Calcite Crystals on matrix - Height: 22 cm - Width: 40 cm- 5 kg - (1)
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Description from the seller
Dimensions: 40x22 cm
Thickness: 6.4 cm
Weight: 5 kg
A large plate of Sicilian light, completely covered with a dense spread of honey-colored calcite crystals. Straw yellow, light amber, golden reflections when light touches it. The crystals are small, dense, translucent, side by side like a natural glass honeycomb, and cover the entire surface without gaps, right to the edges.
Up close you can see the points that glitter, the transparencies, the play of light that changes with every move. From afar it is a theatrical presence, a piece that on its own fills a display case, a shelf, a table.
On the back, the true story of the piece: the natural calcareous matrix, porous and warm, sand-colored, that tells where it comes from. It is not cut, not reconstructed, not treated. It is exactly as the earth of Sicily formed it, in the heart of the gypsum-sulfide basin where calcite, gypsum and sulfur have coexisted for millions of years.
With its 40 cm width and 5 kg weight, it is a museum piece, for display. Thanks to a thickness of 6.5 cm it stands upright on its own, without need of supports, and instantly becomes the centerpiece of any collection.
A piece for those who do not seek the usual small pebble, but an authentic fragment of Sicily, large, luminous and alive.
Technical data:
Measurements: 40 x 22 cm
Thickness: 6.5 cm
Weight: 5 kg
Mineral: Calcite on calcareous matrix
Origin: Sicily, Italy
Conditions: Natural, intact, untreated
Origin Quarry of Tufo, Caltanissetta (Sicily)
I have taken photos to the best of my ability and I must say the photos reflect reality very well, but I guarantee the sample is much more beautiful in person.
Do not fear shipping and the long journey. All my samples will be carefully and professionally crated. Twenty years of experience in crating.
I ship worldwide with trackable packages.
Happy bidding to all
Dimensions: 40x22 cm
Thickness: 6.4 cm
Weight: 5 kg
A large plate of Sicilian light, completely covered with a dense spread of honey-colored calcite crystals. Straw yellow, light amber, golden reflections when light touches it. The crystals are small, dense, translucent, side by side like a natural glass honeycomb, and cover the entire surface without gaps, right to the edges.
Up close you can see the points that glitter, the transparencies, the play of light that changes with every move. From afar it is a theatrical presence, a piece that on its own fills a display case, a shelf, a table.
On the back, the true story of the piece: the natural calcareous matrix, porous and warm, sand-colored, that tells where it comes from. It is not cut, not reconstructed, not treated. It is exactly as the earth of Sicily formed it, in the heart of the gypsum-sulfide basin where calcite, gypsum and sulfur have coexisted for millions of years.
With its 40 cm width and 5 kg weight, it is a museum piece, for display. Thanks to a thickness of 6.5 cm it stands upright on its own, without need of supports, and instantly becomes the centerpiece of any collection.
A piece for those who do not seek the usual small pebble, but an authentic fragment of Sicily, large, luminous and alive.
Technical data:
Measurements: 40 x 22 cm
Thickness: 6.5 cm
Weight: 5 kg
Mineral: Calcite on calcareous matrix
Origin: Sicily, Italy
Conditions: Natural, intact, untreated
Origin Quarry of Tufo, Caltanissetta (Sicily)
I have taken photos to the best of my ability and I must say the photos reflect reality very well, but I guarantee the sample is much more beautiful in person.
Do not fear shipping and the long journey. All my samples will be carefully and professionally crated. Twenty years of experience in crating.
I ship worldwide with trackable packages.
Happy bidding to all
Details
Number of objects
1
Main mineral
Calcite
Mineral form
Crystals on matrix
Supplement
Rare Sicilian calcite
Weight
5 kg
Origin (region/city)
Sicily
Country of origin
Italy
Height
22 cm
Width
40 cm
Depth
6.4 cm
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