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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 48574
Mineral:Rhodochrosite on Quartz
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 9 mm with slender colorless transparent quartz crystals to 6 mm. Some faces of the rhodochrosite crystals have a thin coating of colorless quartz microcrystals.
Overall Size:2.5x2x1.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 9 mm
Archived: For reference only
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