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