| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Argentina > Rhodochrosite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70508 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | Capillitas Mine, Catamarca, Argentina |
| Description: | Translucent pink rhodochrosite in concentric banded layers over a core of brown matrix. The surfaces of the rhodochrosite have alligator-skin-like patterns probably caused by post-crystallization shrinkage. |
| Overall Size: | 5x3.5x3.5 cm |
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| Archived: | For reference only |
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