Fluorite with Rhodochrosite and Quartz (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

The famous Sunnyside Mine (Standard Mine) in southwestern Colorado for many years produced some of the most recognized Rhodochrosite and Fluorite specimens from any mine in Colorado. Believe it or not, the Sunnyside was actually the premier locality for Rhodochrosite in Colorado before the Sweet Home started producing fine specimens starting in the 1970s with Rich Kosnar and Dave Bergman. This piece is a wonderful association specimen featuring attractive, sharp, gemmy, pale green cubes of Fluorite measuring up to 1.0 cm on edge associated with pale pink colored Rhodochrosite and white Quartz matrix forming an attractive small miniature specimen. Very little damage, great condition overall. A good specimen for any collector of Fluorite or specimens from Colorado from this well known mine in the San Juan Mountains. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/