Calcite

  
  
Calcite crystals with copper inclusions
Origin: Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.3 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm
 
  
Origin: Phoenix Mine – West vein, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4.9 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm
 
Origin: Route 72, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 
Origin: Ellis Street, New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.25 cm
 
 
  
Calcite with dendritic gossan inclusions
Origin: Pallaflat Mine, Cumbria, England
Sample size: 11 x 9 x 4.5 cm
 
Origin: Irai, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Calcite with wulfenite on quartz
Origin: Red Gem Pocket, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona
Sample size: 5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Calcite on marcasite
Origin: Helen Siderite Mine, Wawa, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
Ex. Marty Lewadny collection
Sample size: 8.0 x 7.3 x 3.5 cm
 
  
Light blue ball of calcite in association with some sprays of hemimorphite crystals.
Origin: 79 Mina, Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.8 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

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