Calcite

Wenshan Mine, Dulong ore field, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Cabinet, 11.2 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm
Start Time: 03/04/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/11/2010 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Here we have a beautiful display piece showing a "flower" or "tree"-like growth with very pale yellow to white, gemmy, sharp, somewhat lustrous, scalenohedral crystals. The crystals certainly look more organic than mineral. The top portion of the specimen is a thin layer or "ridge" of Calcite with a secondy growth of smaller scalenohedra of the same quality as those below. A very cool Calcite from what is one of the most productive specimen producing countries in the world.

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