| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Rhodochrosite on Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 64979 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Pyrite |
| Locality: | Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 17 mm with yellow-metallic pyrite crystals to 1 mm on greenish matrix. The surfaces of the rhodochrosite crystals are composed of many smaller subparallel crystal faces. Ex. Mort Metersky collection |
| Overall Size: | 21x18x17 mm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-17.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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