| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Colorado > Rhodochrosite with minor Pyrite |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 68004 |
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite with minor Pyrite |
| Locality: | Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado |
| Description: | Translucent pink rhodochrosite crystals to 8 mm intermixed with white quartz with scattered yellow-metallic pyrite microcrystals. The rhodochrosite crystals are distorted rhombohedral form with parallel, stepped faces on the surfaces. |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x2.5x2 cm |
| Crystals: | 0.5-8.0 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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