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Rhodonite (Var: Orlets), Rhodochrosite, Spessartine, Manganese Oxides


Rhodonite (Var: Orlets) : MnSiO3, Rhodochrosite : MnCO3, Spessartine : Mn2+3Al2[SiO4]3, Manganese Oxides

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Locality: Kurganovskoe deposit, Kurganovo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Whole mineralogical collection of Mn minerals in the one polished plate 22x10.5x2 cm. Pink rhodonite (var. orlets) finecrystaline masse include veinlets of whitish rhodochrosite, light-orange spots of spessartine and at least three different black manganese oxides/hydroxides. Collected in late 70th. Selfpolished present to my wife to 8 March of 1988.

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