Calcite

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The first time I visited Jack Halpern in the early 90's, I was taken aback by the quality of the cobaltian calcites which he had managed to obtain during their brief window of availability. Anybody who knows him, now, will not be surprised that he got a bunch of them since color and beauty are paramount qualities for him and these stand out in the mineral world for the shocking neon pink color they present in a case. To me, this is his #2 miniature (after the famous matrix piece presented on a former Tucson show poster). That one is admittedly more aesthetic as it is perched on matrix, and gemmier, but it is pale in comparison to this one despite its other qualities; and so I have really always wanted this specimen, of the two. In person, its color and brilliant luster will impress anybody, I think. It presents from the front as if doubly-terminated, though this is not the case (there is a small cleave angling from the back, atop, and a small contact at the rear of the bottom termination - neither visually detract from the display angles!). This is a rare chance to obtain one of the rarest and most treasured, and most beautiful, of African mineral specimens.