Mercedes Calcite (Chalcopyrite on Calcite) - Specimen healing The crystals are well-isolated

The crystals are well-isolated

and they are thought to have gone extinct around the end of the Pleistocene

Stone Type: Chrome Diopside

giving the stone its distinctive branching lines

Mercedes Calcite (Chalcopyrite on Calcite) - Specimen healing The crystals are well-isolatedMined from: Daye Mine, Huangshi, Hubei Province, China Description: This specimen displays the distinctive Mercedes habit of calcite, where multiple tabular crystals intersect at sharp, geometric angles, forming a star like arrangement. The crystals are pale, semi translucent, and well defined, with clean faces that highlight internal growth zoning. What sets this piece apart are the bold black linear inclusions running through the crystal facesthese