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A sample of rhodochrosite, trigonal manganese carbonate, from N'Chwaning Mine in Kuruman, Northern Cape province, S.Af.

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Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

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