The Richard M. Geiger Collection
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Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite
Wudong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
small-cabinet – 5.7 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
A 5.7 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm matrix consisting mostly of crystalline pyrite, the top attractively scattered with needle-like colorless crystals of quartz to 1.8 cm in length. Throughout these quartz crystals are pretty pink flattened slightly translucent crystals of rhodochrosite measuring to 2.3 cm in size. No damage - an excellent miniature for the locality! Ex Lloyd Tate collection.
Illustrated in ExtraLapis no 56 Rhodochrosit, page 84.
Mineral Species
Pyrite
Dana
Strunz
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Rhodochrosite
Dana
Strunz
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Quartz
Dana
Strunz
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Provenance / Ex-Collections
- Lloyd Tate
1033
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Pyrite
Wudong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China