Rhodochrosite on Sphalerite

Wudong Mine, Wuzhou Prefect., Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Cabinet, 10.4 x 7.5 x 5.8 cm
Start Time: 05/21/2009 5:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/28/2009 6:16:01 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A showy and excellent CABINET specimen of a few, cherry-red rhodochrosite rhombs and a dusting of brassy, pyrite microcrystals on starkly contrasting, highly lustrous, twinned, black sphalerite crystals. This highly representative combination specimen is from recent finds at the Wudong Mine of China.

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