Calcite
Empire State Zinc Mine, 4051 level
Balmat, New York
4.3 cm x 3.2 cm x 2.8 cm
Here is a beautiful crystal of calcite from this locale.
It has that highly sought after light pinkish lavender coloring.
Depending on the lighting the color can appear lighter or darker.
It has wonderful softly curve terminated faces.
The calcite is so clean, also shows some rainbow iridescence in areas.
There is some slight contact spots to one edge of the front face,
hard to find pristine pieces from this locale due to the blasting.
Front and sides are all natural terminated faces, the back side is cleaved and bottom is contacted.
A really nice example of lavender calcite from this locale.
