Gem Calcite (excellent)

Item Description

A stunning, gemmy, water-clear calcite crystal with incredible luster. This striking, highly modified rhomb has an amazing number of crystal faces, with many being striated. This piece is from a recent, 2005-2006 find of shocking quality from France. I have seen just a few on the market, from only one source. Complete all-around and very nearly pristine. The base and a couple of sides are contacted, but have only the most trivial of bruising, it is so hard to tell. This is some of the finest gem calcite I have yet seen, and I am told the find was very small. It looks like a super-complex topaz from Klein Spitzkopje, but its not. Valued at $450.