AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Mexico > Rhodochrosite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 81883 |
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
Locality: | Mina El Potosí, Santa Eulalia District, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Description: | Lustrous transparent pink rhodochrosite crystals on an elongated thin plate of gray matrix. The rhodochrosite crystals are elongated prisms with three-sided rhombohedral terminations. Excellent transparency. Ex. Miller collection T2660; originally acquired in 1988 from Chris Wright (1946-2014) |
Overall Size: | 38x21x10 mm |
Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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