Rhodochrosite (rare locality specimen)

Item Description

The famous Camp Bird Mine above Ouray, Colorado is well-known for being one of the great gold producers in the entire state. It also was the source of very attractive sulfide minerals, Quartz, Calcite, etc., but Rhodochrosite is not commonly seen from this locality. This piece is an interesting example featuring a layer of semi-botryoidal light pink Rhodochrosite, with associated Quartz, Calcite and a bit of very pale pink manganese-bearing Calcite on the underside. It's a showy and colorful specimen, and would make a great addition to any Rhodochrosite collection or a suite of minerals from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. From the collection of Gary Weaver (1944-2019), an electrical engineer who worked for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens, focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/