Large, doubly terminated Calcite xl

Item Description

A STRIKING, gorgeous, LARGE, 11.0 cm, lustrous, translucent, honey-brown, doubly terminated calcite crystal adroitly set amongst a bed of smaller calcite crystals and a bit of matrix. Interestingly, some of the crystal faces are preferentially, heavily striated, adding further drama to this excellent specimen from recent finds from the Fengjiashan Mine, Daye, China. Very few calcite crystals of this variety, size and quality came from this find and this piece is very minimally impacted by the periphery wear, where the matrix shows. We have seen pieces of this size and quality offered at $2000-2500 at major shows. The base has been sawed to enhance the display quality.