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Manganoan Calcite On Tetrahedrite

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Manganoan Calcite On Tetrahedrite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.2 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Rounded bullet shaped mangano calcite crystals on a bed of large and lustrous tetrahedrite crystals and grey bournonite crystals from Peru with a fantastic rich pink fluorescence under short wave UV illumination.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Manganoan Calcite

Variety Of: 

Calcite

Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)CO3
Hardness: 
0.0

Tetrahedrite

Formula: 
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Strunz: 
2.GB.05
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0