Calcite

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This is a really interesting Illinois calcite specimen, created when calcite formed casts around crystals of fluorite. What evidently happened then is that this cast became separated from the host fluorite, allowing crystals to form all over it - front, back and edges. The result is this large, sculptural specimen spiky calcite crystals all over it.