| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite on Quartz with minor Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 76654 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Quartz with minor Pyrite |
| Locality: | Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 6 mm with yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals on colorless quartz crystals to 0.5 mm. The rhodochrosite crystals are rhombohedral form with thin white overgrowth on select faces. Collected ca. 1980 |
| Overall Size: | 4x3x2 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 6 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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