Calcite (Alpine locality)

Item Description

Calcite is not commonly found in the Swiss Alps in fine display specimens, and this piece is a lovely small cabinet hosting beautiful group of sharp, well-formed tapered scalenohedrons measuring up to 3.6 cm, sitting on minor matrix. The Calcites are actually colorless, but have a light coating of orange-hued iron oxide to give the piece an added touch of color and appeal. The main crystals are all in good shape, though there is one contacted crystal on the front lower portion of the specimen. I love the arrangement of the crystals, very eye-catching, especially for a Swiss Calcite.
Ex Colin Manlove collection.