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

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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 46701
Mineral:Rhodochrosite
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Transparent red-pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 15 mm overgrown on slender colorless quartz crystals to 8 mm long. The bottom is sawn flat to remove excess without damage. One crystal intersected another crystal and has an incomplete corner. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #545; acquired in 1998 from Krystalle
Overall Size:6x3x3 cm
Crystals:3-15 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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