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Calcite

Unknown Owner
The Elmwood mine at Carthage in Tennessee, USA, is one of those localities that every mineral collector is familiar with because it is one of the world's most iconic and instantly recognisable Calcite localities. This specimen is a splendid miniature version of the large museum-scale golden-sherry Calcites. The 5.4 cm long double-terminated twinned Calcite has a central translucent creamy core where the twins join with a clearly define re-entrant angle, and gradually become more transparent progressing towards the sharply terminated tips. This excellent crystal is acutely perched on a sliver of dolomite/limestone matrix encrusted with snowy-white curved rhombohedral Dolomite crystals, themselves overgrown with small golden-sherry Calcite crystals.

Product details

Species
CalciteAbout Calcite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions5.4 x 5.7 x 3.6 cm
Added on10/24/2024
Locality
USA, Tennessee, Elmwood MineRegional guide →

Known provenance

DateCollectorAcquisition price
—Unknown Owner$400.00
—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 Elmwood Mine, USA
Elmwood Mine calcite is one of the great modern classics of American mineral collecting: honey, champagne, amber and cognac scalenohedra, often doubly terminated and twinned into sculptural “diamond” forms, set against black-brown sphalerite, purple fluorite, ivory barite, or gray carbonate matrix. The best crystals have a warm internal glow rather than merely surface color, with transparent terminations, bright vitreous luster, and enough size to dominate a cabinet. A fine Elmwood calcite does not look like generic calcite from a carbonate vein; it has a locality signature that experienced collectors recognize at a glance.