Butterfly-twin Calcite (classic locale)

Kushikino Mine, Kagoshima Prefect., Kyushu Region, Japan
Miniature, 3.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm
Start Time: 07/15/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/25/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A classic and beautiful, butterfly-twinned calcite from this famous, closed gold-silver mine. The transparency, glassiness and fine form make this a very fine example from this locale. I particularly like the different style of the terminations. Essentially pristine, the sharp termination has only the most trivial of bruising. Old-time material, rarely on the market.

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