very rare Calcite twin (RARE style - old) ex Fred Cassirer & Feist Coll.

Joplin Field, Tri-State Distric, Jasper Co., Missouri
Small Cabinet, 6.2 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm
Start Time: 04/15/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/20/2017 6:34:45 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Certainly an exotic and rare style of twinned calcite from the famous Joplin Field. The striking, sculptural, water-clear twin is cleaved on all sides. Rare, old-time material from this historic locale. Famous Tri-State dealer Boodle Lane shipped 2 tons of specimens of specimens to Fred Cassirer in Paris in 1937! See the excellent current Tri-State District Special Issue of the Mineralogical Record. The Cassirer label dates from 1941-1979, when he passed away. The John Albanese label dates from from 1953-68.

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