Rare and Exlusive Specimen of Rhodochrosite - Rhodochrosite – Argentina, Specimen on Decorative Base - Height: 370 mm - Width: 220 mm- 3266 g

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Georgia Foteinou
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Holds BSc in geology and post-graduate qualifications in geochemistry.

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Description from the seller

This extraordinary specimen of orbicular rhodochrosite from Capillitas, Argentina, is one of the most fascinating manifestations of the dialogue between nature’s art and science. Its concentric and cellular forms, carefully polished by artisanal craft, seem to transport the observer to a microscopic landscape where each orbicule recalls the structure of cells, nuclei, and living organisms observed under the microscope. It is as if the mineral matter has become biological, unknowingly repeating the geometries of life. From a mineralogical point of view, it is a massive botryoidal rhodochrosite (MnCO₃), formed over millions of years through the rhythmic deposition of manganese carbonate in hydrothermal veins. Each shade—from powder pink to magenta, from golden beige to gray-green—tells a different moment of mineralization, a variation in the chemistry of the waters that filled the rock cavities. The polished section reveals a complex orbital stratification, with thin bands that expand like growth waves, creating organic patterns of extraordinary visual harmony.

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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This extraordinary specimen of orbicular rhodochrosite from Capillitas, Argentina, is one of the most fascinating manifestations of the dialogue between nature’s art and science. Its concentric and cellular forms, carefully polished by artisanal craft, seem to transport the observer to a microscopic landscape where each orbicule recalls the structure of cells, nuclei, and living organisms observed under the microscope. It is as if the mineral matter has become biological, unknowingly repeating the geometries of life. From a mineralogical point of view, it is a massive botryoidal rhodochrosite (MnCO₃), formed over millions of years through the rhythmic deposition of manganese carbonate in hydrothermal veins. Each shade—from powder pink to magenta, from golden beige to gray-green—tells a different moment of mineralization, a variation in the chemistry of the waters that filled the rock cavities. The polished section reveals a complex orbital stratification, with thin bands that expand like growth waves, creating organic patterns of extraordinary visual harmony.

Seller's Story

The Mineral Art Gallery offers minerals, fossils, shells and natural elements. Born in Italy in 2017, today she collaborates with international galleries and collectors, she is a direct importer of large minerals and naturalistic collectible elements; deals with the processing to insert them inside the living space. A section of the gallery was dedicated to the Wunderkammer, "chamber of wonders or cabinet of curiosities" in which Mirabilia elements are presented: naturalia and italiania, a union between "the present is the past". All lots are shipped via DHL Express and Fercam couriers, with insured parcel and tracking.
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Details

Main mineral
Rare and Exlusive Specimen of Rhodochrosite -
Mineral form
Rhodochrosite – Argentina, Specimen on Decorative Base
Weight
3266 g
Country of origin
Argentina
Height
370 mm
Width
220 mm
Depth
50 mm
ItalyVerified
14265
Objects sold
98.36%
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