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Calcite (Manganoan)
- Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- Small Cabinet, 7.1 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm
- Start Time: 05/07/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 05/14/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This is an intense pink cluster composed of intergrown "wheat sheaves" of elongated Manganoan Calcite crystals, with an intense pink coloration to them (stronger, richer pink color in fluorescent light as opposed to halogen light). Complete-all-around, this is from a series of pockets which produced such pieces in mid-2011. Seems that since then, new pieces of this style are more uncommon. The pink Calcite fluoresces orange-red under UV light