Calcite (ex Thomas Wolfe Collection)

Item Description

Calcite is found from thousands of world localities, but you can still find something that doesn't quite look like any other Calcite you've seen, which I feel is the case with this specimen. This small cabinet sized piece features a combination of compressed trigonal crystals along with some tabular "blades", plus stacked composite groups forming almost "pagoda"-like shapes. The color ranges from a chalky white to a translucent colorless hue. The luster ranges from a reflective vitreous quality to almost a soft matte quality. The largest composite group measures 2.8 cm tall. Very little damage (a bit of roughness around the lower periphery) and rather three-dimensional and displayable. Hard to photograph, but very attractive in person. The piece comes with a label from the collection of Thomas Wolfe, and the given locality is the "Mina La Mojena".