Rhodochrosite on Quartz with Sphalerite purple especially in this color

especially in this color

The combination of the deep skeletal features of the "Spinel"-twins against the well-formed positive crystals faces makes this a unique and desirable example of this fantastic material

and the piece is not only eye-catching

Specimen # BOL711B219

Rhodochrosite on Quartz with Sphalerite purple especially in this colorThe Champion Mine is well known to Colorado collectors, but specimens are seldom available on the market. This piece features several sharp, well formed, lustrous, translucent, vivid pink color, compressed rhombohedra of Rhodochrosite forming semi "rosette" shaped groups sitting on contrasting white Quartz and black Sphalerite matrix with small bits of Pyrite sprinkled here and there. This is a showy display specimen from this hard to find locality in