Calcite stalactites (rare - 1970 finds)

Item Description

Striking and beautiful dense small cabinet field of variably-sized, translucent, rust-red stalactiform calcite fingers from this much less well-known Montana locale. This very showy 360-degree plate hosts fingers up to 2.0 cm tall. The fascinating, rich interior is pristine and the noted periphery wear is certainly acceptable in the context of this very showy and uncommon specimen. They came out in the 1970s. Carter County is in extreme southeastern Montana in the Paleozoic Williston Basin, an area not known for fine mineral specimens. There is a whole zone of this shale with these concretions and they have "stalactites" like this along with baryte and other minerals. No caverns though...not a cave formation per se. An excellent example.