| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from China > Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64304 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite |
| Locality: | Wudong Mine, Liubao, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China |
| Description: | Large bladed translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 55 mm of with translucent colorless quartz crystals to 4 mm and yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 0.4 mm. The rhodochrosite crystals have silky luster caused by microscopic parallel faces. |
| Overall Size: | 6x3.5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.2-55.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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