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Rhodochrosite from
Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Kofa Game Range, Sheep Tanks District, Little Horn Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA

Description
Comments:As veins in black-banded calcite veins.
Colour:Brown
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 353; Cousins, N.B. (1972), Relationship of black calcite to gold and silver mineralization in the Sheep Tanks mining district, Yuma Co., AZ, AZ State Univ. M.S. thesis.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Calcite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rhodochrosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution group), Kofa Game Range, Sheep Tanks District, Little Horn Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA
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