Calcite on Calcite (weird form)

Bor Pit, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Small Cabinet, 7.8 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
Start Time: 04/20/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/25/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A strange, yet very interesting looking calcite on calcite from the Bor Pit. This tabular, translucent, calcite scalenohedron has a colorless core with an unusual frosted, olive-green exterior. The weird-looking, second generation, tan calcites look like stilbite bowties or cauliflower florets! We have never seen another like it from this locale and it may well be unique. Pristine. Valued at $400.

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