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Rhodochrosite Alabandite & Calcite

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Rhodochrosite Alabandite & Calcite

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Description
Locality: 
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.6 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

A big, very beautiful, cherry-red-colored rhodochrosite crystal of 2 cm length is the center of this outstanding specimen. But there is more to it: looking at the smaller rhodochrosite crystals below you can see it's a healed, double-terminated one and it looks like the big one is a scepter on the small one. Not to forget about the black alabandite (I wouldn't be surprised if it was something else - some of the rarer species).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodochrosite

Formula: 
MnCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbánya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramureș Co., Romania

Alabandite

Formula: 
MnS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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