Calcite stalactites (uncommon locale)

Item Description

Some of the niftiest US calcite stalactites from this uncommon Montana locale. The beautiful, translucent burnt-orange stalactites really stand out on this cutie. Rare for the locale, this miniature is pristine, as most specimens have some broken stalactites. We are told they came out in the early 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 barite and other minerals. No caverns though...not a cave formation per se. This is an uncommon and excellent example.