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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 42008 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite on Tetrahedrite |
| Locality: | Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado |
| Description: | Lustrous transparent red rhodochrosite crystals to 15 mm intergrown with dark metallic tetrahedrite crystals to 7 mm. One rhodochrosite crystal has cleaved faces on the corner, apparently where it contacted the opposing wall of the cavity it formed in. Ex. Robert C. Lambert (1919-2008) #564; ex. John Marshall in 1999 |
| Overall Size: | 5x3x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | 1-15 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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