Calcite on Sandstone (ex Gary Weaver Collection)

Item Description

A very hard to find specimen from the little known Black Silver Mine near the town of Ouray, Colorado featuring chalky white colored, tapered scalenohedral crystals measuring up to 2.3 cm on sandstone matrix. Some of the crystals have formed groups that resemble "flower"-like clusters. Very little damage and very showy. A must have rare locality specimen for any fan of worldwide Calcites or minerals of Colorado. From the collection of Gary Weaver of Prescott, Arizona (1944-2019). Gary was an electrical engineer who worked for many years for Hughes Aircraft in California. After retiring to Prescott, Arizona in the early 2000s, Gary rekindled his childhood love of minerals, amassing a collection of roughly 2000 specimens focusing on localities in which he and his wife had lived or visited (Mexico, Peru and the western / southwestern United States). You can read Gary's obituary here https://www.dcourier.com/news/2019/apr/27/obituary-gary-richard-weaver/