Rhodochrosite, Quartz

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These new Chinese Rhodos have made a big splash on the market in the last year or so. The specimens associated with Quartz and sulfides (like this one) really remind me of specimens I've seen from various mines in Colorado. If this Rhodo were from the Sweet Home mine, it would be a great treasure for many Colorado collectors, although the habit would be incorrect. This piece actually resembles the habit of Rhodochrosite found at the Eagle mine, but on a matrix that resembles the Sweet Home mine. It features several sharp, semi lustrous, pink, flattened rhombohedra of Rhodochrosite sitting on attractive Quartz crystals on sulfide matrix.