Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite

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An outstanding specimen from the world's greatest Rhodo locality, the Sweet Home mine. This Hedgehog Pocket piece features a lovely 2 cm! reddish pink rhomb that has excellent luster, is virtually pristine from the front (and is naturally contacted along the back, and we are lucky to have it at all from the extremely difficult mining) and sits on a bed of Quartz crystals and matrix. Below the main crystal is a ribbon of beautiful smaller Rhodochrosite rhombs, several of which a partially gemmy. Good quality Sweet Home pieces are getting harder and harder to come by. This is a gem in its own right. Very aesthetic.