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Calcite

Calcite

Specimen # 100274
Mineral: Calcite
Location: Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
Size: 6.8 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm
Price: $150.00 CAD

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Beautiful, sharp, stacked calcite crystals with excellent lustre from Chenzhou. The key feature of these calcites is that they are in fact comprised of two generations of calcite - there is an internal core of a single white scalenohedral crystal, and it is overgrown by flattened calcite crystals. The flattened crystals have highly lustrous small prism faces. Looking down from the termination, there is a three-way pattern of oriented included pyrite (the person from whom I bought them said "Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz!"). This is visible in the third photo. This specimen is distinctive for its two-tiered look and the outline of the white core crystal (visible through the other crystals) is prominent under good light. In excellent condition for the find - a couple of minor chips and a thin cleave on a crystal underside are not at all distracting from the display angle (the light spots in the photos are external and internal reflections). Cool calcite with real character.   

Beautiful, sharp, stacked calcite crystals with excellent lustre from Chenzhou. The key feature of these calcites is that they are in fact comprised of two generations of calcite - there is an internal core of a single white scalenohedral crystal, and it is overgrown by flattened calcite crystals. The flattened crystals have highly lustrous small prism faces. Looking down from the termination, there is a three-way pattern of oriented included pyrite (the person from whom I bought them said "Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz!"). This is visible in the third photo. This specimen is distinctive for its two-tiered look and the outline of the white core crystal (visible through the other crystals) is prominent under good light. In excellent condition for the find - a couple of minor chips and a thin cleave on a crystal underside are not at all distracting from the display angle (the light spots in the photos are external and internal reflections). Cool calcite with real character.   

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