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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.9 × 6.8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

Beautiful, well colored rhodochrosite scalenohedrons against a dark, magnetite bearing matrix. Some crystals are damaged, others in very fine condition. The greenish mineral is not yet identified.

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

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