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Calcite crystal over Realgar

Calcite crystal over Realgar

A doubly terminated Calcite crystal sits on a beautiful dark red Realgar crystal from Hunan, China, 5cm.

A doubly terminated Calcite crystal sits on a beautiful dark red Realgar crystal from Hunan, China, 5cm.
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Aperture f/2.8 ISO 160 Shutter 10/1250

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Jan, 2015

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It totally amazes me when I see this quality of beauty and know that it came from the earth; your collection is wonderful Howie - thank you for sharing :-) I really like this one and your photography skills are exceptional ! jd

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Thank you so much for your kind words, what's really nice is it's all nature made and we walk over it every day.

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