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Rhodochrosite Cranbrook

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Title: Rhodochrosite Cranbrook
Medium: Digital Photography
Photographer: Aaron J. Greenblatt
Camera Type: Panasonic DMC-LZ7 Lumix 7.2 MP
Editing: Edited in PhotoShop 7.0 for color accuracy, size, and to apply copyright and border.

Location: Photograph taken at the 2007 63rd Annual Greater Detroit Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show in Warren, Michigan.

Description: These two specimens of rhodochrosite were in a display case at the show. The larger one was found at the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, Colorado which is the world's premier source of fine rhodochrosites. It was donated by Bryan Lees, owner of Collector's Edge Minerals.

The smaller one was found at the Tshwaneng Mine in North Cape Province, South Africa. Both pieces were being displayed at the show by the Cranbrook Institute of Science which is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook has a mineral collection numbering more than eleven thousand specimens.

Legal: Copyright © Aaron J. Greenblatt. All rights reserved. Commercial use prohibited. This image and commentary may not be used for any reason without expressed written consent.


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oh-noes-oh-noes's avatar
Nice. I've always wanted a good specimen from both localities. I just have a few undamaged crystlas from the Sweet Home mine...