RHO2129 Price: $200
RHODOCHROSITE,
BORNITE on QUARTZ
Sweet Home Mine
Alma Mining District
Park County, Colorado, USA
Miniature (4.5 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm)
A single, red rhombohedral1.5 x 1.0 cm rhodochrosite crystal dominates the front side of this specimen. The rhodochrosite occurs on a matrix of drusy quartz, along with several iridescent blue rounded bornite (!) crystals, the largest 0.9 cm across. An unusual and rare Sweet Home combination. The specimen is sawn on the bottom and back, and sits well for display. See the special Sweet Home Mine issue of Mineralogical Record, Volume 29, Number 4 (July-August, 1998) for details of this great specimen mining effort.
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