Calcite on Dyscrasite

Unknown Owner

This sweet miniature specimen blends rare old-time class with an associated rare species. It is from the famous old mining town of St. Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains of Lower Saxony, Germany and is accompanied by an old handwritten label documenting this, but mentioning what appears to suggest that it was from Hausmann's collection in 1863. Intriguingly, although the label describes the prominent Calcite crystal it does not mention what it is sat on top of, which is the rare silver antimony species Dyscrasite, which was first noted at St. Andreasberg by Klaproth in 1803. Ex Martin and Michael Günther (1951-2007 & 1956-2021) Collection.