Rhodochrosite Moanda Mine, Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province,...
Rhodochrosite Moanda Mine, Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon "A thin angular shard of matrix covered with small red rhodochrosite crystals. Bought from Bernard Wrobel in a lot of material that he sent me after I had visited him at the mine." - Rock H. Currier All you Rhodo Rangers out there listen up! Here's your chance to nail one of the more obscure localities in the mineralogical literature: the Moanda Mine in Gabon. You didn't know there was Rhodochrosite in Gabon? Well, now you do. You have no excuse, unless you already have one. Overall Measurements: 5.1 x 3.1 x 1.2 inches (13.0 x 8.0 x 3.0 cm) Offered at no reserve Provenance: Bought from Bernard Wrobel [RHC #3611, acquired 1978] [Scale: 1 inch, with mark at 1 cm]
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Rhodochrosite Moanda Mine, Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon "A thin angular shard of matrix covered with small red rhodochrosite crystals. Bought from Bernard Wrobel in a lot of material that he sent me after I had visited him at the mine." - Rock H. Currier All you Rhodo Rangers out there listen up! Here's your chance to nail one of the more obscure localities in the mineralogical literature: the Moanda Mine in Gabon. You didn't know there was Rhodochrosite in Gabon? Well, now you do. You have no excuse, unless you already have one. Overall Measurements: 5.1 x 3.1 x 1.2 inches (13.0 x 8.0 x 3.0 cm) Offered at no reserve Provenance: Bought from Bernard Wrobel [RHC #3611, acquired 1978] [Scale: 1 inch, with mark at 1 cm]
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