Description
Detailed Description
A pair of sharp, glassy calcite crystals with a thin plate of limestone. The calcite crystals are beautiful, prominently twinned. In excellent condition, no damage. A contact on the underside of the lower crystal and contact behind the lower part of the vertical crystal. Stands prefectly for display as photographed. A classy specimen.
About These Elmwood Calcites
First opened in the 1970s, the Elmwood Mine (the Elmwood-Gordonsville-Cumberland mining complex) has produced some of the world’s finest calcite crystals, many of which are twinned. Over the years, the miners referred to the large orange Elmwood calcite crystals as “footballs”, and they referred to the clear gemmy calcites in this update as “jewels”. These are from a pocket found a few years ago. Most specimens were damaged and these are exceptional – the handful of high-quality specimens in this update are the result of a quest through many flats of specimens.
