Calcite on Hemimorphite stalactites (Jaime Bird Coll.)

El Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miniature, 4.9 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Start Time: 02/02/2013 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/14/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This striking double stalactite is covered with scintillating, gemmy, colorless, hemimorphite blades and is beautifully accented with glassy, compound, calcite rhombs, some of which, are twinned. Complete all-around and pristine. Classic and aesthetic combination material from the 16th Level of the El Potosi Mine. Ex Jaime Bird Collection.

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