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Rhodochrosite with Fluorite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

 
Rhodochrosite with Fluorite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Rhodochrosite with Fluorite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

Rhodochrosite with Fluorite from Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado

DESCRIPTION:No. 43273
Mineral:Rhodochrosite with Fluorite
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Two rhombohedral translucent red rhodochrosite crystals up to 30 mm across with small 2-3 mm pale-green cubic fluorite crystals near the remnants of black sulfide-rich matrix. The rhodochrosite crystals have etched crystal faces and excellent color.
Overall Size:3x3x2.5 cm
Crystals:2-30 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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