Calcite

  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.5 x 5 x 8 cm, crystal 7.5 cm in length
 
  
Origin: Annabel Lee mine, Harris Creek district, ~7 km north of Cave in Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 2 x 3.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Minerva mine #1, Cave in Rock district, ~3 km north of Cave in Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.
Sample size: 3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
 
  
Calcite on dolomite
Origin: Corydon Crushed Stone quarry, 2 miles NW of Corydon, Harrison Co., Indiana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Meshberger Stone Inc. quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew Co., Indiana, U.S.A.
Sample size: 2.5 x 2 x 4.2 cm
 
  
Origin: Stoneco, Auglaize quarry, 2 miles SE of Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, U.S.A.
Sample size: 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm
 
  
Origin: Limonite Vein, Block 0042, 1530 level, Mine 371 Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 4.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Mina Potosi, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Sample size: 18 x 25 x 18 mm
 
  
Calcit partially covered with limonite and clean second generation calcite crystals on the surface
Origin: Wayne Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 8 x 9 x 5.5 cm
 
  
Origin: Milliken (Sweetwater) mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, U.S.A.
Sample size: 7 x 3 x 4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
Calcite pseudomorph after ikaite (known as "glendonite")
Origin: Olenitsa River, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Sample size: 10.3 x 7.1 x 6.7 cm
 
  
Calcite on mottramite
Origin: Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 6.9 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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