| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite on Quartz with minor Sphalerite and Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 81040 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Quartz with minor Sphalerite and Pyrite |
| Locality: | American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Lustrous translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 23 mm on lustrous colorless transparent quartz crystals to 1 mm with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals and lustrous black sphalerite microcrystals. Ex. Miller #M045; collected in 1991 |
| Overall Size: | 7x5x3.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 23 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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