Bladed, glassy and gemmy, colorless crystals, to 1.3 cm across, are aesthetically perched high on a matrix of drusy, pastel purple amethystine quartz . Quite lovely and elegant, this is like a little jewel!!! It is one of my favorite calcite thumbnails, period.

Dramatic large specimen! A matrix of splendent, battleship-gray, galena crystals to 4.2 cm across is the pedestal for an unusual, pineapple-shaped compound crystal of lustrous, translucent, white calcite. The terminations of the large rhombohedral calcite, which are complete around the top, have "exploded" into many small, sharp "dog-tooth" scalenohedrons. The calcite rests on a fluorite crystal, mostly buried beneath and inside of the overlaying calcite but visible through the (broken off, and thus exposed) backside of the piece.

A vuggy, ocherous, limonite matrix is the host for this crust of very lustrous, aqua-green colored cuproadamite, which has bubbled into sphere-like masses where there is available room in the pockets. The piece overall is big and impressive, and shows well how these things form in crevasses in previously cracked rock matrix. The largest of the stalactite-like formations is 3.5 cm in length. The contrast in color between the intense green adamite and the ocherous brown matrix adds to the look of this as an "art object" and it really shows off in a display case.

Two, very large crystals in parallel growth of danburite, to 10 cm in length, have been thickly encrusted by sparkling drusy quartz. The front side, which is a white quartz druse, is different from the back side which has a sparkling, colorless druse of calcite. Overall a very geometric and unusual specimen.

Aesthetically perched on an ocherous matrix are hematite-included crystals of equant, twinned calcite, to 3 cm across. The crystals are lustrous, partially translucent, and exhibit a rich brownish red coloration. Very pretty! This particular material tends to form flat plates, and a piece like this is hard to obtain for its aesthetics. from old finds here in the 1970s

A matrix of reddish-brown, massive hematite hosts a sparkling druse of brilliant little red calcites, all colored a solid red with hematite inclusions. Atop the sparkly layer, are several very sharp, very glassy, and slightly translucent calcite rhombohedrons to about an inch across. The crystals are heavily included by finely disseminated reddish hematite dust, which gives them their color. This is from classic old finds here. Some has also been found more recently, but not with such intense color as the best of the old material. And of this older material, VERY few pieces have such luster as this does...equally as important as the color. Also, the plate has no damage and is pristine (yet again, uncommon for the material)

A glassy and gemmy, light-green crystal of fluorite, measuring 2.5 cm across, is nearly surrounded by rosettes of lustrous and translucent, white calcite to 8 mm in length. A drusy coating of brassy yellow pyrite also provides a halo for the fluorite crystal and creates an unusual combination piece