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MD-221349
Calcite, Hematite
Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Cabinet, 9.7 x 6.7 x 6.6 cm
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This is a rare specimen. I have seen only 3 from this pocket turn up again in the last several years. The find is called the 'Red Phantom Pocket" for obvious reasons, and I think it was in the late 1980s. This small pocket featured stunning red-phantomed crystals due to hematite inclusions, found in a mine famous for mono-colored yellow and shades-of-yellow calcites. This is a superb cluster, with a major crystal nearly 7 cm tall, and complete all around. The luster is very wet-looking and good for the pocket and the mine both.