Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

Tieshan Fe-Cu deposit (Daye iron mine), Tieshan District, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Miniature, 3.5 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 02/27/2014 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 03/06/2014 6:45:00 pm (CST)
Auction Closed

Item Description

A beautiful, sharp, compressed scalenohedral, colorless GEM quality Calcite crystal is aesthetically set on a red (iron included) Calcite matrix. The main crystal is very glassy and limpid. An excellent and representative specimen of this find, where the locality in Hubei Province was not divulged for some time.

Did You Know We Offer Custom Bases?

Learn More