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Calcite

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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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This spectacular cluster of fine Calcite crystals is from the Mun. de Charcas municipality in the San Luis Potos' state of Mexico. An ex. matrix specimen, packs a lot of punch and would probably be classified as a large cabinet specimen. Seven major Calcite crystals constitute the structural elements and appended to these are several smaller Calcite crystals of up to 2.6 cm tall. The largest crystal measures 14.5 cm and all are opaque with translucent prism faces and a brilliant glassy lustre. All crystals are hexagonal in section and taper in long, gently curved prisms towards their pointed terminations. Two adjacent prism faces on most of the Calcite crystals have a preferential orientated coatings of micro-drusy mid-grey Calcite which clearly highlights the 'way-up' of the specimen while in-situ. A superb Calcite from the Josef Clemente Collection of southern Germany.

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Species
CalciteAbout Calcite →
SizeCabinet
Dimensions12.0 x 14.5 x 8.3 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, CharcasRegional guide →
SKUCC21169

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Calcite
Mineral guide
Learn about Calcite
diverse shapes, colors, and optical quirks; widely available yet scarce elite pieces from Elmwood and Charcas drive collecting value and display.
Calcite
Regional guide
Calcite from Charcas, Mexico
Charcas calcite is one of the great immediately recognizable Mexican calcite styles: flattened, sharply hexagonal rhombohedra stacked like a pile of white-to-gray poker chips, often with satiny or pearly broad faces and glassier edge faces. Good examples have a sculptural, almost architectural quality — single fat disks, stepped stacks, V-shaped clusters, columnar growths, or matrix-free “floaters” that seem too deliberate to be accidental. The classic palette is colorless, white, cream, gray, slightly smoky, and occasionally pinkish; many specimens show a pink to red fluorescence that is part of the locality’s appeal for UV collectors.