Rhodochrosite & Pyroxmangite (classic CO) Urish Coll.

F Level, Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
Miniature, 4.3 x 4.1 x 3.4 cm
Start Time: 07/28/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/02/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Pyroxmangite is a fairly simple, yet fairly rare manganese silicate from the famous Sunnyside Mine in Colorado. This showy piece is a rare combination of pyroxmangite, rhodochrosite and sulfides. The knobby specimen is mostly pastel-pink rhodo rhombs, with the lustrous, translucent, rose-red, pyroxmangite blades encircled around the very well-placed pod of sulfides. The pyroxmangite is especially prominent in the bottom-center. Ex Harold Urish Collection and acquired in 1992. The pyroxmangite ID and mine level were confirmed by Colorado specialist Barbara Muntyan in 2000.

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