Brookite on Quartz small cabine Although the Sweet Home mine

Although the Sweet Home mine is most famous for its Rhodochrosite specimens

This piece is a beautiful bright green hue (some think this may be due to chromium content

and a superb representation of the species and the locality

and the “drillbit” habit is next to impossible to find in my experience

Twins of this size

Brookite on Quartz small cabine Although the Sweet Home mineHere we have a nice thumbnail display specimen featuring a cluster of thin, bladed, sharp, lustrous Brookite crystals with squared off terminations sitting beautifully on Quartz matrix. The crystals measure up to 1. 6 cm long. Internally, the color of the Brookites is a deep orange red (best seen with backlighting) which contrasts wonderfully with the black "phantoms". There is a little bit of roughness here and there, but the piece is still showy and