DT Calcite on Quartz (Warning Coll.)

Item Description

A DRAMATIC and AESTHETIC CABINET combination specimen from the famous Verchniy Mine at Dalnegorsk. A gorgeous, 7.0 cm, doubly terminated, transparent to translucent, glassy calcite crystal is superbly placed, front and center, on matrix covered with a multitude of glassy quartz crystals. The quartz crystal rosette on the right side of the calcite is striking. This very showy piece is in super condition, as the quartz field is essentially pristine and the super-trivial edgewear at the base of the calcite crystal is barely discernable. Ex Karl Warning Calcite Collection and purchased from Russian dealer Yuri Pavel in 2006 at the Denver Show. Valued at $600-800.