Forsterite (rare) on Calcite

Item Description

Forsterite specimens from the mid-2000s finds in Sri Lanka are very uncommon and are seldom on the market. This very aesthetic miniature features a 2.5 x 2.4 cm cluster of sharp, unusually tabular, highly lustrous, well-terminated, parallel-growth black crystals dramatically set on the calcite cleavage. Modest pink calcite fluorescence. From an East Coast Collection. These were highly prized by rarities collectors at the time, as the $1200 price on the former Cal Graeber dealer label attests.