Superb miniature, and very attractive collectible specimen. It features over a dozen perfect, and beautifully colored pink-red rhombs scattered throughout a bed of Quartz crystals.

As you may be aware of, The Sweet Home Mine was permanently closed in October of 2004. Needless to say, this has been one of the world's most important mineral specimen producing localities of the century!

Since the closing of the mine, I have personally seen the purchase price of these beauties escalate drastically in the last few years. Being so desirable for personal collections, these Rhodochrosite are rapidly become harder to come by -- especially quality specimens.

What a great way to take part of its history by adding this very gorgeous; aesthetic; and sparkling specimen to your collection.

This awesome, large miniature is one of my favorites of this bunch. Truly a wonderful and stark contrast of Rhodochrosite & Tetrahedrite. The top side features 3 wonderful rhombs...two of which have a tabular look. The main crystal, which is partially embedded within the Tetrahedrite is huge! If this crystal was sitting by itself on top, the specimen would easily be double in price! And yet, the effect is still amazing!!! A close up view shows some tiny Quartz crystals, as well as some pyrite.

The top side crystals are very  transparent, gemmy, mirror-like-glassy, and has more of the "cherry" colored red that is desirable in this species.

The bottom side, which is pictured on the lower right size also has a couple of decent rhombs. The bottom side picture reflected lots of light during the photo shoot, but many of the Tetrahedrite crystals are very well formed, and lustrous as well.

This small cabinet, is yet another very attractive, and colorful specimen. Featuring several perfect, and beautifully colored rhombs scattered on a bed of Quartz crystals, with a scattering of smaller Tetrahedrite crystals. the larger rhomb has a slight "frosting" on the top side, which is associated with different temperature changes during the cooling process during formation.

The bottom side of this specimen, pictured lower right even has a nice covering of Pyrite, and a hint of purple colored Fluorite! Very gorgeous piece!