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Calcite on Pyrite (rare NY locale) (ex Schlichter Coll.)
- Route 12 Roadcut, Wegatchie, St. Lawrence Co., New York
- Small Cabinet, 7.4 x 6.2 x 3.4 cm
- Start Time: 06/30/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 07/07/2011 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
A showy and excellent combination specimen from a VERY RARE New York locale in St. Lawrence County, near the famous Balmat mines. The sharp, intergrown calcite scalenohedrons are lustrous and translucent, milky-white with light amber terminations and are aesthetically set on a two-sided crust covered with small oxide-coated, pyrite pyritohedrons. The two, side-by-side calcites are doubly teminated, pristine and the largest is 5.2 cm. Ex Schlichter Collection. RARE and showy material.