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Mindat Short Description

Calcite Group. Calcite-Rhodochrosite Series and Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series.

Commonly occurs as a primary gangue mineral in moderate- to low-temperature hydrothermal veins, also in high-temperature metasomatic deposits and sedimentary manganese d...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Hausmann J F L (1813) Rhodochrosit, in Handbuch der Mineralogie, Volume 3, (Göttingen) 1081-1082

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Mn(CO₃)

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Mn²⁺CO₃

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/rhodochrosite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Rhodochrosite.shtml