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Calcite replaced by sand
Calcite replaced by sand
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Calcite replaced by sand (Ref: TPM76AO0)

Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota  USA
93mm x 67mm x 45mm
$188 *
Group of crystals, with one of them clearly dominant and all of them doubly terminated, totally occupied by inclusions of sand. They are formed by a prism with curved edges and a poorly defined terminal rhombohedron. An American classic which it is currently very difficult to obtain in good specimens as the area in which they were found has been declared a National Park.
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota  USA

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.64” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 3 cm = 2.99” × 1.18”
Data last checked on 8th Jun 2023 - specimen may no longer be available

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See Also

Calcite with sand inclusions
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France
$188 *
56mm x 36mm x 29mm
Calcite with sand inclusions
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France
$211 *
44mm x 35mm x 22mm
Calcite with sand inclusions
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France
$106 *
42mm x 25mm x 23mm
Calcite with sand inclusions
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France
$106 *
35mm x 25mm x 21mm
Calcite with sand inclusions
Bellecroix, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France  France
$293 *
58mm x 38mm x 37mm
Calcite on Quartz
Vein outcrop along the road south of Lower Highland Mary Mine, Cunningham Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado
$155
58mm x 52mm x 39mm
Pyrite with Calcite
Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa  USA
$188 *
75mm x 65mm x 43mm
Prehnite finger cast after Anhydrite with Calcite
Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
$155
46mm x 45mm x 41mm
Barite with Calcite
Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
$170
75mm x 70mm x 55mm
Sphalerite with Calcite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee  USA
$200 *
79mm x 74mm x 44mm
Barite with Calcite
Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
$150
65mm x 40mm x 30mm
Barite with Calcite (repaired)
Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
$170
80mm x 60mm x 60mm
Calcite
Osceola Mine, Cunningham Gulch, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado
$174
61mm x 40mm x 30mm
Calcite on Quartz
Argentine Vein, Idarado Mine, Telluride, San Miguel County, Colorado
$174
81mm x 73mm x 62mm
Barite with Calcite
Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota, USA
$175
135mm x 70mm x 65mm
* price is an approximate conversion and may not be accurate.

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