EV78X6: Druse of crystals that have an uncommon shape for Rhodochrosite, with very elongated prism faces and very flattened rhombohedral terminations. They have a very deep and intense color and are on a matrix of manganese oxides. A lost locality from which it is currently very difficult to obtain good samples.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 214 in number 2013/3
Moanda Mine, Moanda, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province  Gabon (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.87” × 2.64” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.24” × 0.04”