Large Calcite w/ Baryte (Orellana Coll.)

Item Description

An impressive large mounded two-sided combination plate from this famous large underground Berbes fluorite mine. Lustrous, glassy, transparent to translucent, tan, scalenohedrons to 8.3 cm are festooned on all sides and are nicely accented with scattered, glassy, ice-blue, tabular barite crystals. Some broken crystals in the interior and periphery wear are noted, but this remains a striking and substantial classic large combination example of the species and locale. Ex Orellana Collection. 9.5 pounds or 4.3 kilos mass.