Quartz “cast” after AnhydriteA beautiful, toenail sized specimen from the famous Canyon Creek area that produced some of the most well known Quartz casts from the state. For years, people have written that these epimorphs were replacements of Quartz after Baryte, and I always contested that this couldnt be the case, and that the casts were most likely after Anhydrite. Finally, it appears that somebody else is on board with me as I read from Bill Dameron on mindat that Dr. Virgil

and is about 95% WATER-CLEAR with a vibrant pink-red interior color

the piece has a rich bronze patina all the way around which is a great characteristic of these old-time specimens

white scalenohedra of Calcite which are gently “dusted” with sparkling golden Pyrite in select areas

Great crystal quality and very eye-catching in person

A beautiful pair of matched complex

The piece was collected by my father

Colorado during the late 1970s with my dad

there was a lot of collecting that took place between the Upper New Street and Lower New Street Quarries in an area that is affectionately referred to by some as "Middle New Street"

white Quartz crystals with minor thin prismatic Calcite from this famous San Juan locality

This specimen is not only an impressive

Specimen #BURMA22105

Dave Bergman collection