Rhodochrosite (classic locale) ex Ito and Belsky Coll.

Oppu Mine, Aomori Pref., Honshu Island., Japan
Small Cabinet, 8.4 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm
Start Time: 10/14/2010 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/21/2010 6:57:04 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

The Oppu Mine remains, long after its closure, the classic and most well-known source of rhodochrosite from Japan. Rhodos from here date from before WWII to over 100 years ago! This showy plate of translucent, botryoidal, pretty rose-red rhodochrosite covers sulfide matrix. A bit of periphery wear is certainly a modest detraction to this classic, old-timer. Excellent material from this historic locality from the Ito and Howard Belsky Collections.

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