Rhodochrosite

Image

Rhodochrosite specimen from N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

© Photo by Chip Clark, via Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Properties

Formulas (Mn,Ca,Mg)CO3, MnCO3
Abbreviation Rds
Variant Ca, Mg
Classification Calcite (group)
Luminescence emitter Mn
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1962 s.p.)
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Tags Mineral, Carbonate, Carbonate

Composition

Element Atoms
Mn 1
O 3
C 1
Total: 5

Reference

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Gaft et al. 1998 1 0 0