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Rhodochrosite & Pyrite

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Rhodochrosite & Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

A very uncommon specimen, very different to common material from the locality. There is an intense red (much better saturation as common material) with lustrous faces inside a geode of sharp pyrite crystals. Very unusual specimen, with lot of contrast.

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