Calcite (very rare locality specimen) (ex Henry de Linde Collection)

Item Description

Attention Calcite collectors! This is the first specimen of Calcite that we've ever had to offer in the auctions from the lesser known Certain Teed Gypsum Mine (Briar Gypsum Mine) in Arkansas. The display side of this specimen hosts many incredibly sharp, highly lustrous, GEM quality, colorless to orange (iron included) scalenohedral crystals of Calcite measuring up to 8 mm long on DeQueen Limestone matrix. There are some contacted crystals here and there, but overall most of the crystals are in good shape, and you can even find several nice examples in the little vuggy areas on the sides of the piece. A must have for any worldwide Calcite completionist, or a fan of Arkansas minerals. From the collection of Henry de Linde (March 21, 1923 – April 4, 2019) of Hot Spring, Arkansas. Henry was one of the most prominent figures in the history of Arkansas mining and mineral collecting. Along with being a miner, mineral collector and an amateur mineralogist, de Linde was one of the founders of the Coon Creek Association mineral club. He was the owner of several key localities in Arkansas including the Diamond Jo Quarry (on the south rim of Magnet Cove), the type locality for Delindeite, which was named in his honor in 1987.