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Rhodochrosite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Cerro De Pasco, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 3.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

An older specimen showing rounded groups of pale pink Rhodochrosite crystals and isolated rhombohedrons in combination with prismatic waterclear quartz. Acquired in March 1982.

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

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