Calcite (rare old classic - fluorescent) Gutierrez Coll.

Setz Quarry, Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Large Cabinet, 15.8 x 11.8 x 10.0 cm
Start Time: 08/13/2015 7:00:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/20/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Mineral specimens from this old quarry, near famed Idar-Oberstein, are RARE and are seldom available. This is an exceptional old-time large specimen of lustrous, tan, dogtooth calcite crystals filling a large vug in the basalt matrix. The gemmy, transparent to translucent crystals reach about 2.0 cm. Choice and rare large material from the Paco Gutierrez Collection. Ghostly white fluorescence.

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