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Spheroidal Calcite with concentric growths. The spheres have a yellow color and are on a basalt matrix. Very similar to those from Montalto di Castro, the classic Italian locality, but this one is from the Puy de Dôme area.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (catalog number 0316), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Curebourse, Vic-sur-Cère, Aurillac, Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 12.3 × 11.7 × 6.7 cm = 4.84” × 4.61” × 2.64”

SV2290TXA: Calcite

From a 2022 discovery in the Daye area, parallel growths of lenticular and very aerial Calcite crystals forming stacks, on matrix. They are translucent, lustrous, yellow with red Hematite inclusions and geometric color zoning that gives a very aesthetic result.
Daye mining area, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (03/2022)
Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.24” × 2.01” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.39” × 0.39”

TRR68AP9: Calcite

Group of Calcite crystals with the dominant crystal form of a very sharp scalenohedron. Transparent, very lustrous and pale pink. The specimen is accompanied by a large collection of labels which we will send to the buyer, attesting to its antiquity.
Stank Mine, Barrow-in-Furness, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.68” × 1.73” × 1.34”

ELP48AP3: Calcite

Doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal, on matrix, transparent and extraordinarily lustrous, with reddish inclusions of iron oxides. A miniature of great quality and very aesthetic.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (2022)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.69” × 1.65” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2 cm = 1.57” × 0.79”

SQ48AG5: Calcite

A surface covered by crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a scarcely developed prism with extremely flattened rhombohedral terminations. The crystals, translucent and bright, have an unusual gray color.
The sample is from the Francesco S. Stoppani collection (num. 0456), whose label we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 15.2 × 9 × 5.8 cm = 5.98” × 3.54” × 2.28”

XM2360MHM: Calcite

A very curious specimen that shows two generations of Calcite: the first, constituting the matrix, formed by a druse of small lustrous scalenohedral crystals stained by iron oxides, and a second generation of globular to oolitic habit with fine concentric growth lamellae. A mineralogical curiosity.
Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (09/2022)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.3 × 6.6 cm = 2.64” × 1.30” × 2.60”

ERB47AO1: Calcite

Calcite crystals, on matrix, in which the forms of a prism and the terminal rhombohedron predominate. The crystals are translucent to transparent, lustrous, and have a uniform yellow color and very visible scalenohedral phantom growths inside. Of excellent quality for the deposit. This specimen was exhibited in the exhibition ¨Les Malines et les mines des Cévennes”, at the Musée Cévenol, in Vigan, Gard, in 2014, and comes from the collection of Alain Martaud, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Anduze Quarry, Anduze, Alès, Gard, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 14.8 × 9.5 × 4.6 cm = 5.83” × 3.74” × 1.81”

MR88AG1: Calcite

Yes, it is Calcite, a very common species, but check out the crystallographic habit of this group of crystals and their light pink color. Different…
Fuzichong, Cenxi, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (± 2002)
Specimen size: 11.5 × 8 × 5 cm = 4.53” × 3.15” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 6 × 5 cm = 2.36” × 1.97”

SV3380TFR: Calcite

Norway has some fame for the calcites from this mine. Their color, luster, and the multiple growths on the crystal faces are very characteristic, just like this piece.
Dalen-Kjørholt Mine, Kjørholt, Brevik, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Østlandet Norway
Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.36” × 2.05” × 1.57”

JRB30AP8: Calcite

Group of Calcite crystals with the so-called nailhead habit formed by a prism and the terminations of a flattened rhombohedron. They are translucent, with dark Goethite inclusions. A Spanish classic, very difficult to find nowadays and which comes from the collection of Andrés Jiménez Shelly and was previously in Santiago Jiménez García's.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain (1973)
Specimen size: 10 × 8.6 × 6.1 cm = 3.94” × 3.39” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.73” × 0.63”

TFR98CDD: Calcite

Coral-like formations of Calcite in very elongated groups that have miraculously been well-preserved, considering their delicacy and the extraction difficulties from the mine. From the collection of carbonates from Europe of Francesco S. Stoppani.
San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna Italy
Specimen size: 14.3 × 7.7 × 5.5 cm = 5.63” × 3.03” × 2.17”

NF98AL7: Calcite

Group of highly profiled scalenohedral Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, translucent, with very good luster and size, and with an unusual appearance for the locality, from which no such individual large Calcite scalenohedra are common.
The specimen comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (nº. 281), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (±2015)
Specimen size: 15.4 × 9.6 × 6 cm = 6.06” × 3.78” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 14.3 × 5.1 cm = 5.63” × 2.01”

MB29AI8: Calcite

Group of Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges and with the clearly dominant scalenohedron but very rich in other minor forms. The crystals are of great quality and are transparent and very bright.
The sample is from the Jordi Vilallonga collection.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia (1992)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.8 × 6 cm = 3.78” × 2.28” × 2.36”

