Calcite

Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Cabinet, 13.8 x 12.1 x 6.3 cm
Start Time: 09/03/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/10/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A beautiful cabinet display specimen featuring, sharp, compressed scalenohedral, colorless translucent Calcite crystals which grade in color variation from white to a reddish-brown hue (iron included) on matrix. Most of the crystals are damage free, but there are a few nicks here and there, along with edge wear along periphery where it was removed from pocket wall. An excellent and eye-catching specimen of this find, where the locality in Hubei Province was not divulged for some time. Valued at $800.

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