  Rhodochrosite has a glassy, nonmetallic luster, a white streak, and has a hardness of about 3.5 to 4.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Colorado's Sweet Home Mine has produced the most spectacular rhodochrosite specimens on Earth.  Specimens from this site are intimately associated with polymetallic sulfides (tetrahedrite-tennantite - (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)12(Sb,As)4S13), pyrite, and quartz.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Rhodochrosite at this locality occurs in hydrothermal veins that intrude Precambrian basement rocks (granodiorites, gneisses, schists, migmatites, and pegmatites).  Isotopic dating shows that hydrothermal mineralization occurred during the Oligocene, from 27.6 to 30.6 million years ago.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Locality: Sweet Home Mine, above Buckskin Gulch, south-southwest of Mt. Bross, northwest of Alma, Alma Mining District, eastern slopes of the northern Mosquito Range, far-western Park County, central Colorado, USA.\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Cp>Photo gallery of rhodochrosite:\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n<a href=\"\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external free\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406\u003C\u002Fa>\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow\">www.mindat.org\u002Fgallery.php?min=3406<\u002Fa>",2652,2193,{"id":966,"source_url":967,"license_code":968,"credit_html":969,"title":970,"description":971,"author":972,"original_width":656,"original_height":973},31737,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118202850","CC BY-SA 2.0","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=118202850\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Alabandite with Rhodochrosite (47025350354).jpg","\u003Cp>Harshaw\nArizona, USA\n\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\u003Cli>1093\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Fol>","Pacific Museum of Earth from Canada",6000,{"id":975,"source_url":976,"license_code":684,"credit_html":977,"title":978,"description":979,"author":980,"original_width":981,"original_height":982},31739,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=162900951","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=162900951\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Alabandin, Rhodochrosit-70487 2.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlabandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Alabandite\">Alabandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Tombstone, Arizona, USA\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>","HolDu",4628,3064,{"id":984,"source_url":985,"license_code":684,"credit_html":986,"title":987,"description":988,"author":688,"original_width":989,"original_height":689},32779,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10127454","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10127454\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Calcite-40059.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalcite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calcite\">Calcite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kerch peninsula (Kertch peninsula), Crimea peninsula, Crimea Oblast', Ukraine (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2631.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This deposit, on the Crimean Peninsula of the Ukraine, usually produces the green, phosphate minerals, vivianite and anapaite, in clam shells. However, this is one of a relatively few examples I have seen of light pink rhodochrosite. This is very rare! And, a shell of such size is also very rare for the locality - to have crysatllized rhodo within is quite nice but the final notch in its fame is that the rhodochrosite is surrounded by a pretty layer of massive golden calcite which fille din the majority of the mass of the original shell, leaving a hole inside for the rhodo to line. The calcite is slightly buffed, I would think, to give it a smooth surface as you see it has (as if it were a geode half). To top off this remarkable specimen, the clam or mollusk shell is almost perfect, thus making this piece collectible for both mineral and fossil enthusiasts. It is really a unique piece of mineralogical wizardy, i think. 8 x 6.9 x 2.5 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",591,{"id":991,"source_url":992,"license_code":684,"credit_html":993,"title":994,"description":995,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":996},35613,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429694","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429694\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bertrandite-Quartz-Rhodochrosite-d05-69c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBertrandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bertrandite\">Bertrandite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Kounrad Massif, Balqash (Balkhash; Karatas; Prebalkhashie) Region, Zhezqazghan Oblysy (Dzezkazgan Oblast'; Dzhezkazgan Oblast'; Djezkazgan Oblast'; Jezkazgan Oblast'), Kazakhstan (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-18659.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 6.7 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Smoky Quartz with Rhodochrosite and Bertrandite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>One of the best examples from the locality that I have seen, with a sharp 1.8 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm disc-shaped rhodo perched on the edge of a stunning smoky crystal! 6.7 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",300,{"id":998,"source_url":999,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1000,"title":1001,"description":995,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1002},35614,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429695","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10429695\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Bertrandite-Quartz-Rhodochrosite-d05-69b.jpg",336,{"id":1004,"source_url":1005,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1006,"title":1007,"description":1008,"author":688,"original_width":1009,"original_height":1010},35935,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121736","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10121736\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Tetrahedrite-Pyrite-23665.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTetrahedrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tetrahedrite\">Tetrahedrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyrite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyrite\">Pyrite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Pachapaqui District, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FBolognesi_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Bolognesi Province\">Bolognesi Province\u003C\u002Fa>, Ancash Department, Peru (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2306.