Manganoan Calcite

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A jumbo-sized beauty! These intricate calcites turned up at the Tucson show, and we cherry-picked many of the best ones we saw there pre-show. The slight pink color (from manganese) ranges from just a bare hint of pink to a glowing pastel hue in some specimens. Most are quite sizeable cabinet specimens. They are priced according to size, color and quality. At the tail end of this update are some new specimens from Dong Po, of pink, poker-chip style calcite decorated on edges by intricate oriented pyrite deposition.