RHODOCHROSITE QUARTZ SPECIMEN
A Rhodochrosite Quartz Specimen. This specimen is just as it came from the ground, a chunk of Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Galena.
Location:
Enyovche Mine, Kardzhali Oblast, Bulgaria.
Dimensions:
7.2cm x 5.4cm x 3.2cm, 119g.
Rhodochrosite: MnCO3.
Named in 1813 by Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann from the Greek for rose and colouring.