AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite |
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DESCRIPTION: | No. 61354 |
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
Locality: | American Tunnel, Sunnyside Mine, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado |
Description: | Lustrous translucent pink rhombohedral rhodochrosite crystals to 15 mm on colorless quartz crystals to 0.2 mm with gray-metallic sulfide minerals. The rhodochrosite crystals have a silky surface luster. |
Overall Size: | 4x2x1.5 cm |
Crystals: | 0.1-15.0 mm |
Archived: | For reference only |
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