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Very pretty, bright pink isolated crystals of rhodochrosite intermixed with tetrahedrites (including a fine one of 1.8 cm), bright pyrites and small, snowy quartz crystals – all on a crystal of milky quartz. A Peruvian combo specimen that has it all! 7.5 x 3 x 3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",450,270,{"id":1012,"source_url":1013,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1014,"title":1015,"description":1016,"author":980,"original_width":1017,"original_height":1018},37806,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146750363","HolDu, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=146750363\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Calaverit, Rhodochrosit, Tellur (OM1-178A).JPG","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCalaverite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Calaverite\">Calaverite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, possibly with native \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTellurium\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Tellurium\">Tellurium\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Offenbanya, Transylvania, Romania\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Weight: 23.11 g\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",5184,3888,{"id":1020,"source_url":1021,"license_code":572,"credit_html":1022,"title":1023,"description":1024,"author":846,"original_width":1025,"original_height":1026},38601,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=112262775","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=112262775\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite, catapleiite, albite, aegirine.jpg","Rhodochrosite, catapleiite, albite, aegirine : Poudrette Quarry (De-Mix Quarry ; Demix Quarry ; Uni-Mix Quarry ; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire ; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada",1987,1481,{"id":1028,"source_url":1029,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1030,"title":1031,"description":796,"author":688,"original_width":1032,"original_height":1033},52352,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162225","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162225\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Fluorite-Pyrite-221155.jpg",502,432,{"id":1035,"source_url":1036,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1037,"title":1038,"description":796,"author":688,"original_width":1039,"original_height":790},52353,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162226","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10162226\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Fluorite-Pyrite-221157.jpg",431,{"id":1041,"source_url":1042,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1043,"title":1044,"description":1045,"author":688,"original_width":889,"original_height":706},53246,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460914","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460914\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Elpidite-Nenadkevichite-Rhodochrosite-rare08-2-65c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FElpidite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Elpidite\">Elpidite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-123123.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 3.1 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Nenadkevichite with Rhodochrosite, Aegerine, Elpidite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen contains what are by far and away among the largest reported crystals of the species, as do other specimens from the remarkable find of 2003 by MSH specialist collector Gilles Haineult. These crystals are to 8 mm in size and are nice and fat as well, with sharp terminations and good lustre! Previous examples have usually been at the 1-2mm size level or less! These are off the charts for the species. The matrix was extremely loose in the pocket and so nearly all recovered specimens are thumbnails (from which I cherrypicked the best 10 or so back at the time). This was one of the best larger specimens (in terms of XL size and overall coverage) of any I know to have sold, all of which were collected by Haineault in July of 2003. However, I missed out on this particular specimen which went into the MSH collection of James Zigras, from whom I recently obtained it in exchange. The identity has been solidly confirmed and they stand as exceptionally beautiful and significant examples of the species. Matrix associations include superb twinned epidiymite crystals and aegerine.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1047,"source_url":1048,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1049,"title":1050,"description":1045,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":1051},53247,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460916","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460916\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Elpidite-Nenadkevichite-Rhodochrosite-rare08-2-65a.jpg",548,{"id":1053,"source_url":1054,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1055,"title":1056,"description":1045,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":883},53248,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460919","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460919\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Elpidite-Nenadkevichite-Rhodochrosite-rare08-2-65b.jpg",{"id":1058,"source_url":1059,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1060,"title":1061,"description":1062,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":1063},56202,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140952","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140952\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Andradite-Rhodochrosite-Gaudefroyite-122388.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAndradite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Andradite\">Andradite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGaudefroyite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Gaudefroyite\">Gaudefroyite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3071.