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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Manuelita Mine, Morococha, Yauli Province, Junín Department, Peru
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 7.5 × 3 cm
Description

A solid chunk of rhodochrosite that has crystallised out on the top surface into hundreds of pale pink rhombohedra.

Minor sulphides and an unidentified brown mineral.

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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