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Scalenohedral crystals with slightly curved faces and edges. On a rock matrix, they are transparent and extraordinarily bright. Some of the crystals are colorless, strongly contrasting with other honey color Calcite crystals. Of a great quality and among the best well known for this locality.
Espira-de-l'Agly, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie France
Specimen size: 15.5 × 10.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.1” × 4.1” × 2.6”
Price: Euro:80 / US$87 / Yen:9390 / AUD$130

EP87AA5: Calcite

Druse, on matrix, of complex, twinned Calcite crystals with the dominant faces of a scalenohedron, a prism and a terminal rhombohedron. The crystals are lustrous and transparent and have an intense and uniform yellow color. As in so many specimens in this collection, the sample is of great quality for the locality.
La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Hainaut Province, Wallonia Region Belgium
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.9 × 6.1 cm = 3.9” × 3.1” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.6” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:280 / US$307 / Yen:32880 / AUD$450

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.
Remedios Mine, Taxco de Alarcón, Municipio Taxco, Guerrero Mexico (±1988)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 7.8 × 8.2 cm = 4.9” × 3.1” × 3.2”
Price: Euro:190 / US$208 / Yen:22310 / AUD$310

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 = 1.9” × 1.2” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.2” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:90 / US$98 / Yen:10560 / AUD$140

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 = 2.8” × 2.0” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:240 / US$263 / Yen:28180 / AUD$390

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, upper levels, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape South Africa
Specimen size: 6.5 × 6 × 4.9 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.0”
Price: Euro:230 / US$252 / Yen:27010 / AUD$370

FT86: Calcite

Two generations of Calcite. The first generation was stalactitical and the second generation was the classic locality crystal form. Both first and second generation have brilliant crystals, and both are partially colored by brown iron oxides. Great esthetics in this decorative specimen.
Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 13.5 × 9 × 7.8 cm = 5.3” × 3.5” × 3.1”
Price: Euro:160 / US$175 / Yen:18790 / AUD$260

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 = 1.3” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”
Price: Euro:100 / US$109 / Yen:11740 / AUD$160

TA66Q0: Calcite

Very aerial polycrystalline botryoidal growths with white, slightly pinkish, color, on Limonite matrix.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia
Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:140 / US$153 / Yen:16440 / AUD$220

TR94R9: Calcite

Group of acute scalenohedral crystals of Calcite that formed on a stalactitic growth with a very neat central cannel.
Wenshan area, Yunnan China (09/2008)
Specimen size: 16.2 × 10.4 × 10.4 cm = 6.4” × 4.1” × 4.1”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.8” × 1.1”
Price: Euro:980 / US$1077 / Yen:115090 / AUD$1590

VF37AE7: Calcite (variety "papierspat") with Chlorite, Orthoclase and Quartz

Floater aggregate of Calcite crystals with oriented faces forming parallel growths of extraordinarily flattened crystals (a habit that is well known as “papierspat.” The aggregate is partially coated, mainly on the back, by Chlorite, very sharp Orthoclase (adularia variety) crystals and small Quartz crystals.
The sample is from the duplicates collection of Joaquín Folch, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Griesseren Valley, Maderanertal, Uri Switzerland (±1952)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.2 × 5 cm = 3.8” × 2.4” × 2.0”
Price: Euro:230 / US$252 / Yen:27010 / AUD$370

DR9AI0: Calcite (variety cobaltoan)

Botryoidal growths on matrix of Calcite (cobaltoan variety) with an intense and deep color with areas that have lighter shades.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lleida / Lérida, Catalonia Spain
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:50 / US$54 / Yen:5870 / AUD$80

TC93Z9: Calcite on Quartz (variety amethyst) and Hematite

Sharp scalenohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, partially coated by small Quartz (amethyst) crystals and implanted on a cavity of the same mineral but with larger crystals. A sample special for the exhibit case, very elegant.
Ametista do Sul, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil (2011)
Specimen size: 15.2 × 10.9 × 7 cm = 6.0” × 4.3” × 2.8”
Price: Euro:780 / US$857 / Yen:91600 / AUD$1270

TX97AH3: Calcite with Aragonite

You can opine, perhaps, that Calcite is a “modest” species, but it can also reach unexpected heights of elegance as in the case of this complete crystal that is clear, colorless, very rich in faces and has additional elongated Calcite and Aragonite crystals with curious parallel growths. Due to its special transparency, the Calcite crystal has a high birrefringence that allows one to see “double” images through it.
Verkhnii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region Russia
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:280 / US$307 / Yen:32880 / AUD$450

