Calcite (Shields Flynn Coll.)

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Cabinet, 11.3 x 6.6 x 3.2 cm
Start Time: 05/23/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 05/30/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

Glassy, transparent to translucent, complex calcite rhombs, to 1.7 cm, are aesthetically festooned on the undulating thin matrix plate on this showy and rich large calcite from famed Tsumeb. The thin matrix plate consists of sulfides, a thin malachite layer and underlying massive dolomite. The interior is pristine on this fine two-way specimen. Tsumeb, like Dalnegorsk, is renowned for calcite diversity and quality and this is a choice example of this varietal from the Shields Flynn Collection.

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