Calcite (fluorescent) on Hematite (Michigan!) ex Nowakowski Coll.

Item Description

Calcite is RARE from this extinct underground iron mine, opened in 1914 and closed in 1961. Spherical aggregates of glassy, translucent, oxide-tinted, calcite rhombs are aesthetically festooned on this large and scultpural, 3-dimensional piece. Scattered open spaces show the underlying matrix of spherical aggregates of nubby hematite crystals. The few bruised calcite aggregates noted are certainly only a modest detraction to this rare and large combination example. Modest reddish-orange calcite fluorescence. Ex Robert Nowakowski Collection and valued at $450. A must for the species or locality collector.