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Calcite

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A gorgeous, thick chunky hexagonal Calcite crystal standing upright on a platy matrix of small and sub-mm Calcite crystals. The display crystal measures 3.4 cm between flats and is a whopping 2 cm thick. The Calcite is almost pure milky-white and although mainly opaque, does transmit a little light when strongly back lit. The prism faces contain lenticular patches of glassy, slightly colourless Calcite. A superb Calcite from the Dal'negorsk mines in Primorsky Kray, in the Far Eastern Region of Russia.

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Species
CalciteAbout Calcite →
SizeSmall Cabinet
Dimensions6.2 x 6.5 x 5.1 cm
Listed on10/24/2024
Locality
Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →
SKUCC19452

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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.