Calcite (Var: Manganese-bearing Calcite)
Droujba mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki, Laki Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
26.5 x 23.0 x 11.0 cm. A fine, large cabinet plate covered with sharp, lustrous, gemmy, "baby pink", sceptered calcite scalenohedrons. The complex rhombohedral terminations on the scepters are very glassy and the sides have the tiny, stepped-face, parallel-growth calcite rhombs, just like the famous Shullsburg, Wisconsin calcites. The largest ...
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