Hematite-tinted Calcite

Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Hubei Prov., China
Large Cabinet, 20.8 x 7.8 x 7.0 cm
Start Time: 03/14/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 03/21/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

This impressive, large, elongated specimen is studded with gemmy, highly lustrous, dogtooth calcite crystals. Most of the crystals have very nifty hematite-tinted interiors. The scalenohedrons reach about 2.3 cm and the hematite forms striking and beautiful interior phantoms. There are bruised and broken crystals, but this remains a very showy, large and highly representative example from this well-known Chinese locale.

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