Calcite with brown-red intersecting pyramid druzy

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Calcite with brown-red intersecting pyramid druzyLocale: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico Approx dimensions: 5 x 2. 5 x . 75" Approx weight: 112g This calcite specimen from Santa Eulalia is a lovely deep red color from hematite (iron oxide) inclusions. An irregular shaped piece of matrix is covered in glittering red calcite druzy on both sides, and in cracks on the sides. Studied closely, this piece has well formed crystals with beautiful geometry. The druzy is in fact composed of small intersecting

when exposed to UV light this area of the quartz glows as if more hyalite is trapped inside the point

There are crystals tucked in the nooks and crannies

Microcline is a type of feldspar forming sculptural blocky

A light tan mineral grows in beady round spots coating the bottom half of the piece and the other side

In these petrified wood stem slices

Approx weight: 705g (1

** Brittle warning: Selenite is soft and can easily break

This is a beautiful example of growth forms typical of this region

The crystals are attached to a matrix of light-colored grainy rock

The backside is covered in mossy-looking chlorite and has unusual blade-like growths I suspect could be another mineral

Inclusions make the point near-opaque in the top third but translucent below this

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