Calcite with red, black, and colorless druzy Smoky quartz cryptocrystalline form of quartz

cryptocrystalline form of quartz

Approx weight: 64g

and can make for interesting pieces to cut open

The point sticking out at right-angle is completely covered in small calcite crystals

it makes up for in form

Calcite with red, black, and colorless druzy Smoky quartz cryptocrystalline form of quartzLocale: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico Approx dimensions: 4. 75 x 3 x 1. 25" Approx weight: 218g This is one of my favorites of the Santa Eulalia calcite material. The specimen has formed botryoidal (round, bubbly) shapes composed of a speckled combination of red, black, and light yellow crystals. Under magnification they appear to be intersecting rhombs of calcite, some heavily included with hematite which causes both the black and vivid red