Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

West Portal of the Copper Rivet Mine, several miles North of the Cashin mine, Mesa County, Colorado
Miniature, 4.3 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm
Start Time: 09/08/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 09/15/2016 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This piece is many years old, and is NOT a contemporary piece. This is a hard to find Calcite specimen for Colorado. The piece features a beautiful, twinned, gemmy, doubly-terminated, sharp, translucent golden scalenohedral Calcite crystal on Calcite crystal matrix. Micro Malachite can be seen associated on the piece as well. For a Colorado specimen, this is a good piece from the Western Slope. I haven't seen many specimens from this mine over the years, and I don't think there will be many of them available in the future. If you're a Colorado collector, or a collector of Calcite in general, this is a good opportunity to add a hard to find piece from this lesser known locality in western Colorado.

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