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DESCRIPTION: | No. 54955 |
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
Locality: | Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru |
Description: | Lustrous red-pink transparent scalenohedral rhodochrosite crystals on gray matrix. Several rhodochrosite crystals on the lower half are incomplete where they intersected the surrounding crystals. |
Overall Size: | 3.5x2.5x2 cm |
Crystals: | 2-10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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