Calcite (classic Indiana) ex K.C. Owings Coll.

Item Description

This is one of the finest Meshberger pieces I have ever seen. I grew up nearby and saw these in collections with the guys who dug there, and I have seen a lot of them back in the day. Now, however, they are very scarce and hard to come by. This piece exemplifies everything the collector wanted in one - a sharp internal scalenohedral phantom showing inside a gemmy, transparent, outer growth that is a modified rhombohedral habit. The contrast and complexity, when seen in person, is really striking and these are similar in form only to the (gray-white) crystals from Kjorholt, Norway. This piece has incredible glassy luster. It is, really, just better in person. Every rotation presents a strikingly different perpsedtive to this exceptional matrix specimen. It comes from the collection of K.C. Owings and was sold by Neal and Chris Pfaff (well known Ohio dealers specializing in Midwest minerals, and my own mentors), some time ago. Valued at $750 and well worth it.