Stepped-growth Calcite w/ included Hematite (rare)

Kalahari manganese field, South Africa
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm
Start Time: 11/13/2013 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 11/21/2013 6:32:46 pm (CST)
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Item Description

An astonishing, most sculptural, two-sided calcite from the Kalahari. Two intergrown, flattened, spearpoint-shaped crystals have striking, intense stepped-growth faces of small, sharp calcite rhombs. All sides of the very different looking piece are dramatically accented with variable amounts and colors of hematite inclusions. Rare, most excellent combination calcite from this famed locale.

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