Rhodochrosite w/ Fluorite & Hematite (Stoudt Coll.)

Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm
Start Time: 02/18/2011 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/24/2011 6:32:53 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Fine rhodochrosite combination specimens from the well-known Potosi Mine at Santa Eulalia are fairly rare. This showy and excellent piece features a rich bed of gemmy, lightly hematite-dusted, pretty rose-red rhodo scalenohedrons expertly accented with a single, 1.1 cm, glassy, stepped-growth, pink fluorite octahedron and complimentary bladed hematite rosettes. Fine combo material from the Dave Stoudt Mexico Collection. Valued at $250-300.

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