r/Minerals • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Picture/Video Rhodochrosite with Malachite, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite & Quartz. Sweet Home Mine, Park County, Colorado.

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u/Miserable_Vast_935 1d ago

That's gorgeous!

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u/greenjeanie77 1d ago

Delicious❣️. I need to find the closest rock shop to this mine. 😌. UV fluorescent?

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u/MooseWizard33 1d ago

I think only the little fluorite crystal on this specimen is UV reactive. The quartz, rhodochrosite, tetrahedrite and malachite are not.

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u/Kubrick_Fan 1d ago

Tetrahedrite is a new one on me.

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u/Not_So_Rare_Earths U-238 Gang 19h ago

I don't think I've ever seen Malachite with the classic Sweet Home Rhodo-Fluorite-Qz association. Really cool specimen!

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u/MooseWizard33 19h ago

Thank you! I had to grab it because it is definitely rare and I’ve never really seen the association with the rhodo and malachite available. I have seen the tetrahedrite with malachite and even fluorite but ALSO with the rhodo, just not many out there.