Amazing Kutnohorite

Kutnohorite

Formula: Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO3)2

System:Trigonal
Colour:White, pale rose, pink, ...
Hardness:3½ - 4
Name:Named in 1901 by Antonín Bukovský for the type locality - Kutna Hora, Bohemia, Czech Republic.

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locality: Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa


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