Irai was known for these unique calcites, and then the supply seemed to dry up. There were hardly any available at the last year's Tucson show, and they were overpriced, so we bought none. Then, to our surprise, we found a cache of new specimens with one dealer at the small Spring Denver Show last year, and cherry-picked all the best ones, and sold them. Then they disappeared again - until finally, a contact brought us the only specimens we saw at this year's Tucson Show, and we bought the entire lot - the good, the bad and the ugly - in order to get the good ones. We put two specimens in this auction to show the great contrast amongst these Irai specimens (note the other Irai calcite in this auction). This is the more "classic" look for Irai, with long, slender crystals. 9.7 x 6.8 x 4.4cm