Fluorapatite (doubly terminated)The Sweet Home Mine is obviously famous for its amazing Rhodochrosite specimens, but other associated colorful minerals have been found there. For those who don't know, Richard Kosnar mined the Sweet Home for a few years during the late 1970's and managed to collect some excellent non Rhodochrosite specimens. This piece is from one of the first pockets that Rich opened when he started mining the Sweet Home with my grandfather, Dave Bergman. Apatite is

I acquired just a few of these specimens in 2011 and I honestly thought them to be a fairly common and unassuming associated species i

and they don't get much bigger than this

Great quality for Baryte

great and form and in such good condition

Specimen # BOL711B53

Specimen # BOL711B246

Specimen# CO712B76

This specimen is one of the best I've seen from the find as it is not only WATER-CLEAR

This piece showcases the largest colorless to white Calcite rhombehedra that I have seen from this locality with excellent

Most Diopside crystals you'll see from Mogok are often dark and typically opaque

which he referred to as "Windy Ridge"

metallic grey color bladed crystals