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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 = 3.86” × 3.11” × 2.40”
Price: €280 / US$330 / JPY34820 / 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 = 4.92” × 3.07” × 3.23”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.43”
Price: €190 / US$223 / JPY23630 / 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 = 1.85” × 1.22” × 1.22”
Price: €90 / US$106 / JPY11190 / 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 = 2.83” × 2.01” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.30”
Price: €240 / US$282 / JPY29850 / 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 = 2.56” × 2.36” × 1.93”
Price: €230 / US$271 / JPY28600 / AUD$370

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”
Price: €100 / US$117 / JPY12430 / 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 = 1.85” × 1.14” × 0.87”
Price: €140 / US$165 / JPY17410 / 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 = 6.38” × 4.09” × 4.09”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.83” × 1.06”
Price: €980 / US$1155 / JPY121890 / AUD$1600

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 = 3.82” × 2.44” × 1.97”
Price: €230 / US$271 / JPY28600 / 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 = 1.65” × 1.50” × 0.91”
Price: €50 / US$58 / JPY6210 / AUD$80

1E13: Calcite (variety cobaltoan)

Banded growths of pink cobaltoan Calcite alternating with fine bands of white and yellowish Calcite on a Permo-Triassic age conglomerate matrix. The specimen, despite its fine surface, has not been acid-etched, as proven by its rough surfaces in most areas and the existence of easily altered carbonates.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lleida / Lérida, Catalonia Spain (2016)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.0 cm = 2.64” × 1.97”
Price: €80 / US$94 / JPY9950 / AUD$130

ET14AK4: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) 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, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 4.21” × 1.18” × 0.94”
Price: €90 / US$106 / JPY11190 / AUD$147

EG9AK4: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) 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, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.80” × 1.69” × 1.02”
Price: €40 / US$47 / JPY4970 / AUD$65

EK11AK4: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) 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, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.56” × 1.73” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.85” × 0.55”
Price: €60 / US$70 / JPY7460 / AUD$98

EJ11AK4: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) 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, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 9.7 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 3.82” × 1.50” × 1.26”
Price: €70 / US$82 / JPY8700 / AUD$114

MH10AL5: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote

Group of Calcite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very aerial, with a very well defined pseudohexagonal outline, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and individualized groups of Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (08/2019)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm = 2.72” × 2.48” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.54” × 0.91”
Price: €70 / US$82 / JPY8700 / AUD$110

ET47AK4: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote

New at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2019. Very aesthetic specimen with Calcite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a pseudohexagonal contour, with a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with fan-shaped aggregate coatings of acicular epidote crystals. 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, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (2019)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.8 × 5.4 cm = 4.65” × 4.25” × 2.13”
Price: €240 / US$282 / JPY29850 / AUD$393

MR67AK9: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Epidote

Group of sharp pseudohexagonal Calcite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals, and localized groups of Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen because of their genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (08/2019)
Specimen size: 17.8 × 11.7 × 10.2 cm = 7.01” × 4.61” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 7 × 2.8 cm = 2.76” × 1.10”
Price: €280 / US$330 / JPY34820 / AUD$450

MZ14AL5: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz

Two very aerial Calcite crystals, with a sharp pseudohexagonal habit, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (08/2019)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.1 × 3.1 cm = 2.52” × 2.01” × 1.22”
Price: €110 / US$129 / JPY13680 / AUD$180

MY26AL5: Calcite (variety kanonenspat) with Quartz and Epidote

Group of Calcite crystals with a very well defined pseudohexagonal shape, completely covered by a second generation of small scalenohedral crystals, with small Quartz and Epidote crystals. We have analyzed this type of specimen due to its genetic complexity and will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jebel Masker, Imilchil area, Tounfit, Khénifra Province, Beni Mellal-Khenifra Region Morocco (08/2019)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.6 × 4.3 cm = 2.68” × 2.60” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 2.5 cm = 2.48” × 0.98”
Price: €130 / US$153 / JPY16160 / AUD$210

HM80NB: Calcite on Dolomite

This is one of the specimens that we would have displayed at Munich 2020
La Florida Mining Area, Herrería-Valdáliga-Rionansa, Comarca Costa Occidental/Saja-Nansa, Cantabria Spain
Specimen size: 7.9 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 3.11” × 1.54” × 0.79”
Price: €80 / US$94 / JPY9950 / AUD$131

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 = 5.98” × 4.29” × 2.76”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 3 cm = 2.09” × 1.18”
Price: €780 / US$919 / JPY97010 / 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, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai Russia
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.46” × 1.14”
Price: €280 / US$330 / JPY34820 / AUD$450

SM480NF: Calcite with Baryte, Dolomite and Fluorite

Complex crystals of Calcite, translucent, bright, yellow in color and on matrix, with Baryte, Dolomite and Fluorite. The yellow color of the Baryte and the general appearance of the piece is different from what is usual at this mine and corresponds to a small vug from which few pieces emerged.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 14.6 × 10.6 × 7.1 cm cm = 5.75” × 4.17” × 2.80”

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 4.6 cm cm = 2.60” × 1.81”
Price: €480 / US$565 / JPY59700 / AUD$787

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 = 2.09” × 1.18” × 1.30”
Price: €90 / US$106 / JPY11190 / AUD$140

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