Chocolate dogtooth calcite, small Sandstone Details of the wood surface

Details of the wood surface pattern and knots can be made out on the sides

a lighter-colored sandstone sourced from an area near Kanab

The coffee-brown staining may be iron

avoid touching or inhaling any of the dust released**

Montenegro Clowns are one of my favorites

Chocolate dogtooth calcite, small Sandstone Details of the wood surfaceLocale: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico Approx size: 22. 5" Approx weight: 45120g Known by the trade name "chocolate dogtooth calcite," this type of calcite from the famed Santa Eulalia mining district grows in hedgehog clusters of sharp dogtooth (scalenohedral) crystals. The variety gets its distinctive opaque dark brown appearance from iron oxides; a layer of hematite included calcite is deposited on the surface during a later phase of growth.