Calcite

Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry) Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallee-du-Richelieu RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada
Miniature, 4.8 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 01/28/2016 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/04/2016 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Mount Saint-Hilaire is one of the world's most significant localities, and produces many "best in the world" specimens of a lot of minerals. This piece features a wonderful radial group of gemmy, lustrous, soft golden color Calcite measuring 2.0 cm across aesthetically sitting on matrix. For all of the rarities from MSH, it's great to see such an attractive specimen of a common species like Calcite.

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