Rhodochrosite — specimen 0028, photo © NMNHS

Rhodochrosite — specimen 0028

Origin

East Asia

China, Guangxi Zhuang, Wuzhou, Cangwu, Wutong mine, 23.81°N 111.378°E

Rhodochrosite — specimen 0028, locality map

Data

Weight: 0.50 ct; size: 6.00 | 4.13 | 2.96 mm; shape: oval; colour: medium light strongly purplish red; very slightly brownish; clarity: eye clean; cut: very good; treatment: none.

Notes

Very clean specimen; very good mixed style cut.

More information from ‘Classification’

Rhodochrosite

A primary mineral in hydrothermal veins; in metamorphic deposits; common in carbonatites; authigenic and secondary in sediments; uncommon in granite pegmatites (Anthony et al., 2001—2005). Faceted specimens are rare. The largest faceted specimen is a 59.65 carat from South Africa (Arem, 1987: 162).