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>We had only two such specimens in the whole collection of thousands of pieces, of these strange cast pseudomorphs of minutely crystallized, sparkling, andradite garnet that have replaced twinned rhodochrosite crystals. I had only ever seen 2 others , before. These look just like the famous pseudo-triangular crystals one saw from Mt St Hilaire in Quebec, in the 1980s. But, made of garnet! This one is shaped like a 3-dimensional map where there are folds up and down to illustrate heights. It is very aesthetic, and more impressive in person! It is complete all around and made up of garnet on the front display, with the backside completely lined with crystals of gaudefroyite and a few minor ettringites. There is a coating on the backside, but the gaude's sticking out to the sides are, luckily, clean and lustrous, and serve to nicely accent the flanks of the rhodo crystals. 5.5 x 5.3 x 1.7 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",732,{"id":1065,"source_url":1066,"license_code":751,"credit_html":1067,"title":1068,"description":1069,"author":755,"original_width":1070,"original_height":730},56379,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27362109","Modris Baum, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=27362109\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Genthelvite, Polylithionite, Aegirine, Albite, Rhodochrosite, Pyrochlore Group-171612.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGenthelvite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Genthelvite\">Genthelvite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAegirine\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Aegirine\">Aegirine\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPolylithionite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Polylithionite\">Polylithionite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FAlbite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Albite\">Albite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, Pyrochlore Group\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The portion shown is ~ 3 cm tall. The genthelvite \"triangle\" is ~ 7 mm on edge. MOB coll.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The yellow micaceous plates on top are polylithionite. The black prisms are aegirine. The white blades are albite. The rhodochrosite is the reddish blob in the center. The pyrochlore octahedrons are very small but a few can be just barely seen even at this scale (e.g. to the left of the lh tip of the genthelvite).\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",703,{"id":1072,"source_url":1073,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1074,"title":1075,"description":1076,"author":688,"original_width":738,"original_height":1077},59851,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161194","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10161194\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Opal-Rhodochrosite-Quartz-214888.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOpal\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Opal\">Opal\u003C\u002Fa> (Var.: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FOpal\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Opal\">Opal-AN\u003C\u002Fa>), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Santa Rita Mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMorococha_District\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Morococha District\">Morococha District\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FYauli_Province\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Yauli Province\">Yauli Province\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FJun%C3%ADn_Department\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Junín Department\">Junín Department\u003C\u002Fa>, Peru (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-123627.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 14.3 x 9.5 x 8.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A dramatic and striking cabinet combination specimen of a \"mountain\" of snow-white, sparkly, sponge-like, etched hyalite opal on layered quartz and sulfide matrix coated with beautifully contrasting, lustrous, pink rhodochrosite crystals from the Santa Rita Mine of Peru. This is a very showy and highly unusual large combination specimen, as the opal, in this case, does not fluoresce. Ex. David Ellis Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",492,{"id":1079,"source_url":1080,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1081,"title":1082,"description":1083,"author":688,"original_width":1084,"original_height":689},63375,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10124478","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10124478\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kutnohorite-Rhodochrosite-34667.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKutnohorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kutnohorite\">Kutnohorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich plate of unusually rich pink rhodochrosite, much more pink than red as is common from the mine. On it are perched little bowties of the rare species kutnahorite, which is a true pastel pink here. Very pretty contrast, and overall a very pretty (and large) specimen for the price! 13.6 x 6.1 x 2.3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",446,{"id":1086,"source_url":1087,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1088,"title":1089,"description":1090,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":996},63391,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463143","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463143\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Kutnohorite-Rhodochrosite-sf1b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKutnohorite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kutnohorite\">Kutnohorite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3068.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 13.6 x 6.1 x 2.3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Kutnahorite on Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A rich plate of unusually rich pink rhodochrosite, much more pink than red as is common from teh mine. On it are perched little bowties of the rare species kutnahorite, which is a true pastel pink here. Very pretty contrast, and overall a very pretty (and large) specimen for the price!