Golden Calcite on Stibnite
- Species
- Calcite
- Crystal system
- Trigonal (hexagonal)
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 3
- Chemistry
- CaCO₃
- Dimensions
- 48 × 30 × 13 cm (18.9 × 11.8 × 5.1 in)
- Weight
- 10.6 kg (23.4 lb)
- Grade
- Museum Grade
- Treatment
- 100% Natural · Untreated
The face is fully covered in scale-like golden calcite blades, honey to pale amber, semi-translucent with brighter edges; some petals carry a fine orange line along their rims. In light the surface moves between greasy and pearly luster. The reverse is near-black botryoidal stibnite — two faces, two colors on one plate.
Hunan's antimony-rich veins occasionally produce this pairing: golden calcite blanketing a dark stibnite base. On this large plate, thousands of petal-like calcite blades overlap into a single continuous surface — a field of honey-colored bloom frozen on black metal ground.
Why collectors want this
This is not a piece about one beautiful crystal — it's about accumulation: thousands of blades composing one unbroken golden face at statement scale (48 cm across). The black stibnite reverse is the quiet second act.
Living with it
A statement piece for a console, mantel, or entry table; the metal stand supports it upright. Light from above at a shallow angle makes the petal edges glow. At 10.6 kg, position it once and leave it — always lift from the base.
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