Rhodochrosite - angew. Mineralogie

Rhodochrosite
V - Carbonates

`Name`		`Rhodochrosite` `(Manganese Spar)`
`Chemistry`		`MnCO₃`
`Hardness`		`4`
`Lustre`		`vitreous`
`Colour`		`red to pink, white, yellow, brown`
`Streak`		`white`
`Density [g/cm³]`		`3.3 - 3.6`
`Crystal habit`		`trigonal, crystals as rhombohedrons, scalahedrons`
`Cleavage, Fracture`		`[1011] perfect, fracture uneven`
`other characteristics and occurrences`		`also botryoidal, stalactitic, layered and granular`

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