| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 57356 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Quartz |
| Locality: | American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Rich specimen of transparent-to-translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 2.5 mm completely covering one faces of colorless quartz microcrystals. The cluster is fully crystallized on all surfaces with no apparent point of attachment. |
| Overall Size: | 7x5x3 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-2.5 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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