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Rhodochrosite & Quartz (Trimingham Coll.)
- Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co., Colorado
- Small Cabinet, 5.7 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm
- Start Time: 04/22/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/01/2014 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A choice combination specimen from the earliest, 1991 or 1992 finds at this renowned locale. Classic, lustrous, translucent, lightly frosted (typical of the early fines), rose-red rhodo rhombs to 1.2 cm on edge are aesthetically scattered on matrix with needle quartz crystals and small clusters of tiny tetrahedrite and pyrite crystals. The rhodos are pristine. Ex Bob Trimingham Collection and acquired from Ikon Mining in December, 1994. The first Sweet Home specimens were offered at the Denver Show in September, 1992. A fine, early, classic Sweet Home combination piece. Value today???