Sugar Quartz With Calcite Shark Tooth Like the trees they capture

Like the trees they capture the form of

textures and patterns

often including scale and other soft tissue traces against a high contrast laminated limestone slab

These beautifully shaped formations come from the Leiping mine in Southeastern China

It has a long archaeological record of human use as a cutting or carving tool

Sugar Quartz With Calcite Shark Tooth Like the trees they captureOne of the most common minerals on earth, Calcite is a form of Calcium Carbonate and is one of the primary components in limestone. It is found in a vast array of forms, from prismatic crystals to fibrous wisps. Calcite is clear naturally but it can be found in a variety of brilliant colors due to the presence of chemical impurities during formation. These large, showy specimens contain chunky calcite crystals of exceptional shape draped within a