Argentinian material is translucent at best and much less costly but few faceted gems from this material have appeared on the market. Mexican gem material resembles colorado material but is generally quite small. There is a 6 5 inch rhodochrosite crystal known as the alma king displayed in the nature and science museum of denver. Any colorado gem over 2 4 carats is considered very large. It is the national gemstone of argentina where some of the most important deposits are mined and is the state mineral of colorado usa where the sweet home mine near alma and nearby localities produce some of the rarest and most beautiful red rhodochrosite in the world.
Though other mines actively produce this collector s mineral it remains relatively rare. Now closed the sweet home mine in alma co once produced the highest quality rhodochrosite in the state. Colorado rhodochrosite pronounced row duh crow site are exotic undeniably gorgeous and incredibly scarce roseate hued gemstones from the sweet home mine in the american state of colorado. It s the finest specimen of rhodochrosite in the. Colorado s geological symbols are red rhodochrosite white yule marble the state rock and blue aquamarine the state gemstone.
Sometimes nice transparent specimens can be found that are suitable for cutting faceted stones. Pink rhodochrosite from colorado in clean gems is prized but also expensive. Topaz and rhodochrosite only make up a small part of the absolutely bewildering array of different minerals and crystals which inhabit colorado. Gem hunter bryan lees pulled it from the sweet home mine near alma in 1992 but now it sits in a display at the denver museum of nature and science. The world s largest rhodochrosite crystal called the alma king was found in the sweet home mine near alma colorado on display at the denver museum of nature and science.
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In 2002 rhodochrosite was named the colorado state mineral. Rhodochrosite is the official state mineral of colorado. This faceted cushion was cut from material obtained from the famous sweet home mine near alma colorado. In 2002 rhodochrosite was named the colorado state mineral. Sometimes nice transparent specimens can be found that are suitable for cutting faceted stones.This faceted cushion was cut from material obtained from the famous sweet home mine near alma colorado. Though other mines actively produce this collector s mineral it remains relatively rare. Argentinian material is translucent at best and much less costly but few faceted gems from this material have appeared on the market.
