| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Peru > Rhodochrosite over Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 70256 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite over Quartz |
| Locality: | Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Peru |
| Description: | Translucent grayish-pink rhombic rhodochrosite crystals to 1 mm over lustrous translucent white quartz crystals to 20 mm. The rhodochrosite crystals coated select faces of the quartz that were oriented in the same direction. Some quartz are incomplete. |
| Overall Size: | 9x5.5x5.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-20 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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