It’s Rhodochrosite - it has a romantic vernacular name - “Rose of the Inca” and it has to stage a mighty comeback against a rock that sounds like it was named after a scientist, and looks like it’s the prize you get when you win at Q-bert… +

#MinCup24 R4M1 Perovskite’s found in the rain in brown dwarf stars, in volcanic fumaroles, & in kimberlite pipes rocketing from mantle to crust. Rhodochrosite’s crystals can be pale blush to dark blood red, & can form rhombohedral & scalenohedral crystals, rosettes, blades, and more. ⚒️🧪 geology

Perovskite is found just west of Montreal in the Oka Complex; Carbonate-rich, silica-poor magma emplaced in the Cretaceous. The site was mined for niobium in the 1960's and 1970's -it's also enriched in REEs and thorium. There’s more about perovsite at Oka on […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

#MinCup24 R4M1 Perovskite’s found in the rain in brown dwarf stars, in volcanic fumaroles, & in kimberlite pipes rocketing from mantle to crust. Rhodochrosite’s crystals can be pale blush to dark blood red, & can form rhombohedral & scalenohedral crystals, rosettes, blades, and more. ⚒️🧪 geology