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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$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

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$107 / ¥14190 / AUD$160

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”
Price: €980 / US$1049 / ¥139120 / AUD$1570

16NMA66: Calcite (Co-bearing variety)

Polished section, on one of its faces, translucent with banded growth patterns and intensely colored nuclei. The specimen preserves on some of the edges part of its original matrix, which contrasts with the deep color of the Calcite. A classic of Catalan mineralogy.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 9.1 × 5.8 × 1.5 cm = 3.58” × 2.28” × 0.59”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

16NMB56: Calcite (Co-bearing variety)

Polished section, on each faces, translucent with banded growth patterns and intensely colored nuclei. The specimen preserves on some of the edges part of its original matrix, which contrasts with the deep color of the Calcite. A classic of Catalan mineralogy.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 9.0 × 6.6 × 0.8 cm = 3.54” × 2.60” × 0.31”
Price: €150 / US$160 / ¥21290 / AUD$240

EGH62AO8: Calcite (twinned)

A novelty from Ste. Marie 2022. Group of very sharp Calcite crystals, one of them very aerial, dominantly flattened and with a contact twin of very well defined crystal forms. Transparent and uniform yellow. The specimen comes from a well-known but little-disclosed locality in the Canary Islands in which no finds of this type had been previously made.
De Tasarte Ravine, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands Spain (12/2021)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.10” × 0.98” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.98” × 0.59”
Price: €75 / US$80 / ¥10640 / AUD$120

XM290EYR: Calcite (twinned)

A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2022 Very flattened and sharp crystal of Calcite with a light yellow hue, showing a juxtaposed twin that is reminiscent of gypsum crystals with the swallowtail habit.
De Tasarte Ravine, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands Spain (12/2021)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.89” × 0.59” × 0.12”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

XM290EFT: Calcite (twinned)

A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2022 Pair of very flattened and sharp Calcite crystals, with a light yellow color, displaying a very unusual contact twin.
De Tasarte Ravine, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands Spain (12/2021)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.3 × 0.5 cm = 1.50” × 1.30” × 0.20”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

XM290EXM: Calcite (twinned)

A novelty at Sainte-Marie 2022 Very flattened and sharp crystal of Calcite showing a contact twin that creates the interior reticulation observed thanks to the translucency of the light yellow crystal.
De Tasarte Ravine, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Province, Canary Islands Spain (12/2021)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 2.09” × 0.59” × 0.12”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

16TP56: Calcite (twinned)

A common species like Calcite is not usually world class, but in this case we observe a group of crystals from the August 2004 discovery in Madagascar, formed by an attractive aggregate, in which the sharpness of the crystals, their color and luster, and especially the appearance of extraordinarily unusual twins, formed by the interpenetration of two rhombohedra, are outstanding.
Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Sambava District, Sava Region Madagascar (08/2004)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 1.22” × 0.98”
Price: €165 / US$176 / ¥23420 / AUD$260

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$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

21NPJ14: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Banded growths of pink cobalt-bearing Calcite alternating with bands of white and yellowish Calcite, on a matrix of Permo-Triassic age conglomerate. The specimen has not been polished neither acid-treated, as evidenced by the roughness of many of the surfaces and the existence of easily alterable carbonates. Coming from a classic deposit for Catalan mineralogy, in the western Pyrenees.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 1.81” × 1.69” × 1.30”
Price: €90 / US$96 / ¥12770 / AUD$140

ETF37AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Botryoidal growths of transparent rhombohedral Calcite crystals, very lustrous, on matrix and with excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made in this mine at the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.8 × 4.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.28” × 1.73”
Price: €220 / US$235 / ¥31230 / AUD$350

XM2230MAX: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Druse of Calcite crystals (cobalt-rich variety) with mauve-pink tones, in a rock matrix, on a first generation of Calcite crystals which were not stained by cobalt ions.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (07/2022)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.9 cm = 1.73” × 1.42” × 1.14”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

XM2230MFR: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Druse of Calcite crystals (cobalt-rich variety) showing scalenohedral habits in some deeper toned crystals and globular forms of lighter color in others. Accompanied by fine acicular radiating crystals.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (07/2022)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.02” × 0.63”
Price: €230 / US$246 / ¥32650 / AUD$360

TC2280NMR: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Banded growths of Calcite (cobalt-bearing variety) with an intense color that alternates with bands of white and yellowish Calcite. The specimen has been polished to show the banding and its color more clearly.
Solita Mine, Peramea, Baix Pallars, Comarca Pallars Sobirà, Lérida / Lleida, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 10.2 × 8 × 0.9 cm = 4.02” × 3.15” × 0.35”
Price: €280 / US$299 / ¥39740 / AUD$449

EJR67AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Druse with scalenohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined crystal forms, transparent and very lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds made at this mine in the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.4 × 5.6 cm = 2.91” × 2.91” × 2.20”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

EXF67AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on the faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). A very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made at this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.83” × 2.28” × 1.93”
Price: €290 / US$310 / ¥41160 / AUD$460

EBR67AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Calcite crystals forming polycrystalline growths with very well defined rhombohedral faces and excellent color between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic specimen of the finds that were made in this mine at the beginning of the 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.23” × 1.65” × 1.89”
Price: €320 / US$342 / ¥45420 / AUD$510

EXL67AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 10 × 4.1 × 4 cm = 3.94” × 1.61” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.47” × 0.28”
Price: €330 / US$353 / ¥46840 / AUD$530

EXY98AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.83” × 2.72” × 2.24”
Price: €330 / US$353 / ¥46840 / AUD$530

XM2340MAB: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Crystals of Calcite (cobalt-rich variety) as growths between coralloidal and arborescent, on a rock matrix, with a gradation of color, partially covering a first generation of lamellar Calcite crystals.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (07/2022)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.01” × 0.83” × 1.06”
Price: €340 / US$364 / ¥48260 / AUD$540

EMR68AP6: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Botryoidal growths of Calcite of an intense mauve color (Co-bearing variety), in matrix, and with a second generation of botryoidal Calcite with bluish tones.
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (07/2022)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.56” × 2.01” × 1.50”
Price: €380 / US$406 / ¥53940 / AUD$610

ETF49AO9: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

Obtained at Ste. Marie 2022 Botryoidal growths of rhombohedral Calcite crystals with curvatures on their faces and edges, translucent and lustrous. On matrix and with excellent color, between pink and mauve (cobalt-bearing variety). Very characteristic of the finds that were made in this mine in the early 21st century.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Tansifite, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2000)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.7 × 5.1 cm = 3.62” × 3.03” × 2.01”
Price: €420 / US$449 / ¥59620 / AUD$670

EXP51AP1: Calcite (variety Co-bearing calcite)

From important finds made in the Lanping area in early 2022. Coralloidal growths of Calcite on matrix with an intense pink-mauve color (cobalt-bearing variety)
This specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 168/2022, page 17
Lanping, Nujiang Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (03/2022)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.3 × 5.6 cm = 4.92”
Price: €760 / US$813 / ¥107880 / AUD$1220

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