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Manganoan Calcite (fluorescent) on Calcite
- Mogilata deposit, September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria
- Cabinet, 12.9 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
- Start Time: 07/10/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/15/2010 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A very showy and excellent, CABINET, combination specimen from a less well-known deposit at Madan. Complex, translucent, colorless, botryoidal-looking, stacks of flattened and rounded manganoan calcite rhombs are richly and aesthetically scattered on the matrix covered with diverging sprays of off-white, dogtooth calcite crystals. The manganoan calcite botryoids have very interesting, dogtooth ends. I really like the unusual form of thse manganoan calcites. A few iridescent, brassy, chalcopyrite crystals scattered about are a nice accent. Very fine combination material from this locale. Pretty orangey-pink fluorescence on the manganoan calcite.