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Calcite with Sphalerite

Unknown Owner

Colorless to slightly pinkish stacked thin platy rhombohedral crystals of calcite across a crystallized black sphalerite matrix. In good condition. Brightly fluorescent red under longwave ultraviolet light.

Product details

Species

Calcite, SphaleriteAbout Calcite →

SizeSmall Cabinet

Dimensions10.0 x 7.0 x 2.0 cm

Added on08/31/2025

Locality

Russia, Primorsky Krai, DalnegorskRegional guide →

Known provenance

Date	Collector	Acquisition price
—	Unknown Owner	$285.00
—	Weinrich Minerals	Not disclosed

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diverse shapes, colors, and optical quirks; widely available yet scarce elite pieces from Elmwood and Charcas drive collecting value and display.

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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.