Rhodochrosite and Mn-oxides on Quartz from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
| DESCRIPTION: | No. 72348
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite and Mn-oxides on Quartz
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| Locality: | Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru |
| Description: | Shallow cavity lined with lustrous transparent pink-to-red rhodochrosite crystals to 9 mm over black manganese-oxide with lustrous transparent gray quartz crystals to 2 mm. The rhodochrosite crystals are scalenohedral form with rhombohedral terminations. Collected ca. 1995 |
| Overall Size: | 4.5x3.5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-9 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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