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Calcite on Amethyst (classic locale) ex Hauck Coll. 
Back to Collection Liquidation Auctions Part II - end Jan 21
Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Starting Time:1/14/2010 06:30:00 PM(CST)
- Ending Time:1/21/2010 06:45:00 PM(CST)
Time Left:Auction Is Closed
- Size:17.0 x 12.2 x 8.8 cm
- Size Description:LARGE CABINET
Description:This is a showy, dramatic and probably old LARGE CABINET specimen of calcite on amethyst from the ancient workings of quartz in Idar-Oberstein, used for centuries for carving and lapidary art. Still today, the world center of the highest end of the lapidary crafts is based in Idar-Oberstein, though stone to work on is now imported from elsewhere. This is a striking and beautiful pocket in basalt of lightly, hematite-tinted amethyst crystals hosting a dense cluster of glassy, colorless calcite crystals to 2.5 cm. Ex Richard Hauck Quartz Collection.
