3.25" Sparkling Botryoidal Rhodochrosite on Pyrrhotite - Mexico

Sparkling Botryoidal Rhodochrosite on Pyrrhotite - Mexico #240824

This is a gorgeous aggregations of sparkling rhodochrosite crystals that are tightly packed together, creating this salmon-pink to brown, botryoidal formation. The specimen was collected from the Santa Eulalia mining district of Chihuahua, Mexico and including the pyrrhotite matrix, measures 3.25" wide.

Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral with them chemical composition MnCO3. The crystals typically have a pink-red coloration and cleaves with rhombohedral cleaving in three directions. It forms from hydrothermal pockets and can be found as both crystals and in banded formations.

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