Stalactite Calcite "Flower" Crystals from Wenshan Mine, Yunnan, China

Dimension: 7cm x 6.2cm x 5.1cm
Weight: 112g
Locality: Wenshan Mine, Wenshan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China
 
An amazingly sculptural Stalactite Calcite "flower" from this well-known Wenshan zinc mine famous for deep blue hemimorphites, excellent aragonites and striking cave calcite forms.  This striking specimen features translucent scalenohedrons Calcite in a vivid honey-yellow color in perfet condition, very rare given the harsh geological environments of the Wenshan cave!