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Calcite twin, the tips are perfect both at the front and the back. It is well positioned on the matrix.
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (1997)
Specimen size: 3 × 3.5 cm = 1.18” × 1.38”

TB14R9: Calcite

An especially aerial and esthetic sample, with sharp rhombohedral crystals of Calcite on Limonite matrix. The crystals have very well marked color zoning enhanced by reddish inclusions of Hematite.
Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.24” × 1.89” × 0.94”

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

NE11M9: Calcite

Parallel growths of acute rhombohedral crystals, white and showing a slightly silky luster.
Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Moura, Beja District, Baixo Alentejo, Alentejo Portugal (2005-2006)
Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.2 × 5.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.83” × 2.01”

TV96P8: Calcite

Complex equidimensional crystals, very rich in faces, growing on an early generation of smaller crystals primarily covering a stalactitic growth of a mineral that has disappeared, maybe Limonite?. A very esthetic piece. The sample is from J. Catmur collection and the label indicates that it was acquired in 1994.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico (±1994)
Specimen size: 14 × 10 × 3.5 cm = 5.51” × 3.94” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.91” × 0.87”

FJ46: Calcite

Calcite collectors from Spain have on their mind a particular specimen: the "nailhead" Calcite from Mina Julia in Bilbao. Found long ago and no longer available, this particular specimen would satisfy the most demanding collector for its perfection, size and good display.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain
Specimen size: 10.5 × 6 × 4.5 cm = 4.13” × 2.36” × 1.77”

MR76L3: Calcite

A classic, not easy to get now. Its condition is perfect and the crystals are more aerial than usual.
Julia Mine, Barrio de la Peña, Bilbao, Comarca Gran Bilbao, Vizcaya / Bizkaia, Basque Country (Euskadi) Spain
Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.5 × 7.6 cm = 4.45” × 2.56” × 2.99”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.77” × 0.71”

JR96X9: Calcite

Cluster of very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals. They are translucent and bright and are on matrix. The sample is from a not well known mine at Taxco from where such fine samples are scarce.
Los Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero Mexico (±1988)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.8 × 8.2 cm = 4.92” × 3.07” × 3.23”

EY7V0: Calcite

Aggregate of tabular crystals (poker chip habit) with hexagonal shape and triangular growth forms on the pinacoid. They have a very well defined color zoning, white on the terminations and creamy in the center.
San Bartolo Mine, Charcas, Municipio Charcas, San Luis Potosí Mexico (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 12.6 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 4.96” × 3.07” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.42” × 1.02”

TX16R0: Calcite

Parallel growth of beveled rhombohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges and having different phases of crystallization underlined by different degrees of transparency.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm = 1.85” × 1.22” × 1.22”

TF67S1: Calcite

Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, between white and clear, the main one very transparent and with inclusions of crystallized Hematite. The sample is considerably better than the picture shows.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (1998)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.1 × 5 cm = 2.83” × 2.01” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.30”

ML67V7: Calcite

Group of sharp rhombohedral crystals slightly modified by the scalenohedron. The crystals are colorless, bright and between transparent and translucent. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 6.5 × 6 × 4.9 cm = 2.56” × 2.36” × 1.93”

FT59C6: Calcite

Attractive Calcite - it looks as if it was zoned pseudomorphosed by snow. I'm sorry, but it is so unusual that I cannot say anything more scientific!
Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.77” × 1.73” × 0.98”

SC68AB0: Calcite

Calcite crystals very rich in faces with dominant prismatic forms and very acute terminations. They are transparent, bright and are on matrix. Some crystals have mattelike terminal faces, typical of many calcites from this locality. An excellent English classic.
Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.83” × 2.28” × 1.30”

FX96: Calcite

In the past one rich find was made in the south of France. Not too well know, this find gave excellent gemmy Calcites comparable to the best ones from Dalnegorsk. Martín was in the right place at the right time and he got this top sample from this exciting find. Perfect, gemmy with great luster and good disposition on its matrix. Neat!
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France
Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.8 × 4 cm = 3.78” × 2.28” × 1.57”

N8GF7: Calcite

This crystal of Calcite comes from a single find made many years ago in a ventilation gallery on one of the floors of the Coroña shaft. It has good form and transparency and it is on a small amount of matrix.
Coroña Shaft, Josefa-Veneros Norte vein, La Collada mining area, zona minera de La Collada, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias) Spain (1980)
Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.76” × 1.77” × 1.30”

EM66D5: Calcite

A beauty from Rudny, this twinned, clear, and sharp crystal shows the typical luminescence of the best specimens from this locality.
Sarbaiskoe deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region Kazakhstan
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.18”

FD54B9: Calcite

Nice and different! Aerial scalenohedrons of Calcite covered by a thin coating of yellowish-reddish iron oxides.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 6 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm = 2.36” × 2.28” × 2.13”

M26DTI3: Calcite

Parallel growth of two prismatic crystals, one of them dominant and partially doubly terminated. With a small matrix.
Second Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 3.1 cm = 2.68” × 1.57” × 1.22”

SP47AB4: Calcite

Aggregate, on matrix, of elongated Calcite crystals, between transparent and translucent and with smooth and very well defined pinacoidal terminations that have a white color zoning. Some of the crystals have dark inclusions on their base. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen Germany
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.4 × 4 cm = 2.80” × 1.73” × 1.57”

MB68AB0: Calcite

Aggregates of parallel pale yellow transparent Calcite crystals on matrix. They are sharp prismatic with flat terminations and very acute scalenohedral phantom growths that protrude from the pinacoidal face. This historic sample previously was in the Bally Museum at Geneva (Switzerland) whose label we will send to the buyer.
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen Germany
Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.13” × 1.97” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.51”

EK97AA5: Calcite

An aggregate, on matrix, of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with creamy color and with curious echeloned growths making overall for a pyramidal shape. Like so many specimens in this collection, this one is of great quality for the locality.
Strontian, Lochaber, Argyll and Butte Scotland / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.72” × 1.50” × 1.10”

MX16W1: Calcite

Group of translucent and very bright crystals that combine the forms of a quite flattened rhombohedron and a very short prism. This combination creates an unexpected and curious shape, quite similar to a pyritohedron. The sample is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia (1970-1985)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.34” × 1.34” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

AT46M4: Calcite

Group of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with very sharp faces and edges and a delicate pink color due to the Hematite inclusions. Color is zoned and more intense on edges.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 10 × 7.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.94” × 3.07” × 1.77”

AX6M8: Calcite

Group of crystals formed by very well defined faces and an acute scalenohedron, bright, with slight curvatures, good transparency and uniform yellow color.
Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri USA
Specimen size: 12.5 × 6.8 × 4.2 cm = 4.92” × 2.68” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.65” × 0.75”

SX67AC0: Calcite

Aggregate of prismatic crystals with echeloned growths and flat rhombohedral terminations. The crystals, on matrix, are bright, between transparent and translucent, and have a snow white color. As is the case with so many specimens in this collection, the locality is quiet unknown.
Vicat Quarry, Montalieu-Vercieu, Morestel, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France
Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.1 × 5.5 cm = 3.74” × 2.80” × 2.17”

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