Cobaltian Calcite

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Much great material has come from this mine recently, including a new cache of intense, saturated pink cobalt-rich calcite specimens. I love the stuff and bought a lot of it, but one piece really stood out to me amidst all I have seen (including at Tucson). This piece, which I actually bought from a dealer during setup at the Munich show, and only just got back at Tucson trimmed and cleaned, is for my taste the best example I know of in this size range combined with overall quality. It is a double-ended stalactitic growth, perched on a stalk of calcite below. Although contacted in back, it is complete and absolutely pristine on the front, sides, and top. The display value in a case, for sheer color alone, is stunning. But really, at the end of the day, so many of these new pieces are just flat plates, and so few have the kind of 3-dimensional relief which we have here, that I think it a highly special piece worthy of advanced collections. Comes with custom lucite base for display. There are few minerals you can buy, that are of high quality and pack so much color saturation punch in a case as this one.