Fluorescent red is a known, but rare, color. The mineral is pearly and vitreous, variable in hardness (3.0-4.0), with a white streak and a density between 3.3 and 3.6. By weight, rhodochrosite is 61.71 % MnO and 38.29 % CO 2. Rhodochrosite aggregates from Romania. Size 10 x 6.5 cm, Lajos Varga collection.