Calcite, dolomite and rhodochrosite are polymorphs of each other. Meaning a calcite can become a dolomite and so on. They are all also examples of calcium bearing minerals.
they were formed when underwater vocaneoes erupted and formed the hawaiin islands
it is formed by a glacier
it cannot be formed
its formed by a occulded front
red pink white and brown
Colorado's State Mineral is rhodochrosite.
Calcite, dolomite and rhodochrosite are polymorphs of each other. Meaning a calcite can become a dolomite and so on. They are all also examples of calcium bearing minerals.
In Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary rocks.
1,000,000 dollar for a ounce
Calcite belongs to the carbonates.
Because while the mineral is found worldwide, large red crystals of rhodochrosite are only found in a few places on Earth, the largest one known to have been found in the Sweet Home Mine near Alma, Colorado
Many minerals are pink, eg: calcite, fluorite, rhodonite, rhodochrosite, sapphire, spinel, etc.
White, but i have no idea why or how, it is used in white pencils replacing graphite and is used to write on black paper
All colored stone refractive index and name with inclusions and country?
2000 for 20 tons
It was first found in Colorado in 1992. i can also be found in South Africa, Peru, and Argentina.