Rhodocrosite
| Mined almost exclusively in Capillitas, a remote
Andean region of Argentina. The mine was uncovered in 1938 by Franz
Manfiel who found an Incan mummy holding a rhodocrosite amulet in its hand.
Rhodocrosite occurred as stalactic formations identified by a circular
pattern in the stone. Crystals are usually small and very rare.
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