| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Rhodochrosite |
| Formula: | MnCO3 |
| Habit: | Rhombohedrons (6cm), discoid (16cm), flattened twinned crystals to 8cm |
| Colour: | Red |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Quartz | 296 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Fluorite | 215 |
| Pyrite | 167 |
| Sphalerite | 49 |
| Fluorapatite | 43 |
| Baryte | 35 |
| Calcite | 23 |
| - var Manganese-bearing Calcite | 1 |
| Galena | 11 |
| Tetrahedrite Subgroup | 6 |
| Hübnerite | 6 |
| Dolomite | 3 |
| Kutnohorite | 3 |
| Albite | 3 |
| - var Cleavelandite | 3 |
| Chalcopyrite | 3 |
| Apatite Group | 3 |
| Sellaite | 3 |
| Apophyllite Group | 2 |
| Anatase | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rhodochrosite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (291 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 425715 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:425715:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| References |
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Lees, Bryan K., Misantoni, Dean, Behling, Steven C., Lüders, Volker, Romer, Rolf L., Sanchez, Pilar Lecumberri, Cory, Paul (2011) The Wutong mine, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The Mineralogical Record, 42 (6) 521-544 |
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Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China