| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Rhodochrosite on manganese-oxide matrix |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 73654 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on manganese-oxide matrix |
| Locality: | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Cajatambo, Peru |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent red-pink rhodochrosite crystals on matrix coated with microcrystals of an unidentified black manganese-oxide mineral. The rhodochrosite crystals are scalenohedral form with good red color in the larger crystals. Collected ca. 1993 |
| Overall Size: | 5x5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 11 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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