Description: Tetrahedrite with Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz and minor Galena and Pyrite Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Buckskin Gulch, Park County, Colorado, USA 104 x 80 x 57 mm Another view. Tetrahedrites with a bluish irridescence, accented by nearly transparent, cherry-red Rhodochrosites to 6 mm, and light purple cubes of Fluorite to 4 mm. Clear needles of Quartz to 7 mm are also present. Much of the dark matrix is comprised of 1 to 2 mm Galena and Pyrite crystals. No damage.

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