| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 33443 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Quartz |
| Locality: | Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Many pink rhodochrosite crystals up to 8 mm on milky quartz matrix covered with sparkling quartz microcrystals with scattered pyrite crystals. Fully crystallized front and rear, but the rear has remnants of glue from when it was mounted to a stand. |
| Overall Size: | 5x5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | .5-8 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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