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Rhodochrosite Quartz Tetrahedrite & Sphalerite

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Rhodochrosite Quartz Tetrahedrite & Sphalerite

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Description
Locality: 
Huaron Mines, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 9 × 2.5 cm
Description

Pale pink rhodochrosite crystals perched on quartz crystals with grey metallic tetrahedrite crystals on sphalerite/galena matrix

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

Tetrahedrite

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

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0