Chocolate dogtooth calcite, small Sandstone but faces are inset with

but faces are inset with raised edges

Locality: Northern Morocco

Approx dimensions: 2 x 1

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

Approx weight: 12–20g (Option A about 30g)

Chocolate dogtooth calcite, small Sandstone but faces are inset withLocale: 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.