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Calcite

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A fine parallel intergrown pair of translucent, light candy pink Calcite crystals from Dal'negorsk in far eastern Russia. The crystals are probably manganese-enriched to give this colour and measure to over 5 cm tall with three-faced trigonal nail-head terminations and a great glassy to slightly-waxy lustre. Both prisms are hexagonal in section, each being highly asymmetric in very different habits. These pink crystals has formed on an earlier generation of Calcite crystals with a white platy habit. The accompanying video shows this specimen in white LED light and ultraviolet light. Under UV the Calcite fluoresces a very bright, fiery peach orange even tending to pumpkin orange, a very ripe pumpkin that is!

Product details

Species
CalciteAbout Calcite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.6 x 8.2 x 4.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →
SKUCC17918

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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.