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1092,"source_url":1093,"license_code":572,"credit_html":1094,"title":1095,"description":1096,"author":846,"original_width":1097,"original_height":1098},64207,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=108540874","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=108540874\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite, leifite.jpg","rhocochrosite, leifiite : Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry ; Uni-Mix Quarry ; Desourdy Quarry ; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada",3662,2641,{"id":1100,"source_url":1101,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1102,"title":1103,"description":1104,"author":846,"original_width":1105,"original_height":747},64395,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=30143158","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=30143158\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leucophanite, natrolite, rhodochrosite, aegirine 300-4-2003.JPG","leucophanite, natrolite, rhodochrosite, aegirine : Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada",3038,{"id":1107,"source_url":1108,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1109,"title":1110,"description":1111,"author":745,"original_width":1112,"original_height":747},64396,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=30143159","Parent Géry, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=30143159\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leucophanite, natrolite, rhodochrosite, aegirine 300-4-2014.JPG","crystals of leucophanite, crystals of natrolite, crystals of rhodochrosite, crystals of aegirine : Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada",4288,{"id":1114,"source_url":1115,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1116,"title":1117,"description":1104,"author":846,"original_width":1112,"original_height":747},64397,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=30143160","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=30143160\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Leucophanite, natrolite, rhodochrosite, aegirine 300-4-1929.JPG",{"id":1119,"source_url":1120,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1121,"title":1122,"description":1123,"author":688,"original_width":603,"original_height":1124},69020,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10120411","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10120411\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nagyagite-Rhodochrosite-21374.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNagy%C3%A1gite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nagyágite\">Nagyágite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunedoara_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunedoara County\">Hunedoara County\u003C\u002Fa>, Romania (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2608.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An extraordinarily RICH specimen of bright silvery nagyagite in contrasting matrix, featuring unusual large \"sheets\" of nagyagite weaving in and out of the matrix (there's more on the backside as well). In fact, its the richest specimen of this rare Gold lead telluride that I have seen, myself, and its a pretty piece to boot. It is not the best around for crystal form, but for sheer quantity of gold telluride, this is amazing! Acquired in 1910 from Ward's Science Establishment. 6 x 5 x 3 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",601,{"id":1126,"source_url":1127,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1128,"title":1129,"description":1130,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1131},69021,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10155197","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10155197\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nagyagite-Rhodochrosite-190679.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNagy%C3%A1gite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nagyágite\">Nagyágite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunedoara_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunedoara County\">Hunedoara County\u003C\u002Fa>, Romania (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2608.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 9.3 x 6.7 x 2.7 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very rich specimen of nagyagite from its type locality in the early 1800s, hosted on rhodochrosite and quartz. This is a classic association, but unusual in such visually attractive specimens overall. Although there is some damage to the surface, many of the nagyagite crystals, to 5-6mm , are protected in a little crevasse here and show nicely contrasted to the pink rhodochrosite and the white quartz.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",327,{"id":1133,"source_url":1134,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1135,"title":1136,"description":1137,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1131},69029,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10454727","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10454727\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nagyagite-Rhodochrosite-oldeuro-116d.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNagy%C3%A1gite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nagyágite\">Nagyágite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Nagyag, Hunedoara County, Romania (TYPE LOCALITY)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 9.3 x 6.7 x 2.7 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Nagyagite with Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very rich specimen of nagyagite from its type locality in the early 1800s, hosted on rhodochrosite and quartz. This is a classic association, but unusual in such visually attractive specimens overall. Although there is some damage to the surface, many of the nagyagite crystals, to 5-6mm , are protected in a little crevasse here and show nicely contrasted to the pink rhodo and the white quartz. This is an important locality specimen, nice to look at, and for the price I think a good bargain to own one of these in any appreciable sized specimen.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1139,"source_url":1140,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1141,"title":1142,"description":1143,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":1144},69030,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457661","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457661\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nagyagite-Quartz-Rhodochrosite-rar09-wp01a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNagy%C3%A1gite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nagyágite\">Nagyágite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuartz\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quartz\">Quartz\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSphalerite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Sphalerite\">Sphalerite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHunedoara_County\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Hunedoara County\">Hunedoara County\u003C\u002Fa>, Romania (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-2608.