Calcite (fluorescent) & Apophyllite (old classic) Tom Wolfe Coll.

St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Small Cabinet, 8.3 x 7.4 x 3.9 cm
Start Time: 08/05/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 08/10/2017 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Translucent, sharp, oxide-tinted calcite rhombs with waxy luster faces are richly and aesthetically clustered on the matrix plate covered with tiny apophyllite crystals. The calcites reach 1.8 cm. Classic old-time combination material from famed St Andreasberg. See the excellent Mineralogcial Record St Andreasberg special issue, May-June, 2017, Vol. 48, No. 3. Come from an old East Coast collection and comes with a Brian Lloyd label dating to the 1970s. Ghostly white fluorescence.

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