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Rhodochrosite Pyrite & Galena

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Rhodochrosite Pyrite & Galena

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Description
Locality: 
Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 6 cm
Description

Pale pink small rhodochrosite crystals with golden pyrite crystals on a galena core

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

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5

Galena

Formula: 
PbS
Strunz: 
2.CD.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5
Colour: 
Lead-grey
Streak: 
Lead-grey