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 12.5 x 6.8 x 3 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Nagyagite on Sphalerite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>ex. Dr. Werner Paar Collection Nagyagite is one of those romantic old European rarities because it is mineralogically and historically interesting, both. This is a very large, rich plate with FREESTANDING (unetched from calcite!) crystals to 4mm of this very rare species, from its type locality, richly scattered over a matrix composed of sphalerite with decorative pale pink rhodochrosite accent. It is important that this has not been etched out from calcite as with so many nagyagite specimens, as that preparation method changes the natural patina on the surface of the crystals. These are rather robust, stubby crystals, nicely interspersed with rhodochrosite aggregates on ore matrix. (TYPE LOCALITY)\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",444,{"id":1146,"source_url":1147,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1148,"title":1149,"description":1143,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1150},69031,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457663","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457663\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nagyagite-Quartz-Rhodochrosite-rar09-wp01c.jpg",272,{"id":1152,"source_url":1153,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1154,"title":1155,"description":1143,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":996},69032,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457665","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10457665\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nagyagite-Quartz-Rhodochrosite-rar09-wp01e.jpg",{"id":1157,"source_url":1158,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1159,"title":1160,"description":1161,"author":688,"original_width":1162,"original_height":738},70308,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030107","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10030107\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Nenadkevichite-Epididymite-Rhodochrosite-20232.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNenadkevichite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Nenadkevichite\">Nenadkevichite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FEpididymite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Epididymite\">Epididymite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>The only Epididymite-associated specimen I saw, with a very sharp 7.5 mm crystal of Nenadkevichite perched upon the Epididymite 1.7 x 1 x 1 cm\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",435,{"id":1164,"source_url":1165,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1166,"title":1167,"description":1168,"author":846,"original_width":1112,"original_height":747},70309,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=18031556","Géry PARENT, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=18031556\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite, aegirine, albite.jpg","rhodocrosite, aegirine, albite : Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada",{"id":1170,"source_url":1171,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1172,"title":1173,"description":1174,"author":688,"original_width":689,"original_height":689},72999,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10109424","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10109424\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Pectolite-20280.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPectolite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pectolite\">Pectolite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont_Saint-Hilaire\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Mont Saint-Hilaire\">Mont Saint-Hilaire\u003C\u002Fa>, Rouville RCM, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMont%C3%A9r%C3%A9gie\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Montérégie\">Montérégie\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQuebec\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Quebec\">Québec\u003C\u002Fa>, Canada (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-599.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>An arborescent cluster, complete all around, of stacked rhodo rhombohedra. Specimen size: 6 x 5 x 4 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1176,"source_url":1177,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1178,"title":1179,"description":1180,"author":688,"original_width":1181,"original_height":706},74952,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453960","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10453960\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Polylithionite-Rhodochrosite-Serandite-nex55a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPolylithionite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Polylithionite\">Polylithionite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serandite\">Serandite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.2 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite ps. Serandite with Polylithionite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A lustrous, pastel, salmon colored, Rhodochrosite ps. Serandite, 4.2 cm in length, is aesthetically attached to a 2.5 cm across, lustrous, translucent, rosette of polylithionite, a fairly rare member of the mica family. Classic combo\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",207,{"id":1183,"source_url":1184,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1185,"title":1186,"description":1187,"author":688,"original_width":1188,"original_height":811},75926,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153340","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10153340\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Pyroxmangite-181368.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyroxmangite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyroxmangite\">Pyroxmangite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sunnyside Mine (American Tunnel; Mogul Mine; Washington Mine; Belle Creole; Gold Prince; Brenneman Mine; Sunnyside Mine Group), Howardsville, Silverton District, San Juan County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3687.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.6 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Rhombs of lustrous, pink rhodochrosite, to 1.5 cm across are in turn partially covered by intense pink, translucent, prismatic crystals of pyroxmangite (a rare, manganese, iron silicate) to .5 cm in length. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",731,{"id":1190,"source_url":1191,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1192,"title":1193,"description":1194,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1195},75933,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476479","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476479\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pyroxmangite-Rhodochrosite-uri-30b.