{"product_id":"calcite-134","title":"CALCITE","description":"This remarkable larger cabinet-sized display Calcite is both a Cornish classic and a historically important piece too. Firstly, it is from Wheal Wrey in Liskeard District, Cornwall, famous amongst British Calcite occurrences for its distinctive elongated prism-like crystals, the larger ones of which are often twinned, and the smaller ones which are thin and needle-like in form. This particular specimen presents both, but in a sculptural arrangement with ledges, or widows, into the specimen, formed by what appears to be dissolution cavities, or casts of a long-since gone mineral coated in Quartz. The Calcite crystals have then grown inwards into these chambers. Minor Galena is seen within the Quartz. A delicate, outstanding and fascinating piece, and perhaps why it was owned by the famous Victorian polymath, John Ruskin, whose remaining collection is preserved at Brantwood, near Coniston, Cumbria. ","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545323655343,"sku":"CC26483","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC26483.png?v=1770382030","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.com\/products\/calcite-134","provider":"Crystal Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}