Description: Galena with Rhodochrosite and Quartz, with minor Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Buckskin Gulch, Park County, Colorado, USA 163 x 95 x 42 mm Gray Galena crystals to 8 mm, consisting of both octahedral and cuboctahedral habits are accented by brassy, iridescent Chalcopyrite to 4mm and lustrous black Sphalerite crystals to 7 mm. Clear needles of Quartz to 21 mm long and a single, transparent, cherry-red rhomb of Rhodochrosite measuring 9x6x6 mm provide accents. No damage.

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