MC64Y7: Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions

Floater group of uniaxial Calcite growths of very flattened rombohedrons that show very distinct color zoning, one with whitish tones, the other grayish black due to Boulangerite inclusions.
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures Romania (10/2003)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 2.1” × 1.2” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:90 / US$98 / Yen:10560 / AUD$140

MD36AI5: Calcite with Chalcopyrite

A novelty at Munich 2018. Scalenohedral crystal with rhombohedral terminal faces and very well defined polycrystalline growths. It is translucent, white, has slightly pink reflections and it is on a matrix of more Calcite. It shows an intense red fluorescence under long wave light and very intense red under short wave light.
Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (07/2018)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.8 cm = 1.6” × 0.7”
Price: Euro:150 / US$164 / Yen:17610 / AUD$240

MC86AI5: Calcite with Chalcopyrite

A novelty at Munich 2018. Group of scalenohedral crystals with rhombohedral terminal faces and very well defined polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, white, have slightly pink reflections and are on a matrix of more Calcite. It shows an intense red fluorescence under long wave light and very intense red under short wave light.
Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Drâa Region Morocco (07/2018)
Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.7” × 2.1”
Price: Euro:180 / US$197 / Yen:21130 / AUD$290

ET14AK4: Calcite with Chlorite

New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that were shown to have been Calcite too, assumed to be an earlier generation of Calcite. With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 4.2” × 1.2” × 0.9”
Price: Euro:90 / US$98 / Yen:10560 / AUD$146

EG9AK4: Calcite with Chlorite and Prehnite

New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced an earlier generation of Calcite crystals (analyzed). With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.8” × 1.7” × 1.0”
Price: Euro:40 / US$43 / Yen:4690 / AUD$65

EK11AK4: Calcite with Chlorite and Prehnite

New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced an earlier generation of Calcite crystals (analyzed). With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.9” × 0.6”
Price: Euro:60 / US$65 / Yen:7040 / AUD$97

EJ11AK4: Calcite with Chlorite and Prehnite

New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that Calcita has also given in Calcite analysis, so it can be assumed that it was a first generation of Calcite . With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 3.8” × 1.5” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:70 / US$76 / Yen:8220 / AUD$114

EA96AK4: Calcite with Chlorite and Prehnite

New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aerial and aesthetic growths of Calcite in small rhombohedral crystals that have completely replaced pre-existing crystals that were shown to have been Calcite too, assumed to be an earlier generation of Calcite. With small crystals of Prehnite and lamellar growths of Chlorite. We have not been able to publicize these specimens until now due to their genetic complexity. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 16.6 × 4.1 × 3.6 cm = 6.5” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 16.6 × 1.3 cm = 6.5” × 0.5”
Price: Euro:190 / US$208 / Yen:22310 / AUD$310

NT67AE2: Calcite with Dolomite

Complex Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with many faces, among which the acute rhombohedron and shortened scalenohedra stand out, giving them an equant and rounded shape. The crystals, transparent and colorless, are on a matrix of Dolomite crystals with Sphalerite and smaller Calcite crystals with an acute scalenohedral shape.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain (±2000)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.6 × 4.2 cm = 4.5” × 3.4” × 1.7”
Price: Euro:180 / US$197 / Yen:21130 / AUD$290

ND7AF0: Calcite with Dolomite

A complex crystal with many faces, among which are those of the acute rhombohedra and shortened scalenohedra which stand out, giving it an equant and rounded shape. Above all, the uniform yellow color, the transparency, brilliance and position on the Dolomite matrix are all great.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.4 × 5.3 cm = 3.1” × 1.7” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.3” × 1.3”
Price: Euro:200 / US$219 / Yen:23480 / AUD$320

DX27AG7: Calcite with Dolomite

Complex Calcite crystals, very rich in faces. They are transparent and bright, have a very intense honey yellow color and are on a rocky matrix coated by small Dolomite crystals. Different from recent pieces, this one has a more complex crystallography and a more intense color.
La Florida mining area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.7 × 4.9 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 1.9”
Price: Euro:220 / US$241 / Yen:25830 / AUD$350

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