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Rhodochrosite

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Rhodochrosite

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Description
Locality: 
Huaron Mines, Pasco Department, Peru
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 12 × 8.3 cm
Description

Clusters of pale pink rhodochrosite on matrix

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