Calcite

Item Description

An attractive display specimen of Calcite from the classic district that provided collectors with some of the most iconic specimens of the species extant. Sharp, lustrous, well-formed, "dogtooth" habit prismatic scalenohedral crystals of Calcite measuring up to 2.1 cm with slight golden colored iron inclusions to create an attractive hue. No real damage that I can see with the naked eye, maybe a tiny contact, but nothing major. Good quality all around and it's so showy and three-dimensional. A good thumbnail of this classic material. This piece came to us from an old East Coast collection labeled simply and "Cumberland".