Calcite

Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit, Tieshan District, Huangshi, Hubei, China
Small Cabinet, 6.1 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 12/19/2024 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/04/2025 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Current Bid: $87
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Item Description

Here we have a beautiful, stout, gemmy, rich amber Calcite crystal, free of matrix, found in 2009 at this large open pit iron-copper mine complex. The rather gemmy interior and pleasing color, along with the notably well-formed euhedral faces make for a great overall specimen. These caused quite a stir at the 2009 Munich Show and the 2010 Tucson Show. Good quality, though there are a couple separation marks on the lower portion where the piece was connected to other Calcites when. China has produced an outstanding myriad of calcite shapes, forms and colors and this a good representative piece from this find. Note that the locality long given is suspect, and many of us think they actually came from a working coal mine near Chongching in Sichuan Province

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Bidding History

Bid Amount Bid Time
$87 01/04/2025 8:00:00 am (CST)
$77 12/25/2024 4:19:17 pm (CST)
$70 12/25/2024 4:19:17 pm (CST)
$50 12/24/2024 2:01:41 pm (CST)
$45 12/20/2024 10:49:42 am (CST)
$44 12/20/2024 10:49:42 am (CST)
$15 12/20/2024 7:41:51 am (CST)
$10 12/19/2024 7:02:37 pm (CST)