Calcite

     
Fluorescence red under UV (right)
Origin: Verchniy mine, near Dal'negorsk, Rudnaja River Valley, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 6.5 x 3 x 8 cm
 
  
Fluorescent reddish under UV light
Origin: Nikolaevskiy mine, near Dal'negorsk, Rudnaja River Valley, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 16 x 11 x 10 cm
 
  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 25 x 19 x 17 cm
 
Origin: Ocotillo, Imperial Co., California
Sample size: 22 x 12 x 16 mm
 
  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 12 cm in height
 
  
Origin: Gordonsville mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, U.S.A.
Sample size: 15.5 x 11.5 x 10 cm
 
  
 
  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 11 x 10 x 23 cm (top), 9.5 x 10.5 x 4 cm (bottom)
 
  
Calcite with wulfenite
Origin: Rowley mine, Theba, Arizona
Sample size: 6 x 6 x 4 cm
 
Origin: Verkhne mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia
Sample size: 23 x 10 x 35 mm
 
  
Calcite with dolomite
Origin: Corydon Crushed Stone quarry, 2 miles NW of Corydon, Harrison Co., Indiana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm breccia matrix, crystal 35 mm in length
 
  
  
Calcite on dolomite cast
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 15.3 x 12.3 x 4.7 cm
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  • Photo courtesy of: 

    Dan Weinrich

    Dealer in fine mineral specimens

     

    Calcite with chalcedony
    Origin: Jalgoan, India
    Sample size: 9.2 x 6.1 x 5.5 cm
     
      
      
    Calcite (twinned) on amethyst with pyrite
    Origin: near Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    Sample size: 9.6 x 4.8 x 5.5 cm
     

    Photo courtesy of: 

    Rob Lavinsky

    The Arkenstone

     

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