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Rhodochrosite and Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

 
Rhodochrosite and Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Rhodochrosite and Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Rhodochrosite and Quartz from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

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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