Calcite

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An excellent, classic, old-time, complete-all-around cabinet specimen of sceptered calcite from the Blackstone Mine, Shullsburg, Wisconsin. The off-white scalenohedron is abundantly overgrown with lustrous 1 mm - 1.2 cm rhombohedral calcites in parallel stair-stepped growth. The scalenohedron is capped by a transparent and lustrous, 4.6 x 4.5 cm, complex rhombohedral calcite crystal, which makes for a spectacular sceptered calcite specimen with a striking phantom. Very nearly pristine. Very fine material from the Gene Meieran Collection.