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Calcite

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Calcite (bowed, helical, doubly terminated floater), 11.7 cm, from Wenshan County, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, near Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Photo by Tom Spann.

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SpeciesCalcite
SizeCabinet
Dimensions11.7 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityChina, Yunnan, Wenshan
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collecting In Texas page 238
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Calcite
Mineral guide
Learn about Calcite
diverse shapes, colors, and optical quirks; widely available yet scarce elite pieces from Elmwood and Charcas drive collecting value and display.
Calcite
Regional guide
Calcite from Wenshan
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Locality guide
Wenshan
Wenshan, China — collector locality famed for electric blue hemimorphite, blue aragonite, smithsonite with vivid calcite forms from zinc-bearing skarns.