| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 61351 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Group of parallel translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 22 mm on colorless quartz microcrystals with gray sulfide minerals. The rhodochrosite crystals have a silky surface luster caused by parallel surface crystallization patterns. |
| Overall Size: | 24x22x15 mm |
| Crystals: | 1-22 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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