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Calcite with Marcasite and/or Chalcopyrite (rare locality) (ex Harold Urish Collection)
- Fogle Quarry, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas
- Small Cabinet, 5.3 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm
- Start Time: 10/04/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 10/11/2012 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Not a very common sight to a Calcite from the lesser known Fogle Quarry in Kansas. This particular large miniature / small cabinet sized specimen features sharp, gemmy, lustrous, excellent rhombic Calcite with brownish iridescent surface colration with scattered micro Chalcopyrite and/or Marcasite crystals. The Calcite fluoresces orange underultra violet light below the level of the iridescence.