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Quartz on Calcite

Unknown Owner
A terrific sputnik-like cluster of radiating creamy opaque Calcite scalenohedral crystals with a choice 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm group of bi-pyramidal opaque, glassy, buff coloured Quartz crystals perched on top. From the Dal'negorsk mining region in Primorskiy Kray, within the Far-Eastern Region of Russia, the lustrous, mirror smooth faces of the Quartz crystals contrast nicely against the matt Calcite. A 1.5 x 0.8 cm patch of a micro-crystalline jet-black mineral is attached to one side, but of uncertain species. A great miniature, just great for display.

Product details

Species
Calcite, QuartzAbout Calcite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions4.5 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm
Added on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Unknown Owner$300.00
—Crystal ClassicsNot disclosed

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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 Dalnegorsk, Russia
Dalnegorsk is one of those mineral names that experienced collectors read almost as a guarantee of sharp form, strong association, and geological complexity. Calcite from the district is not a single “look,” but a family of looks: water-clear trigonal prisms, pale honey to colorless scalenohedra, pink manganese-bearing crystals, flattened rhombohedral plates, nailhead forms, and complex multi-generation pieces in which one calcite habit overgrows another. The best examples have a crispness that feels almost engineered—bright faces, glassy transparency, and a habit vocabulary broad enough that two Dalnegorsk calcites can appear to have come from different countries.