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 Rhodochrosite and Fluorite Specimen #rhusa01 3.5 x 3.3 x 1.8cm Miniature Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado $250 To kick off my USA Rhodo page, here is what I would consider to be a really fine Sweet Home piece. I was lucky enough to meet Dr. Karen Wenrich of Crystals Unlimited at Tucson this year and she had a small hoard of quality Sweet Home specimens for sale (at reasonable prices). This one is definitely my favorite as it's aesthetically very pleasing to the eye. it's made up of a number of pale pink and very gemmy rhodo rhombs to 0.7cm. Complimenting the rhodo is a single dark purple, gemmy fluorite xl. It measures 0.5x0.5cm and has modified faces. To top it off, the specimens is covered in glass like quartz spires. Need I remind you that specimens of this quality and at this price are getting ever harder to find. It comes perched on it's own plastic base. Great specimen from a closed local!  |
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 Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa02 3.3 x 2.2 x 2.2cm Miniature American Tunnel Mine Silverton District San Juan County, Colorado $50 Here's a very colorful and showy specimen from Colorado. This specimen is comprised of a cluster of Rhodo rhombs to 1.3cm. They are perfectly pink, undamaged and have a bit of frosty white quartz attached, adding a nice contrast. Very nice piece! |
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 Rhodochrosite and Quartz Specimen #rhusa03 4.3 x 3.1 x 2.9cm Miniature Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado $50 Here's a single pale pink and somewhat gemmy Rhodo rhomb (1.2x1.1cm) on a bed of galena, pyrite and chalcopyrite from Sweet Home. Nice Mini! |
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Rhodochrosite on Romanechite Specimen #rhusa04 4.2 x 3.1 x 1.3cm Miniature Lone Tree Mine Humboldt County, Nevada $95 I love these Lone Tree specimens. I bought one for my own collection quite some time ago and do not see them offered for sale very often. Here's your chance to own a very colorful and showy specimen from Nevada. It's made up of a single prominent glassy orange rhodo ball (0.5cm) imbedded in a matrix of Romanechite. As you look around, there are a number of other spheres nestled around on this piece. There's not many of these floating around! |
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Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa05 4.4 x 2.8 x 1.7cm Miniature Emma Mine Butte SilverBow County Montana $35 Here's a nice conglomeration of Rhodo rhombs from Montana. Nice color and damage free. |
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Rhodochrosite and Galena Specimen #rhusa06 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.3cm Miniature Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado Here's a single pale pink and somewhat gemmy Rhodo rhomb (0.5x0.5cm) on a bed of galena, pyrite and chalcopyrite from Sweet Home. Nice Mini! |
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Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa07 1.6 x 1.1 x 0.9cm Thumbnail Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado $20 Here's a couple of fused Rhodo rhombs from Sweet Home. Somewhat gemmy, pale pink rhombs. Nice combo piece. Sweet t-nail! |
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Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa08 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.6cm Thumbnail Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado $10 Here's a single stepped Rhodo rhomb from Sweet Home. There's also a tiny bit of attached Galena adding a nice contrast. Sweet t-nail! |
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 Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa09 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.7cm Thumbnail Butte SilverBow County Montana $10 Here's a single Rhodo rhomb from Montana. Nice color and damage free. |
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Rhodochrosite and Quartz Specimen #rhusa10 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.3cm Miniature Sunnyside Mine American Tunnel Silverton District San Juan County, Colorado $50 Here's a very colorful and showy specimen from Colorado. This specimen is comprised of a single Rhodo rhomb (1.0x1.0cm) perched on matrix, surrounded by a bed of frosty white mini quartz xls. Very nice piece! |
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Rhodochrosite and Quartz (and more) Specimen #rhusa11 6.0 x 4.2 x 3.0cm Small Cabinet Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado $195 For all you Sweet Home junkies, this specimen is the Holy Grail! I purchased it from Dr. Karen Wenrich who was one of the authors of the Sweet Home M.R. issue (see below). I met her in Tucson this year and while I was checking out with my hoard of goodies, she started looking closer at this piece and identified the following minerals species on it: Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite, Galena, Chalcopyrite and Apatite. Wow, that's a mouthful. The Rhodo "cluster" measures 2.3x1.5cm and is damage free. Enjoy!  |
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Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa12 12.3 x 9.4 x 6.5cm Cabinet Butte SilverBow County Montana ex Russell Jones Collection $150 Here's a matrix specimen that's covered on two sides by a druzy coating of small quartz xls with a subsequent generation of rhombohedral rhodo xls to 2.5cm. I don't specimens of this size very often from this local. It can be displayed from either side and is a showy and attractive specimen in my opinion. |
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Rhodochrosite, Quartz & Fluorite Specimen #rhusa13 16.2 x 9.3 x 5.5cm Large Cabinet 04-14 Pocket Sweet Home Mine Alma, Colorado Wow......Have I saved my best for last, or what? This specimens is made up of a granitic slab that is absolutely covered by glassy, gemmy pink to cherry red rhodo xls to 2.5cm. I counted at least 30 major (>1cm) rhodo xls and that does not even count the countless smaller ones. Besides the rhodo xls, there are a number of small pale purple fluorite xls to .5cm. In addition to the rhodo and fluorite, the specimen is covered with needle like quartz "spires" adding a nice contrast. To top it all off, there is also minor pyrite on this piece. I cannot stress the fact enough that pieces of this quality are now going for what I consider to be "silly money" at all of the shows throughout the year. Here's your chance to own a piece of history as the mine is closed and what's out there is it. In my humble opinion, this is a KILLER specimen. One that would showcase anyone's mineral collection. WOW! |
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Rhodochrosite Specimen #rhusa14 Mineralogical Record Volume 29 Number 4 July - August 1998 $30 To complete my 2007 visit to the wonderful and colorful world of Rhodochrosite, here's a copy of one of the best issues (in my opinionated opinion) of the M.R., ever! For you Rhodo lovers, this is a must purchase and I only have one copy available. The one pictured is my own, as the copy I am selling comes in its original protective plastic wrapper and is un-opened. Hurry, as I only have one copy for sale! Thanks for checking out my Rhodo update. It takes a year to collect enough specimens to create this update and I sincerely hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did putting it together. Rhodoingly yours.........Andrei |
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