Large Calcite w/ phantom (classic Indiana)

Item Description

An exceptional large Meshberger Quarry calcite. This is one of the finest Meshberger pieces I have ever seen. I grew up nearby and saw these in collections with the guys who dug there, and I have seen a lot of them back in the day. Now, however, they are very scarce and hard to come by. This piece exemplifies everything the collector wanted in one - a sharp internal scalenohedral phantom showing inside a fantastic gemmy, transparent, golden-amber outer growth that is a modified rhombohedral habit. The contrast and complexity, when seen in person, is really striking and these are similar in form only to the (gray-white) crystals from Kjorholt, Norway. This piece has incredible glassy lustre. It is, really, just better in person. Every rotation presents a strikingly different perpsective to this exceptional matrix specimen. Complete all-around and essentially pristine, with only one trivial termination edge wilber. There is no damage, just some embedded matrix limestone. It comes from the collection of K.C. Owings and was sold by Neal and Chris Pfaff (well known Ohio dealers specializing in Midwest minerals, and my own mentors), some time ago. Valued at $2000 and well worth it.