| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 59657 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite |
| Locality: | Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado |
| Description: | Rich cluster of transparent-to-translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 15 mm completely covering one face of sulfide-rich gray matrix with a few lustrous black sphalerite crystals to 3 mm. The rhodochrosite crystals have silky luster. Collected ca. 1998 |
| Overall Size: | 12x6x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 2-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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