Manganese Oxides, Triplite, Tetrahedrite-(Zn), Rhodochrosite, Hübnerite, Quartz
Kholtoson Mine, Dzhida W-Mo District, Zakamensk District, Dzhida Basin, Buryatia, Russia
The beginning of the process.:) These small brown spots near the specimen's center aren't a dirt, these are microscopic dendrites of Manganese Oxides growing along cleavage surfaces of the salmon-pink Triplite grain. Associating minerals are bright pink Rhodochrosite, greenish-grey metallic grains of zincian Tetrahedrite, minor brownish-red ...
© Pavel M. Kartashov collection & photo