Calcite Heart Twin

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Very few smaller "heart twins" like this are available in the marketplace, compared to those that are small cabinet or larger in size - we think simply fewer little guys were saved by miners back in the day when they got more money for bigger twins. That makes it quite difficult to find a fine miniature or thumbnail example.This is a floater with most of the calcite faces exhibiting wonderfully visible growth striations; and glassy and gemmy mirror bright faces. It is shockingly colorless without the usual iron staining that often dulls luster on these. Even the dendritic iron oxides inside a portion of the calcite, at the base, add beauty by emphasizing how clear the rest of the crystal really is. Ex. Sedgewick Museum, Cambridge University collection and Ex. Ralph Sutcliffe collection and their old labels. An absolutely rare, pristine and superb miniature!