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Enrique Llorens
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Posted: Apr 12, 2017 05:48 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Two of my favorites.
Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 6,5 cm |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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Dimensions: | 8 cm |
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kokoqn4o
Joined: 13 Dec 2014
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Location: Bulgaria, Sliven
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Posted: Apr 13, 2017 08:10 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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In Bulgaria also there are very beautiful calcites. This is my recent find - calcite druse and single crystals. They are from Sliven, but the most interesting crystals are found in the Eastern Rhodopes and Burgas.
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Apr 19, 2017 10:32 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Another one of my many "favorite" calcites. Self collected about 2004.
Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
Locality: | Monroe County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | geode is 9 cm. the calcite is 6 cm. |
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Pink calcite on blue chalcedony As above. The pink calcite is a complexly hoppered rhombohedral crystal with 3 distinct terminations |
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Heimo Hellwig
Joined: 03 Aug 2014
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Location: Swakopmund
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Posted: Apr 19, 2017 11:34 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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My favourite Calcite from my favourite location.
Mineral: | Calcite and Mottramite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 105mm x 75mm x 50mm |
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Mineral: | Calcite and Mottramite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 105mm x 75mm x 50mm |
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Mineral: | Calcite and Mottramite |
Locality: | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 105mm x 75mm x 50mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 19, 2017 11:58 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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A great and very aesthetic Tsumeb specimen, Heimo, as always :-)
And Bob, what a fantastic colour contrast with the blue chalcedony, really nice!
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Heimo Hellwig
Joined: 03 Aug 2014
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Location: Swakopmund
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Posted: Apr 19, 2017 14:12 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Tobi wrote: | A great and very aesthetic Tsumeb specimen, Heimo, as always :-)
And Bob, what a fantastic colour contrast with the blue chalcedony, really nice! |
Thanks Tobi, appreciated.
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Bob Harman
Joined: 06 Nov 2015
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Posted: Apr 19, 2017 14:50 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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For your interest and comment, thank you Tobi !
And now for your pleasure here is another complexly hoppered rhombohedral calcite that is also double terminated.
Mineral: | Calcite on Calcite |
Locality: | Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA | |
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Dimensions: | geode is 6.3 cm the double terminated calcite is 3.2 cm. |
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Pink rhombohedral calcite on small clear calcites and brown pseudocubic calcite This geode with the complex double terminated calcite was acquired by me about 2009. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Sep 13, 2017 10:04 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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I just read the LAPIS extra issue about calcite (from 1998) which features a "top ten" ranking of calcite localities. The experienced mineral experts Helmut Brückner, Dr. Ulrich Burchard, Herb Obboda, Christian Weise, Dr. Hans-Jürgen Wilke, Victor Yount and Walter Hess were asked which they would call the "top ten". According to their answers, this was the ranking (don't forget it was made 20 years ago, so no wonder that there are no certain Chinese mines, only "China". Also, the list only says "India" and "Mexico" without any details):
1. Cumberland, UK
2. Tennessee, U.S.
3. Sankt Andreasberg, Harz Mts., Germany
4. Dal'negorsk, Russia
5. Mexico
6. Tsumeb, Namibia
7. India
8. China
9. Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
10. Michigan, U.S.
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Roger Warin
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
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Posted: Sep 13, 2017 14:16 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Hi,
Some beautiful calcite, I think.
Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Cafarnaum Mine, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India | |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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Roger Warin
Joined: 23 Jan 2013
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Posted: Sep 13, 2017 15:12 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Other calcite.
Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Rhisnes, Namur District, Namur Province, Wallonia, Belgium | |
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Mineral: | Calcite (variety cobaltoan) |
Locality: | Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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Mineral: | Calcite (variety cobaltoan) |
Locality: | Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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Mineral: | Calcite (variety "frite") |
Locality: | Kipushi Mine, Kipushi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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Tobi
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Mar 09, 2018 13:55 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Some large and very fine calcites were collected in the Meshberger Stone Quarry in the 1950s thru the early 1970s. This example was collected in the early 1970s
Mineral: | Calcite on matrix |
Locality: | Meshberger Stone Company Quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | The main crystal is 9.5 cm and doubly terminated |
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Mineral: | Calcite on matrix |
Locality: | Meshberger Stone Company Quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | The main crystal is 9.5 cm and doubly terminated |
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Bob Harman
Joined: 06 Nov 2015
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Posted: Mar 09, 2018 14:24 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Several calcites perched on a dolomite background with a dolostone matrix. Self collected in about 2013.
Mineral: | Calcites on dolomite |
Locality: | State Route 56 road cut, Canton, Washington County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | The example is about 17 cm while the calcites range in size up to 1.3 cm |
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Mineral: | Calcites on Dolomite |
Locality: | State Route 56 road cut, Canton, Washington County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | Calcites range up to 1.3 cm |
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VRigatti
Joined: 19 Dec 2009
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Location: Denver, CO
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Posted: Apr 04, 2018 07:16 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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I guess this specimen could also go in the "favorite fluorite" section, but I think the Calcite is the star of the show here. This specimen is from Illinois, Denton mine and the Bahama Pod. It measures 6x5x5 cm with a very gemmy amber/orange perfect calcite perched on dark purple fluorite.
Mineral: | Calcite and Fluorite |
Locality: | Denton Mine, Bahama Pod, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6x5x5 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 04, 2018 07:56 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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VRigatti wrote: | I guess this specimen could also go in the "favorite fluorite" section, but I think the Calcite is the star of the show here. This specimen is from Illinois, Denton mine and the Bahama Pod. It measures 6x5x5 cm with a very gemmy amber/orange perfect calcite perched on dark purple fluorite. | GREAT combination specimen!
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Jul 12, 2018 15:08 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Self collected in 2013 are these 2 Indiana geodes with calcites from a little known and very small locality in Lawrence County.
Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
Locality: | Lawrence County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | The geode is 7 cm and the calcites are up to 2 cm |
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Mineral: | Calcite on Quartz |
Locality: | Lawrence County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | The geode is about 6 cm. The calcites are up to 2 cm |
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Nov 28, 2018 14:26 Post subject: Re: Favourite Calcites? |
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Like looking into a small window, this 10.0 cm x 8.5 cm very unusual flat sided geode has a cavity hosting a 3.8 cm complex terminated calcite nestled in dolomite groupings and surrounding quartz. Self collected about 2006.
One dealer/collector has pleaded with me to acquire it every time he sees it in a display.
Mineral: | Calcite and Dolomite on Quartz |
Locality: | Harrodsburg area, Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | the complex calcite is 3.8 cm |
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Mineral: | Calcite and Dolomite on Quartz |
Locality: | Harrodsburg area, Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | Calcite is 3.8 cm |
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Micromarcasites within the calcite. Self collected about 2006 |
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