Calcite (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)

Item Description

From a discovery around 2005, here we have a fantastic cabinet sized display specimen which hosts fairly gemmy, sharp, lustrous, modified soft silvery colored Calcite crystals sitting on minor matrix. The piece is in very good condition, with only a few imperfections on the front/display side, as it's contacted in areas on the back where it was once attached to the pocket wall. I really love how the piece displays with the big 6.2 cm crystal sitting proudly atop the piece. You don't see these anymore of the market, and this piece would make a great addition to a worldwide Calcite suite, or a Chinese mineral collection, so if you missed out when they were available, be sure to pick this one up. Valued at $1,800 in the inventory. Ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.