Calcite on Quartz fingers
stock #AX-15-285
Banpo Mine, Dushan Co., Qiannan Pref.
Guizhou Province,
China
5.6 x 4.7 x 4.4 CM (cabinet)
price: $280
Fall 2015
Green Calcite in flattened disk-like crystals are perched on slender fingers of Quartz. When these were found the color was attributed to copper salts in the calcite, this was never confirmed though it is likely. An older specimen obtained in 2002 at the mine and formerly in the Shields Flynn collection. A very good example in fine condition from the one time discovery.