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPyroxmangite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Pyroxmangite\">Pyroxmangite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Sunnyside Mine (American Tunnel; Mogul Mine; Washington Mine; Belle Creole; Gold Prince; Brenneman Mine; Sunnyside Mine Group), Howardsville, Silverton District, San Juan County, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FColorado\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Colorado\">Colorado\u003C\u002Fa>, USA (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3687.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 4.6 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite and Pyroxmangite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Rhombs of lustrous, pink rhodochrosite, to 1.5 cm across are in turn partially covered by intense pink, translucent, prismatic crystals of pyroxmangite (a rare, manganese, iron silicate) to .5 cm in length. This is a really unusual phenomenon, to see both related species on the same specimen! But, clearly from the crystal habits here, that is what we have. Never seen before, ourselves... There are also tiny crystals of an unknown black minerals covering a fair amount of the viewing surface. There is admittedly some damage to the rhodochrosite here, especially at the upper-left, hence the lower price than you might expect.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",264,{"id":1197,"source_url":1198,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1199,"title":1200,"description":1194,"author":688,"original_width":1188,"original_height":811},75934,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476481","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476481\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pyroxmangite-Rhodochrosite-uri-30a.jpg",{"id":1202,"source_url":1203,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1204,"title":1205,"description":1194,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1206},75935,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476482","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10476482\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Pyroxmangite-Rhodochrosite-uri-30c.jpg",366,{"id":1208,"source_url":1209,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1210,"title":1211,"description":1212,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1213},79094,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463221","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10463221\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Serandite-sf37c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FSerandite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Serandite\">Serandite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: miniature, 5 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Rhodochrosite pseudo. Serandite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A very elegant example of rhodochrosite having replaced serandite, a type of pseudomorph which can occur only at this one locality in the world. Most such specimens are, frankly, pretty horrible - they tend to be jumbly and incomplete, and somewhat unaesthetic overall, from this pocket. The fidelity of the replacement at the terminations is often poor. This is, for the size, one of the best I have seen in that it has some aesthetics and is not as corrroded as most seem to be. The association with bright polylithionite sets off the terminations nicely!\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",328,{"id":1215,"source_url":1216,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1217,"title":1218,"description":1219,"author":688,"original_width":1220,"original_height":782},79292,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138707","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138707\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-114276.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3071.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A SUPER SHOWY and UNUSUAL combo piece from the Wessels Mine of TWO colors of shigaite perched atop a field of rose-red, gemmy rhodochrosite crystals. A highly lustrous, cherry red shigaite crystal sits at the base of the very flashy golden shigaite crystal \"feather.\" This is a STRIKING cutie, where the overall visual impact is not impaired by the cleavage on the \"feather\" and the modest periphery damage on the rhodos. Shigaite is VERY RARE and the association with rhodochrosite in this piece, makes for an aesthetic treat.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",319,{"id":1222,"source_url":1223,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1224,"title":1225,"description":911,"author":688,"original_width":1226,"original_height":819},79293,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138805","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10138805\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-117505.jpg",458,{"id":1228,"source_url":1229,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1230,"title":1231,"description":1232,"author":688,"original_width":1077,"original_height":1233},79294,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139502","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139502\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-118940.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 4.3 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A beautiful and excellent combination specimen of a solid crust of very sparkly, transparent, rose-red rhodochrosite crystals RICHLY covered with gemmy, cherry-red, micro shigaite crystals on matrix from the famous N’Chwaning II Mine. This piece comes from a small recent find and is exceptional material with the extensive shigaite coverage.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",625,{"id":1235,"source_url":1236,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1237,"title":1238,"description":1232,"author":688,"original_width":934,"original_height":1239},79295,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139503","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10139503\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-118942.jpg",426,{"id":1241,"source_url":1242,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1243,"title":1244,"description":1245,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":1246},79296,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140338","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10140338\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Shigaite-120834.