Unusual Calcite on Fluorite (Steve Neely Coll.)

Item Description

This is certainly one of the most interesting and unusual looking calcite on fluorite specimens, that any of us have seen from the now-closed Elmwood Mine. The tilted and frosted, blocky calcite "bench" has a back and "legs" of classic, gemmy and lustrous, golden-amber, calcite scalenohedrons! The jagged back is particularly striking. The "bench" rests on a thin limestone crust partially covered with purple fluorite. The back of the piece is also striking, giving another perspective to this most unusual Elmwood calcite. Ex Dr. Steve Neely Collection, a well-known connoisseur of Elmwood minerals.