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Calcite (Mn-bearing)
- El Mochito Mine, Santa Barbara Department, Honduras
- Miniature, 4.3 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
- Start Time: 09/04/2014 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 09/11/2014 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A wonderful "sugary" group of pink Manganese-bearing Calcite rhombohedra from the largest mine in Central America! This skarn deposit has recently contributed some attractive specimens to the market. This particular piece is from a find a few years ago from what I'm told and it features a handful of attractive undamaged crystal measuring up to 2.2 cm. The "sugary" coating is from a secondary deposition of drusy Quartz. The black spots are most likely underlain Andradite Garnets. The piece fluoresces a beautiful orange hue under SW UV light.