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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 70081
Mineral:Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous translucent pink rhombic rhodochrosite cleavage with a colorless quartz crystal in the center and minor dark sulfide minerals included in the corners. This rhodochrosite specimen was collected before the mine was reopened in 1991. Collected ca. 1970
Overall Size:30x30x15 mm
Crystals:
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