Rhodochrosite, Catamarca Province, Argentina Rhodochrosite is a manganese carbonate mineral that ranges in color from light pink to bright red.

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Rhodochrosite occurs as a hydrothermal vein mineral along with other manganese minerals in low temperature ore deposits as in the silver mines of Romania where it was first found. Banded rhodochrosite is mined in Capillitas, Argentina.

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