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Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

 
Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

Rhodochrosite from Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru

DESCRIPTION:No. 75106
Mineral:Rhodochrosite
Locality:Uchucchaqua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Description:Many intersecting lustrous scalenohedral transparent red-pink rhodochrosite crystals on a fragment of black manganese-oxide matrix. The rhodochrosite crystals have silky luster caused by microscopic crystallization patterns on the surfaces. Ex. Anthony Feher collection; originally acquired in 2011 from D. Weinrich
Overall Size:27x27x12 mm
Crystals:2-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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