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 12.2 x 11 x 10 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>A visually very impressive pocket of sparkly balls of drusy Rhodochrosite covered with Shigaites. The largest of the balls is almost 2 cm across, and they all display quite well in the exposed pocket. Of great interest is the fact that the Rhodochrosite is populated with what must be a hundred Shigaite crystals about 1mm in size. Interestingly, these Shigaite crystals are more prismatic in habit rather than the hexagonal blades.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",427,{"id":1248,"source_url":1249,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1250,"title":1251,"description":918,"author":688,"original_width":1252,"original_height":706},79298,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10147627","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10147627\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-160205.jpg",345,{"id":1254,"source_url":1255,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1256,"title":1257,"description":1258,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":790},79299,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148178","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10148178\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-163203.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 6 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>TWO sharp, metallic, beautiful shigaite crystals are dramatically displayed here…they are literally metallic in lustre, and this locality has produced the worlds best of species by far for the reasons of sheer beauty and size. The crystals are about 6 and 4mm. They are perched on sparkling, fake-looking rhodochrosite matrix that itself is so shiny and lustrous that it is nearly metallic in lustre. Overall a beautiful plate and a stunning specimen. Ex. Charlie Key.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1260,"source_url":1261,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1262,"title":1263,"description":1264,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":1265},79300,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151648","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10151648\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-177544.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-55925.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 5.6 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen has impressively large, wine-red crystals of the rare manganese species shigaite, ensconced on attractive, sparkling manganite blades and accented by rhodochrosite. It is from a small 1993 pocket. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",791,{"id":1267,"source_url":1268,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1269,"title":1270,"description":1271,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":1272},79301,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152994","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10152994\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-180737.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 3.8 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Shigaite is a rare aluminum manganese sulfate. This showy and excellent crust features a well-placed strand of gemmy, dark cherry-red compound shigaite crystals placed across the top of the rich coverage of very sparkly, transparent, rose-red rhodochrosite crystals, which are sprinkled with gemmy, cherry-red, micro shigaite crystals.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",513,{"id":1274,"source_url":1275,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1276,"title":1277,"description":933,"author":688,"original_width":819,"original_height":1278},79302,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159209","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10159209\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-201387.jpg",412,{"id":1280,"source_url":1281,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1282,"title":1283,"description":1284,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1252},79303,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163888","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10163888\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-230621.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3067.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: 2.0 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm.\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Shigaite is a very rare aluminum manganese sulfate. This fine thumbnail features a gemmy, 9mm, tabular, hexagonal, dark cherry-red shigaite crystal placed atop a mounded clusters of very sparkly, transparent, rose-red rhodochrosite crystals, which are richly sprinkled with gemmy, cherry-red, micro shigaite crystals. This piece comes from a small recent find and is highly representative of both species.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1286,"source_url":1287,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1288,"title":1289,"description":940,"author":688,"original_width":689,"original_height":1290},79304,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165336","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10165336\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Shigaite-Rhodochrosite-240121.jpg",574,{"id":1292,"source_url":1293,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1294,"title":1295,"description":1296,"author":688,"original_width":706,"original_height":1297},79305,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460904","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10460904\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Shigaite-rare08-2-61c.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3068.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: small cabinet, 5.6 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Shigaite with Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen has impressively large, wine-red crystals of the rare manganese species shigaite, ensconced on attractive, sparkling manganite blades and accented by rhodochrosite. It is from a small 1993 pocket and is said to be one of the best of that pocket . In fact, this was said by Charlie Key himself who brought out the majority of pieces at the time, and then he KEPT THIS PIECE until selling a South African assemblage suite from the collection a few years ago to Harvard, from which this piece came to me because the donor who bought the group kept a few things. An important specimen, this piece at one time was considered one of the world's great specimens for the species and from the only great find for the species. This has changed, only slightly, recently. It still is significant, though others have been found recently of a different style. The new ones are more gracile and fragile-looking (almost like hexagonal red mica blades) although they have a metallic lustre and brighter color, whereas these crystals are more robustly 3-dimensional and darker wine-red. Also this matrix association is unique to the 1993 pocket which really did redefine the species in terms of quality compared to anything imagined previously from micros found in Japan. Another example from this famous pocket is illustrated in the F John Barlow Collection book, in his chapter on South Africa, and is also on this website (item T08-68) . The specimens were dispersed, as you can see, into the major collectors' hands of the time. Charlie, however, kept a few - among them this one.