Calcite (ex Brian Kosnar Collection)

West Portal of the Copper Rivet Mine, several miles North of the Cashin mine, Mesa County, Colorado
Small Cabinet, 7.2 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm
Start Time: 01/12/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 01/19/2017 6:45:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

This piece is many years old, and is NOT a contemporary piece. This is a hard to find Calcite specimen for Colorado. The piece features a beautiful, gemmy, sharp, translucent pale golden scalenohedral Calcite crystal measuring 1.0 cm on Calcite crystal matrix. I can't seem to find any Azurite or Malachite on the piece. For a Colorado specimen, this is a good piece from the Western Slope. I haven't seen many specimens from this mine over the years, and I don't think there will be many of them available in the future. If you're a Colorado collector, or a collector of Calcite in general, this is a good opportunity to add a hard to find piece from this lesser known locality in western Colorado. Ex Brian Kosnar Collection.

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