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Calcite

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This splendid water-clear, colourless Calcite is from Dal'negorsk in Primorsky Krai, Russia and shouts for attention due to its gorgeous internal reflections and the play of light across its heavily striated crystal faces. The Calcite is distorted to the point where it appears like a globular mound of clear jelly, punctuated here and there on its sides with what is likely laminated Pyrrhotite coated in micro-crystals of tan coloured Siderite. An extremely attractive thumbnail Calcite from this classic Russian locality.

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Species
CalciteAbout Calcite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.8 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →
SKUCC19426

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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.