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

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

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

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

DESCRIPTION:No. 79075
Mineral:Rhodochrosite
Locality:Sweet Home Mine, Buckskin Gulch, Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:Lustrous translucent pink-red rhombic rhodochrosite crystal cleavage with no matrix attached from the early years of mining after the reopening of the Sweet Home Mine. The bottom face was sawn flat. Originally acquired in August 1992
Overall Size:17x14x11 mm
Crystals:
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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