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Calcite with Ilvaite

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An impressive colourless and mainly transparent Calcite crystal, double terminated with an overall length of 6 cm. From the famous Dal'negorsk mining region in Primorsky Krai, Russia, the Calcite forms a six sided 'dog-tooth' crystal, 4.5 cm long, with an asymmetric and opposite facing 1.5 cm crystal, and hence double terminated. Opaque to translucent cream Calcite covers the base of the large crystal over which 30 to 40 lustrous black Ilvaite crystals are scattered. A choice miniature Calcite with Ilvaite from Russia.

Product details

Species
Calcite, IlvaiteAbout Calcite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions8.2 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →
SKUCC19501

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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.