Danburite w/ Calcite (classic locale) Reynolds Coll.

Item Description

The famous mines at Charcas have easily produced the world's finest danburite specimens and this is a dramatic, sculptural and rich large combination. The striking vertical specimen hosts an impressive jackstraw jumble of classic very glassy, gemmy to translucent colorless prisms with textbook chisel terminations. The prominent crowning crystal is 5.0 cm tall and the imposing central crystal is 6.3 cm tall. A typical and striking association is the myriad of attached small calcite scalenohedrons. Unusual - in that many of these frosted translucent, included crystals are doubly terminated! The piece displays very well without aid. Ex Bob Reynolds Collection, a well-known fossil and mineral expert and former Curator of the San Bernardino County Museum. He passed away in 2020. Pristine combination clusters of this size, richness and quality are uncommon from here and this is an outstanding example. valued $1500