DM89AE3: Calcite

The crystal, very large for the locality, combines a prism and a terminal rhombohedron, with very well defined polycrystalline faces. I It is translucent and bright with a very intense and uniform pink color. There is a small bit of Sphalerite at its base.
Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 10.2 × 8.8 × 7.8 cm = 4.02” × 3.46” × 3.07”

TFM89AN4: Calcite

Group of very elongated Calcite crystals with a very acute pyramidal habit. They are lustrous, translucent and of an intense and uniform honey color, with fine white coatings of more Calcite itself.
Qinglong Mine, Dachang, Qinglong, Qianxi'nan Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province China (2021)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.49” × 3.46” × 1.65”

MBR89CD5: Calcite

Scalenohedral Calcite crystal, doubly terminated floater, transparent and extraordinarily lustrous, very rich in perfectly defined faces and edges, and with reddish iron oxide inclusions. A treasure!
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (2023)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.17” × 1.26” × 0.94”

SV89AE3: Calcite

A scalenohedral Calcite crystal partially doubly terminated, with polycrystalline growths at its base. It is very sharp and large, between translucent and transparent and has a very intense, deep uniform color. A great French classic.
The sample is with a label from the Stoppani collection that we’ll send to the buyer. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
Glageon Quarry, Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Nord, Hauts-de-France France
Specimen size: 14.4 × 11.5 × 10.8 cm = 5.67” × 4.53” × 4.25”

EB50AJ8: Calcite

Group of complex Calcite crystals, one of then clearly dominant and mainly with a scalenohedral shape. They are translucent and very bright with a very intense yellow-orange color and are on matrix.
Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China (2005)
Specimen size: 14.9 × 10.7 × 7 cm = 5.87” × 4.21” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 14.9 × 7.5 cm = 5.87” × 2.95”

TA90AM8: Calcite

Lenticular Calcite crystal formed by a very thin prism and an extraordinarily flattened, translucent, lustrous white rhombohedron with concentric geometric zoning. Larger than the usual size for specimens from this locality.
Lishui Prefecture, Zhejiang Province China (2009)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 6 × 3 cm = 4.02” × 2.36” × 1.18”

EMM91AP3: Calcite

Group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and of good size, translucent, very bright and with reddish inclusions of iron oxides that got concentrated at the vertices.
Tonglüshan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province China (2022)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 10.8 × 6.3 cm = 4.49” × 4.25” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 4 cm = 2.52” × 1.57”

EJL2AO1: Calcite

Matrix group of complex equant Calcite crystals, with very sharp scalenohedron and flattened rhombohedron forms, very aerial, translucent and lustrous. The specimen has a light pink hue, is of high quality and is very different from what is generally known from this locality, since it comes from the first very superficial prospecting in an area relatively far from the current workings. As an added documentary detail, the name of the person who found it, a miner named Lucien Schaguene, has been preserved. Exceptional for the locality.
Largentière Mines, Largentière, Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, Ardèche, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (±1970)
Specimen size: 10 × 8.5 × 6.6 cm = 3.94” × 3.35” × 2.60”

TP92AC9: Calcite

Spheroidal aggregates of Calcite crystals, with defined faces and edges and with an unusually intense pink color. Very different from other Calcite samples from this mine.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Chifeng (Ulanhad), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)
Specimen size: 14.7 × 9.4 × 7.8 cm = 5.79” × 3.70” × 3.07”

TG93AJ2: Calcite

A novelty at Tucson 2017. Parallel growths of thick lenticular Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are clear pink colored and coated by dark brown manganese oxides. There is a second botryoidal Calcite growth with a lovely pastel-pink color.
Palmarejo Mine, Palmarejo, Municipio Chinipas, Chihuahua Mexico (10/2016)
Specimen size: 10.2 × 6.9 × 4 cm = 4.02” × 2.72” × 1.57”

MD16AL6: Calcite

Druse of complex Calcite crystals with dominant scalenohedron faces, transparent, shiny, and with reddish inclusions of Hematite. A great English classic, really old and with an unusual pedigree, with two labels that detail much of its history.
It came from the collection of Francis Butler, who in 1890 sold it to the British Museum in London, which gave it the collection number BM65723, after which it passed on to the Leif Engman collection.
Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.2 × 2.7 cm = 3.11” × 2.44” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1 cm = 0.67” × 0.39”

EPR16AO1: Calcite

Druse with water-clear Calcite crystals, with the dominant forms of the prism and very acute scalenohedral terminations, sharp and very lustrous. An excellent English classic, both for the morphology and for the deposit. The specimen is accompanied by a very old label from the Comptoir Central d'Histoire Naturelle, a business founded by the naturalist Nerée Boubée (1806-1862) in Paris, and has several collection numbers and an old label with the number 325 glued to its back.
Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 11.7 × 9.9 × 6.7 cm = 4.61” × 3.90” × 2.64”

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