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Tetrahedrite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

 
Tetrahedrite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Tetrahedrite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 19198
Mineral:Tetrahedrite
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Large plate of colorless quartz crystals (visible around the edges) complete overgrown with galena, pyrite, bornite (and probably a few other minerals...). Good specimen for locality collectors because it has such a wide variety of mineral species.
Overall Size:14x7x4 cm
Crystals:2-10 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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