62.00 USD
Pink Rhodochrosite with Druzy White Quartz Pseudomorph Crystals Mineral Specimen Grizzly Bear Colorado
Dimensions (mm): 45 x 35 x 8
Dimensions (inches): 1.8 x 1.4 x .31
Origins: Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray, Colorado
The front is Pink Rhodochrosite with a light dusting of microcrystalline quartz giving added luster. The back is druzy quartz pseudomorphing another crystal. Pseudomorphing is when one mineral replaces another mineral molecule by molecule maintaining the shape of the original mineral.
Rhodochrosite is manganese carbonate. Manganese is the element that gives many minerals their Vivid Pink and sometimes cherry red
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