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Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Pyrite from Sweet Home Mine, New Watercourse Raise, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

 
Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Pyrite from Sweet Home Mine, New Watercourse Raise, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Pyrite from Sweet Home Mine, New Watercourse Raise, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 36393
Mineral:Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Pyrite
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, New Watercourse Raise, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Classic Sweet Home Mine specimen: rhombohedral translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals up to 12 mm with elongated colorless quartz crystals up to 8 mm and scattered metallic pyrite crystals up to 1 mm. This famous mine is now closed.
Overall Size:6x6x2.5 cm
Crystals:1-12 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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