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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 7.8 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

Beautiful pink lustrous rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals up to 1.2 cm across on matrix from the famous Huayllapon Mine in Peru. A very nice piece with well defined crystals, showing no visible damage. 

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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