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Rhodonite Galena & Sphalerite Var Marmatite

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Rhodonite Galena & Sphalerite Var Marmatite

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Description
Locality: 
Manuelita Mine, Morococha, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
3 × 7.6 × 5 cm
Weight: 
148.00gr
Description

Aesthetic specimen from Peru of rare rhodonite in rhombohedraol crystals of excellent form in a beautiful and delicate pink color associated with galena and sparkling sphalerite var marmatite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhodonite

Formula: 
MnSiO3
Strunz: 
9.DK.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Kaiser Franz Mine (König Wilhelm Mine), Schävenholz (Schebenholz; Schäbenholz), Elbingerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Galena

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

Sphalerite

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

Marmatite

Variety Of: 

Sphalerite

Formula: 
ZnS
Strunz: 
2.CB.05a
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Formula: 
(Zn,Fe)S
Hardness: 
0.0
Colour: 
Black

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