Rhodochrosite on Quartz with Sphalerite purple Specimen # BOL711B219

Specimen # BOL711B219

You will have a very hard time finding individual crystals of Wavellite this size from any locality

and the piece is not only eye-catching

This material was analyzed and confirmed before it was polished

The crystal sits atop a matrix of massive white Calcite as is typical for this locality

Rhodochrosite on Quartz with Sphalerite purple Specimen # BOL711B219The Champion Mine is well known to Colorado collectors, but specimens are seldom available on the market. This piece features several sharp, well formed, lustrous, translucent, vivid pink color, compressed rhombohedra of Rhodochrosite forming semi "rosette" shaped groups sitting on contrasting white Quartz and black Sphalerite matrix with small bits of Pyrite sprinkled here and there. This is a showy display specimen from this hard to find locality in