Sweet Home Mine Gallery
Museums and collectors from around the world have helped to build this gallery of Sweet Home Mine mineral specimens residing in their collections. This compilation celebrates the importance and beauty of pieces preserved from the mine since 1991. Enjoy!
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The Sweet Home Mine Gallery
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Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sulfide Minerals
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 27 cm across
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott – FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Blue Moon Pocket, Main Stope Extension
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Discovery Date: June, 1996
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Millennium Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: Width: 7.9cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 7.6 wide x 5 cm tall
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Nate's Pocket, Mini King Raise
Discovery Date: 2003
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 16.5 cm x 10.2 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott – FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Sulfide Minerals
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Pocket Unknown
Discovery Date: N/A
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Collector's Photograph
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Good Luck Pocket
Discovery Date: 1992
Dimensions: 11 cm x 13 cm x 12 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Steve's Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1999
Dimensions: 10.5cm x 7cm x 4.6cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Tom Spann
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
"Alma King"
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite, Calcite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Rainbow Pocket, Tetrahedrite Stope
Discovery Date: August, 1992
Dimensions: 66.0cm x 45.5cm x 17.5cm
Collection: Denver Museum of Nature and Science - Denver, Colorado, USA
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Fluorite Raise, Strawberry Pocket
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 10 cm across
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Thanksgiving Day Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Calcite Pocket
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 14.5 cm x 4.7 cm
Collection: Wilensky Exquisite Minerals
Photo Credit: Evan D'Arpino
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 14 cm wide x 10 cm tall
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 9 cm x 10 cm x 6.5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Nate's Pocket, Mini King Raise
Discovery Date: July, 2003
Dimensions: 26cm x 21cm x 15cm
Collection: MIM Mineral Museum - Beirut, Lebanon
Photo Credit: Augustin de Valence
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Thanksgiving Day Pocket
Discovery Date: November 1998
Dimensions: 11.7 cm across
Collection: Scott Rudolph Mineral Museum
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Dimensions: 11 cm x 14 cm x 5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Graham's Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 20.3 cm x 17 cm x 8 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Millennium Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: 4.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Private Photographer
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Collector's Pocket, near Crosscut No. 2
Discovery Date: September, 1994
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Strawberry Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: Miniature
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Sulfide Minerals, Quartz
Mine:
Detroit City Portal, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Zack's Pocket
Discovery Date: 2020
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Annette Slade
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite
Mine: Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Book Cover (2010) - Mineral Treasures of the World Exhibition - GMC, Beijing, China
Dimensions: 19 cm x 16.5 cm x 7.5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Mine: Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Millennium Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: 12 cm x 10 cm x 5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Unknown
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sulfide Minerals
Mine: Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Blue Moon Pocket, Main Stope Extension (June 1996)
Discovery Date: June, 1996
Dimensions: 12.0cm x 16.5cm x 8.0cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Collector's Photo
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Sulfides
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Gerhart's Pocket, Mini King Raise
Discovery Date: September, 1997
Dimensions: 9.5cm x 9.2cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Uncertain - Perhaps, Hedgehog Pocket
Discovery Date: N/A
Dimensions: 7cm x 11cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Private Collector Photo
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 11.5 cm wide x 7.6 cm tall
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Uncertain
Dimensions: 3.5cm x 8cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Private Collector Photo
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Calcite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Rainbow Pocket, Tetrahedrite Stope
Discovery Date: August, 1992
Dimensions: 45.0cm x 30.5cm x 15.0cm
Collection: Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals - Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Graham's Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Graham's Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 12.5 cm wide
