Rhodochrosite definitions

Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with chemical composition MnCO3. In its (rare) pure form, it is typically a rose-red color, but impure specimens can be shades of pink to pale brown. It streaks white, and its Mohs hardness varies between 3.5 and 4. Its specific gravity is between 3.5 and 3.7. It crystallizes in the trigonal system, a...
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Rhodochrosite

• (n.) Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also dialogite.
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rhodochrosite

(Greek: Rose Coloured), mineral composed of manganese carbonate (MnCO3) that is a source of manganese for the ferromanganese alloys used in steel ...
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Rhodochrosite

Rho`do·chro'site noun [ Greek 'ro`don the rose + ......... a coloring.] (Min.) Manganese carbonate, a rose-red mineral sometimes occuring crystallized, but generally massive with rhombohedral cleavage like calcite; -- called also dialogite .
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Rhodochrosite

Rhodochrosite is a carbonate of manganese and an important manganese ore. It occurs in veins of copper, lead and silver that have been altered by hydrothermals, and as a secondary deposit in sedimentary layers of manganese oxide. Rhodochrosite is mainly associated with calcite, but may also occur with quartz. In South America it is used as an ornam...
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