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Calcite

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This remarkable Calcite from Dal'negorsk is a reminder that no matter how many specimens you have ever looked at, there is always another waiting to delight and surprise! Although not easy to describe, this colourless, quite transparent, part scalenohedral Calcite crystal forms a skewer through two broad, highly distorted flattened Calcite crystals. One of these encircles midway and the other sits on top of the scalenohedral crystal, both horizontal crystals projecting out like platforms or balconies. If only the top broad crystal were present it would be described as a Dutchman's Cap (like the famous Strontian calcites), but this has a mid-way stage! Although the two horizontal broad crystals have frosted and naturally etched terminations, their narrow prism faces are perfectly transparent, showing each crystal to be completely transparent. A wonderful and highly unusual Calcite from Dal'negorsk in Primorsky Krai, Russia.

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Species
CalciteAbout Calcite →
SizeMiniature
Dimensions2.6 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →
SKUCC19425

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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.