Rhodochrosite with Purple Apatite Kutnohorite orange-pink

orange-pink

but you can barely see it with the naked eye

which is rare in my experience with this material

The inclusions are created by iron oxide and give the piece wonderfully strong red-orange coloration and thin “capillary”-like lines where the nickname “Blood Vessel Opal” comes from

Rhodochrosite with Purple Apatite Kutnohorite orange-pinkThe famous Wutong Mine in China is the source of some of the finest Rhodochrosite crystals ever found. Here we have a great association specimen from this now famous locality featuring excellent quality, very sharp, compressed rhombohedra of pinkish red Rhodochrosite which are associated with beautifully complementing purple tabular crystals of Fluorapatite plus minor Quartz on sulfide bearing matrix. You just don't see many Rhodochrosites with