Rhodochrosite on Quartz w/ Pyrrhotite (Gary Weaver Coll.)

Potosi Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 9.0 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm
Start Time: 10/17/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 10/24/2019 6:35:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Gemmy, sharp, pretty rose-red rhodochrosite scalenohedrons, to 1.1 cm, with satin lustre faces are richly and aesthetically scattered on the rolling matrix covered with tinted spherical aggregates of drusy quartz. A couple rosettes of pyrrhotite blades on the bottom are RARE accessory to this impressive and unusual combination from the famous Potosi Mine. Choice, very showy and RARE combination material from the Gary R. Weaver Collection.

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