Calcite (Manganoan)

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This is a true classic of 1980s Peruvian minerals, still unique in the world of calcite! It is an aesthetic and elegant manganoan calcite specimen consisting of numerous, flattened rhombs that have a sugary coating of the same mineral (so, two generations of growth). The pastel pink calcites are slightly to moderately interlocked and strung out in a longer dimension. Individual crystals vary in size from 1 to over 3 cm across and are quite thin, 2 to 5 mm in thickness. All of them are coated with a later generation of saccharoidal calcite that just glistens! The piece just glows a vibrant red-orange in both short and long wave UV! A showy and excellent cabinet piece from Pachapaqui! Jack purchased this from Brad Van Scriver in the 1980s when they came out.