Alabandite with Quartz, Calcite and Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua Mine, Peru - 13 x 7.5 x 8.5 cm / main crystal: 3 cm.

Mineral: Alabandite with Quartz, Calcite and Rhodochrosite
Locality: Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru
Dimensions: 13 x 7.5 x 8.5 cm / main crystal: 3 cm.

Description: Mass: 981 g MIM number: 1332 Probable year of extraction : 2010 Group of black lustrous crystals twinned after the spinel law, with a little calcite, micro-crystallized quartz, and tufts of pink rhodochrosite. Photographer: AINU / Augustin de Valence;