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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Raura, Cajatambo Province, Lima Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.6 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.50cm
Weight: 
50.00gr
Description

Choice pink rhodochrosite rhombohedrons nicely perched in a pale fissure. Excellent color contrast, the main crystals are locally well protected by a thin coating of pale carbonate.
Great photography subject, this specimen is well over 20 years old! 

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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