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736  Rhodochrosite Sweet Home Mine [Rainbow Pocket], Alma, Alma District, Park Co., Colorado, United States small-cabinet 8.4 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm Collector's Edge SH830 ex. Clara and Steve Smale collection The Smales were among the first in line to the Collector's Edge booth in Denver at the 1992 show, and chose this as the best of the specimens available from that first 'big' season of mining. This piece lived, presumably, within a few feet of the largest known euhedral rhodochrosite cystal, The Alma King, probably for hundreds of millions of years. While the outer surfaces are the lower-temperature material (hence the lack of gemminess, sharpness, and luster shown by specimens from other pockets), the center appears to be quite gemmy and translucent when backlit. I believe that this specimen is visible in the photo (Figure 51) on page 41 of the Sweet Home Mine issue of the Mineralogical Record. First shelf above the bottom of the case, back row, second from the right. While the specimen is very small in the photo, there are several predictable, corresponding features. The size of the specimen, compared to the standard Collector's Edge label, is also a perfect match.
- ----- photos courtesy of/©2007 The Arkenstone label Mineral Occurances
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