Calcite, Baryte

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Mark my words: with the Elmwood now closed for good, there are going to be a lot of people kicking themselves 2 or 3 years from now for not grabbing great specimens when they were around. Already, they are noticeably scarce at the shows. Museum-size specimens such as this of superb quality are money in the bank, as far as I'm concerned. I mean, imagine what a calcite specimen of this magnitude from ANYWHERE is worth! This specimen features a gemmy twin 18 cm in length and 10 cm wide, intergrown with a second crystal. It is beautifully centered on a receding, dome-shaped matrix of stark white Baryte. Now if you know anything about these calcites, you know that as they get larger, almost all of them have tip damage. However, this specimen is DAMAGE-FREE, making it extra rare. For its sheer visual power, size and rapidly-increasing rarity. 23 x 18 x 9 cm