Calcite pseudomorph after Glauberite (ex Kay Robertson Collection)

Camp Verde Salt Mine, Camp Verde, Camp Verde District, Yavapai County, Arizona
Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm
Start Time: 02/08/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 02/15/2018 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

A classic specimen of the fairly well known yet hard to find examples of Calcite pseudomorphing after Glauberite from Camp Verde. This piece shows excellent, remarkably distinct well formed crystals with a soft almost porcelain-esque exterior. The original habit of the thin Glauberite crystals is completely preserved in the off-white colored Calcite. Ex Kay Robertson Collection (#100). Kay is a prominent California collector, who specialized in European classics (see the article in the March-April, 2007 Mineralogical Record and the 50+ page article in the German Magazine "Mineralien Welt" November-December 2017).

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