On The Rocks
Meet the Alma Rose
BY BOB JONES
Alma Rose Mounted for display at the Rice Museum,
Hillsboro, OR, one of the world’s most beautiful rhodochrosite specimens.
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I’d like to share with you the story of my favorite Sweet Home rhodochrosite, the Alma Rose, the third member of Rhodochrosite Royalty.
It can be seen on display in the Rice Northwest Gem and Mineral Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon. I first saw it at the Tucson Show in 1994. It was mined by Bryan Lees of Collector’s Edge. The King is in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science courtesy of the Coors Family. The Alma Queen, after passing through several hands, is now in the Houston Museum.
A SUPERB SPECIMEN
The Alma Rose is a superb specimen.