{"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":57781173944655,"sku":"CC26483","price":9252.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/3748\/2063\/files\/CC26483_c52c2edb-8f38-40e9-919c-0ab63adf8635.jpg?v=1783980175","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.co.uk\/products\/calcite-134","provider":"Crystal Classics UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}