- PREMU06-17
- Copper-Included Calcite on Copper
- Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
- Cabinet, 11.0 x 7.3 x 6.3 cm
- Ex. Irv Brown
- SOLD
These old classics come up to market so rarely in this quality and caliber, you can count the ones on a hand that have been for sale this decade. This is a spectacular display quality AND a fine specimen for historic reasons, at the same time. The main crystal is 3.5 inches tall, 3-dimensional and fat, and lustrous as you could wish for. The matrix is a mix of copper and rock. Its a big piece, without seeming massive, elegant despite the unusual size of the crystals. It is just a piece that stands so far above the crowd, I would keep it in a second if I were still adding calcites to my personal calcite collection (I have collected calcite since I was a kid and I do NOT have a finer specimen, and none of this size and quality. But, I've decided to sell my calcites and will do so soon...although its agonizing).