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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 48575
Mineral:Rhodochrosite on Quartz and Pyrite
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Transparent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 8 mm with slender colorless transparent quartz crystals to 18 mm and brassy-metallic pyrite crystals to 3 mm.
Overall Size:3x2x2 cm
Crystals:1-18 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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