AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Rhodochrosite with Calcite |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 78477 |
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite with Calcite |
Locality: | Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous transparent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 5 mm with white calcite crystals to 4 mm in hemispherical aggregates filling a cavity in gray sulfide-rich matrix. The rhodochrosite crystals are dodecahedral form and are in compound groups to 8 mm. |
Overall Size: | 6.5x5.5x4 cm |
Crystals: | 1-5 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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