| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Rhodochrosite |
| Formula: | MnCO3 |
| Comments: | Exceptional pseudomorphosis specimen in NHM, Paris 32 x 24 cm, year 1966 [see Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals]. |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Significance: | Classic locality for this mineral (see references.) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 88 |
| - var Rock Crystal | 1 |
| Pyrite | 36 |
| Calcite | 36 |
| - var Manganese-bearing Calcite | 1 |
| Sphalerite | 25 |
| Aragonite | 22 |
| Arsenopyrite | 14 |
| Galena | 9 |
| Chalcopyrite | 7 |
| Baryte | 2 |
| Gypsum | 2 |
| - var Selenite | 1 |
| Stibnite | 1 |
| Bournonite | 1 |
| Dolomite | 1 |
| - var Manganese-bearing Dolomite | 1 |
| Kutnohorite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rhodochrosite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Madem-Lakkos, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (90 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 126303 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:126303:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Rhodochrosite |
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| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘMavres Petres, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| 9.0km (5.6 miles) | ⓘOlympiada, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| 11.9km (7.4 miles) | ⓘPiavitza, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
| 75.0km (46.6 miles) | ⓘPalea Kavala deposit, Kavala, Kavala, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece |
| 85.7km (53.3 miles) | ⓘMavro Xylo Mine, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece |
| 92.1km (57.2 miles) | ⓘKato Nevrokopi village, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece |
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Madem-Lakkos, Kassandra mining district, Aristotelis, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece