{"product_id":"calcite-58","title":"CALCITE","description":"Pallaflat mine by the village of Bigrigg in west Cumbria has always been a source of the finest Calcite specimens; specimens which define these Cumbrian classics!.  No matter if you have a specialist collection of such specimens or are seeking your first addition from this famous mining region, there has to be  a place for this breath-taking hand sized specimen.   Nucleated over a core of botryoidal Hematite, only visible in the base, large, translucent milky grey to colourless Calcite scalenohedral crystals have formed a hedgehog-like dome , quite triangular in plan.  All crystals have smooth faces and despite their slightly waxy close-too lustre, from more of a distance they are quite reflective and glassy.  The Calcite crystals are typically 2 to 3 cm long, with one beauty making about 4.5 cm!  The vast majority are perfectly terminated with only a few having slightly cleaved tips, although this is not at all apparent.   Taking the aesthetic up a level or three, about one third of the crystals are preferentially coating in a surface film of pinkish, light brick red finely disseminated Hematite.  A superb and stunning calcite from Pallaflat mine.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780661485903,"sku":"CC12938","price":2591.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/3748\/2063\/files\/CC12938_a0769afb-bcad-4cc0-89d8-557bb20ad7fa.jpg?v=1783969781","url":"https:\/\/crystalclassics.co.uk\/products\/calcite-58","provider":"Crystal Classics UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}