Calcite on Calcite (old classic)

St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany
Small Cabinet, 8.1 x 5.7 x 1.0 cm
Start Time: 07/01/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/05/2012 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

An interesting vintage-1853 plate with several generations of calcite present! One generation of small, disk shaped, gemmy calcites has coated a previous generation of extremely elongated "angel-wing" style calcite, making for a fairly dramatic and different specimen from what we normally see from here. I cannot make out the mine name in Andreasberg on the label, but it is indeed from this district. Valued at $450.

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