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Kutnahorite |
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Name
Kutnahorite
Chemistry
Ca(Mn+2,Mg,Fe+2)(CO3)2
Uses
Collected as a mineral specimen
Color
White to pale yellow to pink
Hardness
2-3
Specific gravity
2.5
Fan shaped kutnahorite of up to 30 cm's have been found at Wessels mine.
Do not expose your pink specimens to strong light, they may be susceptible to fading.
It looks similar to mangano calcite and sometimes it can only be differentiated with a fluorescent light. Kutnahorite do not fluoresce whereas manganoan calcite do.