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",322,{"id":1299,"source_url":1300,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1301,"title":1302,"description":1303,"author":688,"original_width":811,"original_height":919},79306,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10465820","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10465820\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Shigaite-t08-68a.jpg","\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FRhodochrosite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Rhodochrosite\">Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fa>, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FShigaite\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Shigaite\">Shigaite\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>\u003Cdl>\u003Cdd>Locality: N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FKuruman,_Northern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Kuruman, Northern Cape\">Kuruman\u003C\u002Fa>, Kalahari manganese fields, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNorthern_Cape\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Northern Cape\">Northern Cape Province\u003C\u002Fa>, South Africa (\u003Ca rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.mindat.org\u002Floc-3068.html\">Locality at mindat.org\u003C\u002Fa>)\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>Size: cabinet, 10.0 x 7.8 x 6.0 cm\n\u003Cdl>\u003Cdt>Shigaite, Rhodochrosite\u003C\u002Fdt>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\n\u003Cdd>This specimen has dark red crystals of the rare manganese species shigaite, ensconced on attractive, sparkling manganite blades and accented by rhodochrosite. It is from a small 1993 pocket and is said to be one of the best of that pocket. It was sold to John barlow soon after by Charlie Key. An important specimen, this piece at one time was considered one of the world's great specimens for the species and resided in a pre-eminent collection of such rarities (John Barlow's). It still is significant, though others have been found recently of a different style. The new ones are more gracile and fragile-looking but have a metallic lustre and brighter color, whereas these crystals are more robust and dark. Also this matrix association is unique to the 1993 pocket which really did redefine the species in terms of quality. Illustrated in the F John Barlow Collection book, in his chapter on South Africa.\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>\u003C\u002Fdd>\u003C\u002Fdl>",{"id":1305,"source_url":1306,"license_code":684,"credit_html":1307,"title":1308,"description":1303,"author":688,"original_width":1309,"original_height":706},79307,"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10465825","Robert M. Lavinsky, via \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002F?curid=10465825\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons\u003C\u002Fa>","Rhodochrosite-Shigaite-t08-68c.jpg",377,[1311,1317,1322,1327,1332],{"id":1312,"url":1313,"label":1314,"formula":1315,"spacegroup":1316,"year":544},12027,"\u002Fcif\u002F12027.cif","Zhang 2024 · (Ca.5 Mn.5) C O3","(Ca.5 Mn.5) C O3","R -3 c",{"id":1318,"url":1319,"label":1320,"formula":1321,"spacegroup":1316,"year":544},12028,"\u002Fcif\u002F12028.cif","Zhang 2024 · (Mn.69 Ca.31) C O3","(Mn.69 Ca.31) C O3",{"id":1323,"url":1324,"label":1325,"formula":1326,"spacegroup":1316,"year":544},12029,"\u002Fcif\u002F12029.cif","Zhang 2024 · (Mn.9 Ca.1) C O3","(Mn.9 Ca.1) C O3",{"id":1328,"url":1329,"label":1330,"formula":1331,"spacegroup":1316,"year":544},12030,"\u002Fcif\u002F12030.cif","Zhang 2024 · Mn C O3","Mn C O3",{"id":1333,"url":1334,"label":1335,"formula":1336,"spacegroup":1316,"year":530},12031,"\u002Fcif\u002F12031.cif","Merlini 2015","(Mn.96 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German mineralogist Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann, from the Greek *rhodon* — rose — and *chroma* — colour[1]. The species was first described from a sample from Cavnic, in the Maramureș region of present-day Romania. There it had turned up in the local silver mines[2].\n\nThe carbonate would later be tied to two very different localities: a high mountain in Colorado, and a mining district in Argentina.\n\n### The Sweet Home Mine\n\nThe Sweet Home Mine sits near Alma, Colorado, on the southern slope of Mount Bross. It was founded in 1873 as a silver mine[3]. Its most famous product, though, turned out to be rhodochrosite — sharp red rhombs, a *rhomb* being a slanted-cube crystal form.\n\nThe largest known crystal of the species, called the **Alma King**, measures roughly 14 by 16.5 centimetres. It was found at the Sweet Home Mine and is displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science[4].\n\nColorado officially named rhodochrosite its state mineral in 2002[5].\n\n### Capillitas and the Inca rose\n\nIn Argentina, banded rhodochrosite is mined at Capillitas[6]. The banded material — pink and white layers running through the stone — is the variety carved and polished as a decorative stone. It is called *Rosa del Inca*, *Inca Rose*, or *Rosinca*, and rhodochrosite is recognised as Argentina's national gemstone[6].","claude-opus-4-7","1.7.0",{"markdown":1606,"model_version":1603,"prompt_version":1604,"reviewed_at":11},"Rhodochrosite earns its place in industry twice over — once as a metal ore, once as a stone to be cut.\n\nThe first role is as an ore of manganese[1]. Manganese is a metal added in small amounts to a range of alloys. It goes into low-cost stainless steel formulations, into many tool steels, and into certain aluminium alloys[1]. In steelmaking the metal usually enters the furnace as a ferromanganese alloy, an iron–manganese intermediate produced upstream from manganese ores[2].\n\n### As a decorative stone\n\nQuality banded specimens are cut for decorative stones and jewellery[3]. The banded material — pink and lighter layers running through the stone — takes a polish well. It is sold mostly as carved and polished pieces rather than faceted gems.\\\nThe mineral is rarely seen as a faceted gem at all. Rhodochrosite is soft and has perfect cleavage — meaning it splits cleanly along three internal planes. That property makes it hard to cut into the angular shapes a faceted stone needs[3]. Collectors prize it instead in its natural crystal form[3]."]