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Strawberry Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 6.5cm x 7.3cm x 4.0cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Millennium Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: 8.5cm x 13.5cm x 6.0cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Tom Spann
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Fluorite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998-2000
Dimensions: Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Sulfide Minerals
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Good Luck Pocket, Main Stope
Discovery Date: September 1992
Dimensions: 11.5 cm wide x 7.6 cm tall
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Graham's Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 17.5cm x 14.0cm x 7.0cm
Collection: MIM Mineral Museum - Beirut, Lebanon
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Good Luck Pocket
Discovery Date: 1992
Dimensions: 9cm x 7.5 cm x 7 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Joe Budd - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 6.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 9.0 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Good Luck Pocket, Main Stope (September 1992)
Discovery Date: September, 1992
Dimensions: 14.5cm x 11.0cm x 8.0cm
Collection: MIM Mineral Museum - Beirut, Lebanon
Photo Credit: Augustin de Valence
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Graham's Pocket
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 12.7 cm wide
Collection: Scott Rudolph Mineral Museum
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Sulfide Pocket
Dimensions: 15.5 cm x 14 cm x 13 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Strawberry Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 16.0cm x 11.0cm x 7.5cm
Collection: mim Mineral Museum - Beirut, Lebanon
Photo Credit: Augustin de Valence
Mineral Species:
Mineral Species: Rhodochrosite, Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite, Fluorite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Steve's Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1999
Dimensions: 10.0cm x 9.0cm x 5.5cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Tom Spann
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado
Pocket: Clay Pocket, Main Stope Extension (October 1996)
Discovery Date: 1996
Dimensions: 11.0cm x 6.0cm x 5.0cm
Collection: Private Museum
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Sulfide Minerals
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Main Stope, Good Luck Pocket
Discovery Date: September 1992
Dimensions: 9.5 cm across
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Pyrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 11.5 cm x 9.3 cm x 4.0 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 10 cm x 14 cm x 5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Sulfides
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 11 cm x 8 cm x 5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Pyrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: 02-06 Pocket
Discovery Date: 2002
Dimensions: 9.5 cm across
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit:
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Barite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: 19-02 Pocket
Discovery Date: 2019
Dimensions: 6.4cm x 10.8cm x 6.8cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Annette Slade
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 9 cm x 13 cm x 7.5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Hedgehog Pocket
Discovery Date: 1996
Dimensions: 42 cm x 30 cm x 6 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Riley Owen
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Nate's Pocket, Mini King Raise
Discovery Date: 2003
Dimensions: 8.9 cm wide x 6.35 tall
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Fluorite, Calcite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Calcite Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: 4.5cm x 8.5cm x 3.8cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Tom Spann
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Good Luck Pocket, Main Stope
Discovery Date: 1992
Dimensions: 7cm x 6.5cm x 3.5cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Dimensions: 10.75cm wide
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Good Luck Pocket
Discovery Date: 1992
Dimensions: 17 cm x 14 cm x 9.5 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: James Elliott - FMI
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Graham's Pocket
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 41.4 cm wide
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: 04-11 Pocket, Tetrahedrite Decline
Discovery Date: 2004
Dimensions: 11 cm wide x 9 cm tall
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Strawberry Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: Small Cabinet
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Strawberry Pocket, Fluorite Raise
Discovery Date: 1998
Dimensions: 8.3cm x 8cm x 6.5cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Jeff Scovil
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Fluorite Raise, Thanksgiving Day Pocket
Discovery Date: November 1998
Dimensions: 8.25 cm x 6.4 cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Stuart Wilensky
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Fluorite, Huebnerite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Clay Pocket, Main Stope Extension
Discovery Date: October, 1992
Dimensions: 21.8cm x 17.9cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Harold and Erica Van Pelt
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Hedgehog Pocket, Main Stope Extension (September 1996)
Discovery Date: September, 1996
Dimensions: 11cm x 6cm x 4cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Laszlo Kupi
Mineral Species:
Rhodochrosite, Tetrahedrite, Quartz
Mine:
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
Pocket: Porcelain Pocket, Fluorite Raise (2000)
Discovery Date: 2000
Dimensions: 7.4cm x 9.3cm x 5.1cm
Collection: Private Collection
Photo Credit: Joe Budd - FMI