RHODOCHROSITE
MnCO₃
Sweet Home mine, Alma, Colorado, USA

The Sweet Home mine is the source of the world's finest rhodochrosite. This, the only major specimen consisting of stacked crystals, is affectionately called "The Stick Man". It was found in 1992 in the now famous "Good Luck Pocket".

Size: 10 cm high

Acquired: 1997 donation from Melvin S. Hindin

Disposition: On display in Gem Carvings exhibit.

Catalog Number: 41826