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Rhodonite is a manganese
based mineral. It commonly occurs as a cleavable to compact mass with a pink
or rose color, sometimes browning from oxidation. Rhodonite crystals are
rare. Rhodonite is sometimes confused with rhodochrosite. Rhodonite does
not have the pink and white scallop pattern that is distinctive of rhodochrosite.
Rhodonite may also be found in a brown or black matrix while rhodochrosite is
typically pink and white.
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