Concerning Cataloging
Keeping track of your collection is important for so many different reasons like insurance purposes, remembering species, locations, and stories, and just knowing what you have. It also helps when you’re shopping and you’re not sure if you want to upgrade or don’t...The Sweet Home Mine, Park County, Colorado, USA
The Sweet Home Mine, in Alma, Colorado has produced many of the world’s best rhodochrosite specimens. It’s bright red color and gemmy interior place this mineral among the most desirable of all mineral species. The “Alma King”, and many other world-class specimens were discovered in this mine.
The Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado – 2
Other Minerals: The Sweet Home mine rhodochrosite crystals have overshadowed reports of the other species from the mine (Caplan, 1936). Little information is found in standard mineralogical references. For example, two noteworthy species known from the mine,...