"Alma King" Rhodochrosite | History Colorado - History of …
The "Alma King" is the finest mineral specimen of rhodochrosite in the world. It a football sized ruby red beautifully pointed crystal, set on a bed of snowy white quartz. Some museum visitors …
The Sweet Home Mine, Park County, Colorado, USA
Today visitors can view the ‘Denver Wall of Rhodochrosite’ on a tour of the mineral hall. It contains over 3000 rhodochrosite specimens, measures almost 3 meters across and …
Signature Specimen: The Alma King Rhodochrosite At the Denver Museum …
One of the world’s most iconic minerals is a rhodochrosite specimen known as the Alma King. Its large size, clarity, rhombohedral shape, and cherry-red color make it one of the most …
Colorado gem hunters are back near Alma mine that was once a …
Gem hunter Bryan Lees pulled it from the Sweet Home Mine near Alma in 1992, but now it sits in a display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. It’s the finest specimen of …
Denver Museum of Nature & Science - mindat.org
In Coors Mineral Hall, follow the mine shaft into a Mexican silver mine, where a cavern glistens with milky white gypsum crystals and stalactites. Then enter Colorado's own Sweet Home …
Denver Museum of Nature and Science - Wikipedia
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is a municipal natural history and science museum in Denver, Colorado. It is a resource for informal science education in the Rocky Mountain …
Sweet Home Mine - Wikipedia
Sweet Home Mine is a mine near Alma, Colorado, United States. It was founded in 1873 as a silver mine. [2] . It is best known as the source of the famous rhodochrosite crystals "Alma …
Colorado's great gems and where to find them
2023年5月22日 · Rhodochrosite Denver Museum of Nature and Science houses the Alma King, hailed as the world’s finest specimen of this type — a red block sprawled against sparkly white …
The Alma King - Hummingbird Minerals
Many experts acclaim the “Alma King” as the finest and most valuable mineral specimen ever mined in North America. Rhodochrosite became the Colorado State Mineral in 2002. The …
Larry Maltby - Denver Museum of Nature and Science - mindat.org
Rhodochrosite from the Sweet home mine displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The fossil remains of large extinct ground sloths, Paramylodon (3.0 m), have been …