Rhodochrosite, Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland, Germany
Size: 7.3x4.3x3.5 cm
Species: Rhodochrosite
Locality: Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland, Germany
Description: A nicely terminated and undamaged focal crystal of rhodochrosite sits at the center of this specimen. The crystal is in a limonite vug with metallic manganese swirling around the matrix. Some of the crystals on this specimen are scalenohedral while the largest consist of subparallel terminated crystals that produce almost a fanning spray.
ID: 26204
Size: 7.3x4.3x3.5 cm
Species: Rhodochrosite
Locality: Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland, Germany
Description: A nicely terminated and undamaged focal crystal of rhodochrosite sits at the center of this specimen. The crystal is in a limonite vug with metallic manganese swirling around the matrix. Some of the crystals on this specimen are scalenohedral while the largest consist of subparallel terminated crystals that produce almost a fanning spray.
ID: 26204
Size: 7.3x4.3x3.5 cm
Species: Rhodochrosite
Locality: Wolf Mine, Herdorf, Altenkirchen, Rhineland, Germany
Description: A nicely terminated and undamaged focal crystal of rhodochrosite sits at the center of this specimen. The crystal is in a limonite vug with metallic manganese swirling around the matrix. Some of the crystals on this specimen are scalenohedral while the largest consist of subparallel terminated crystals that produce almost a fanning spray.
ID: 26204
