Calcite on Scepter Quartz (''floater'' specimen)

Item Description

This isolated / remote Chinese locality has become a prolific producer of fine quality crystallized mineral specimens. Here we have a beautiful small cabinet display specimen featuring a pair of gorgeous bladed soft golden colored Calcite crystals ("Blatterspat"), measuring up to 4.0 cm, sitting on a "nest" of sharp, lustrous, gemmy/translucent scepter habit Quartz crystals, which play host to a different generation of little rhombic white Calcite crystals. Overall, the piece is in superb condition, as I cannot find any major damage with the naked eye, and it appears to be completely crystallized all around, making it a complete "floater". A fantastic and incredibly showy, three-dimensional and aesthetic display specimen of this gorgeous material. Valued $2,000.
Ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/biographies_labels/smalestephen/ ) or on Wikipedia.