Calcite stalactite "flower"

Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
Cabinet, 13.5 x 4.2 x 3.9 cm
Start Time: 04/07/2013 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/11/2013 6:34:14 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A surreal tapered, tan, stalactitic cave growth of calcite, culminating in a crystallized knob atop. It looks like an otherworldly flower! It has a bizarre and very eye-catching satellite system of "petals" preferentially growing down the sides. Nearly pristine, with only a tiny bit of bruising on the side with no petals. Truly unreal Chinese cave calcites.

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