| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite on Quartz |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 33342 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Quartz |
| Locality: | American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Elongated cluster of many pink rhodochrosite crystals up to 3 mm in spherical, rosette-shaped crystal aggregates up to 7 mm diameter. The rhodochrosite crystals grew on matrix coated with colorless quartz crystals up to 4 mm. Ex. C.P. Maier; originally acquired in 1974 |
| Overall Size: | 15x6x6 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-4 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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