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Calcite (twins)
- Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
- Toenail, 3.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
- Start Time: 03/26/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 04/02/2015 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
This is a beautiful twinned Calcite from Leiping. These are now some of the most iconic Chinese Calcites extant, and are certainly contemporary classics. This piece features the well-known and highly sought after "butterfly"-twinning habit featuring sharp, lustrous, GEM quality, colorless twinned crystals with a slight amount of reddish iron staining. A really showy piece with only minimal damage. Worthwhile for a collector of the material or general Calcites, or just Chinese minerals.