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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 × 3.9 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Rich, pink to orange rhodochrosite crystals up to 0.3 cm across on matrix, accompanied by sphaeroidal aggregates of white small quartz crystals from Raura District in Peru. A nice specimen, fitting well any collection of worldwide carbonates and/or aesthetic mineral specimens.

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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