Hematite-tinted Calcite

Item Description

A bizarre, but very showy, two-sided calcite specimen from recent finds at the Fengjiashan Mine of China. A stout, stepped-growth, calcite scalenohedron is partially encased at the base with platy goethite. The front of the piece features a hodgepodge of sharp, highly lustrous, hematite-tinted, hexagonal, "poker chip" style calcite crystals. The pokerchips on the back of the piece are untinted, have very nifty parallel-growth and look like the "pagoda style" calcites, that have recently come from this well-known locale. Complete all-around and essentially pristine. A facinating, two-sided Chinese calcite.