AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite and Quartz |
DESCRIPTION: | No. 43571 |
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite and Quartz |
Locality: | Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado |
Description: | Rhombohedral transparent-to-translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals up to 10 mm on edge with slender transparent colorless quartz crystals up to 4 mm long with minor dark sulfide-rich matrix. One rhodochrosite crystal has a chipped corner. |
Overall Size: | 4.5x3x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 1-10 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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