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A 71-carat rough stone was discovered by James Hill, of North American Emerald Mines, on his property in North Carolina in an ...

Bidding for a rhodochrosite chunk discovered in Park County’s Sweet Home Mine in the 1990s will start at $8,000, according to Heritage Auctions.

Courtesy Bryan Lees Miners at the Sweet Home Mine in 1922.. According to Colorado School of Mines, rhodochrosite’s name is of Greek origin and translates to “rose color” – “rhodos ...