Calcite and phantom Quartz on Pyrite & Galena (Dick Heck Coll.)

Item Description

Naica is known for excellent combination specimens, but this one is supremely scuptural and superb. Phantom quartz crystals are strikingly scattered on the mounded matrix of brassy pyrite crystals and unseen splendent galena. The quartz spray on the top is stunning in its elegance and has the longest quartz at 3.7 cm (doubly terminated). Most of the matrix is covered with lustrous, etched calcite rhombs. A beautiful and amazing second generation of tiny calcite scalenohedrons preferentially coats one side of the specimen. This is a very aesthetic, complete all-around, 360-degree specimen. Simply classic and outstanding Naica. Ex Dick Heck Collection.