Richard Kosnar mined the Sweet Home for a few years during the late 1970's and managed to collect some excellent Rhodochrosite specimens. This piece is from one of the last pockets that Rich opened before he was done at the mine. The Rhodochrosite crystals on this specimen have good red color with excellent sharpness and gemminess. They are associated with minor cubic purple Fluorite on thin "needle" Quartz crystals on sulfide matrix. The largest Rhodochrosite crystal measures 1.6 cm across. This mine is now completely defunct, and will never produce these world class Rhodochrosite specimens again. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.