Calcite

  
 
  
Calcite on fluorite
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Calcite on fluorite
Origin: Denton mine, Harris Creek district, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm (top), 6 x 6 x 4.5 cm (2nd row), crystal 3 cm (3rd row), 10 x 6 x 5 cm (4th row), 8 x 8 x 6 cm (5th row), 8 x 7 x 5 cm (6th row), 7 x 7 x 6.5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Calcite on fluorite
Origin: Minerva mine #1, Cave in Rock district, Hardin Co., Illinois, U.S.A.
Sample size: 9 x 7 x 5 cm
 
  
Calcite pseudomorph after ikaite
Origin: Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia
Sample size: 24 x 21 x 27 mm
 

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Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

 
  
Origin: Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States
Sample size: 3.5 x 2.5 cm (top), 10 x 9 x 6 cm (bottom)
 
Origin: Copper Rivet mine, Sinbad Valley, Colorado, United States
Eaton Collection
Sample size: Nice doubly terminated crystal to 3 x 1.5 cm
 
  
Cobaltian calcite
Origin: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
Sample size: 6 x 5 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Picher, Oklahoma, United States
Eaton Collection
Sample size: 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Origin: Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States
Sample size: 10 x 7 x 4 cm (top), small cabinet (2nd row), 9 x 7 x 6 cm (3rd row), 8 x 5.5 x 5 cm (bottom)
 
  
Origin: Horseshoe Bend Orebody, Elmwood mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, United States
Sample size: cabinet, scalenohedral crystals to 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

  
  
Calcite rhomb on stilbite and quartz
Origin: Jalgoan, Maharashtra, India
Sample size: 14.0 x 7.3 x 6.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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