Unusual color-zoned Calcite (fluorescent) ex Obodda

Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Prov., Kazakhstan
Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 5.5 x 4.4 cm
Start Time: 07/16/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 07/23/2015 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A fantastically different looking calcite specimen from this well-known locale, famous for amber calcite twins. Two striking, color-zoned, pseudo-octahedral, barrel-shaped, tapered, calcite crystals are aesthetically set on a bed of smaller, glassy, complex calcite rhombs. The impressive large crystal is 3.8 cm long. These two doubly terminated crystals have colorless, etched/frosted pinacoidal terminations with highly unusual straw-yellow, iron oxide-tinted, interior mid-sections! These two crystals are pristine. RARE calcite from this locale from the Herb Obodda dealer stock. The termination areas fluoresce pink on the barrel-shaped crystals, as do the smaller calcites. Fascinating and rare style calcite. Value??

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