Description
The aesthetic and dramatic specimen of Calcite on Siderite is among the best carbonate pieces that we have handled from this historic mining district. Banska Stiavnica (Schemnitz in German) has been mined for Gold and Silver as far back and nearly 1000 years ago (11th Century). Incredibly enough, this was operating in the 1990s, and produced an incredible amount of classic display specimens that made Slovakia one of the great mineral producers in the history of European mining. This particular specimen hosts dozens of very sharp, super lustrous, slightly curved rhombohedra of creamy Calcite with excellent phantoming and sitting on brown Siderite rhombs. A super piece in splendid condition.