Looking very much like cactus growth, this ELEGANT calcite specimen features translucent, hematite included crystals to 7 cm in length. In addition, the piece exhibits chocolate brown color and the high luster that make the find unique. Old material, from the late 1980s - I remember as i owned one when i was a kid and they were coming out.

This oddball is a cast formed as a thin layer of (sturdy!) cobaltian dolomite coated an existing plate of rhombohedral calcite crystals. The calcites then dissolved away, leaving this cast plate with both positive and negative sides showing!

This is an elegant cluster of floating calcites with incredibly glassy lustre, from the mid-to-late 1800s mining at Egremont for iron. It is complete all around and has very sculptural aesthetics, making this among my favorites for the size and price range that I have seen for the material. This has long been in the collection of my friend here in Dallas, Wally Mann. It look slike a smaller version to the famous example from the same region that Bill Larson has used in advertising for his business, for decades. I traded this from Wally for my own collection some years ago.