Calcite (slightly iron-included) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)

Item Description

A beautiful small cabinet display specimen featuring a 2.8 cm, sharp, compressed, gemmy, Calcite crystal which is nearly colorless, but the underlying smaller Calcites have a reddish-brown hue from iron inclusions. The crystal is damage free, and sits wonderfully in the center of the specimen. An excellent and eye-catching specimen of this find, where the locality in Hubei Province was not divulged for some time. Priced at $900. Ex Dr. Steven Smale Collection. Along with amassing one of the finest private mineral collections in the world, Steve is a renowned mathematician. His accomplishments include being awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 along with being the awarded the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 2007. You can read Steve's bio on the Mineralogical Record website ( https://mineralogicalrecord.com/labels.asp?colid=671&page=1 ) or on Wikipedia.