Title | Rhodochrosite and alabandite from Santa Cruz County, Arizona |
Description | Most of this sample is pink-orange rhodochrosite, MnCO3. Rhodochrosite is the manganese equivalent of calcite, CaCO3. The black material is albandite, MnS, a mineral closely related to galena, PbS. |
Location | USA ▹ Arizona ▹ Santa Cruz. Near Harshaw. |
Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2001-06-18. |
Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #173. |
Key words | alabandite, rhodochrosite, Arizona |
Tech details | 768 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
GeoDIL number | 774 |
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