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Mindat Mineralogy Messageboard - Best Minerals - Calcite http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-93.html Sat, 25 May 2013 15:35:58 +0000 Phorum 5.2.15a http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,93,279739,279739#msg-279739 Calcite, Austria (14 replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,93,279739,279739#msg-279739 Best Minerals Calcite and here to view Best Minerals C and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.

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Calcite
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Calcite from Bad Bleiberg FOV: 15 x 12,5cm	© Rudo

As Calcite is found in most geologic settings it can be come across almost everywhere in Austria.
But there are currently only 127 Austrian localities listed in mindat due to the fact that in most
occurences the crystals are rather small and insignificant. Big and spectacular Calcite specimens have been
rescued in numerous alpine clefts, the Pb - Zn mines of the Bleiberg area, the iron - manganese mines
of Hüttenberg, the ancient silver mine of Oberzeiring, in several limestone outcrops like the "Krallaloch" at Götzis,
dolomite quarries like the Bundesstrombauamt quarry at Bad Deutsch- Altenburg.
To say where Austria's most aesthetic Calcites have been collected is a matter of personal taste. I have a preference
for those from the Pb-Zn mines of the Bleiberg district, the brilliant crystals found in some alpine clefts in the
Glocknerwand at Kals and the wonderful specimens from the huge cleft in Mitteldorferbachgraben at Virgen in East
Tyrol.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Burgenland, Oberpullendorf, Kobersdorf, Pauliberg, Basalt quarry


Calcite FOV: 0,7cm	© AC


Calcite 1,9mm	© AC

Active basalt quarry.
Minerals in fissures and voids of the basalt, as well as in xenoliths.
A good micromounting locality

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Hüttenberg, Hüttenberger Erzberg


Calcite, Pyrite 24cm wide	© H. Prasnik


Calcite 5 x 5cm	© H. Prasnik


Calcite on Chalcedony 18 x 15cm	© MaRi


Calcite on Chalcedony 7 x 5cm	© MaRi

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Friesach - Hüttenberg area, Hüttenberg, Hüttenberger Erzberg, Lölling District


Calcite, Chalcedony 13 x 13cm	© H. Prasnik


Calcite, Siderite 9 x 6cm	© H. Prasnik

Ancient iron and manganese mining area ('Erzberg' = ore mountain). Located south to east of Hüttenberg and west to north of Lölling.
Synsedimentary siderite ores (Mn-bearing; fresh to completely weathered) and Alpidic hydrothermal baryte layers and veins with sulphidic ore mineralisations (Pb-Cu-Sb-S).
Mining stopped in 1978. Now it is used as a tourist mine.
No bigger crystals are reported from this location. The Calcites occur in beautiful paragenesis with Chalcedony, Siderite, Pyrite.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Bleiberg District, Bad Bleiberg, Rudolf Mine (Rudolf Shaft)


Calcite, Galena xtl 6cm	© Rudo


Calcite, Baryte 5 x 4cm	© H. Prasnik

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Bleiberg District, Bad Bleiberg, Stefanie Mine


Calcite, Baryte, Galena 15cm wide	© Rudo


Calcite, Hemimorphite FOV: 14 x 14cm	© Klehwa


Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite 6 x 5cm	© H. Prasnik


Calcite 2cm	© Markus Rosenkranz (stoafex78)


Calcite twin 11 x 8,5cm	© Rudo


Calcite, Goethite 13 x 15cm	© Klehwa


Calcite xtl - size 16cm	© Klehwa


Calcite, Galena 8cm wide	© Rudo


Calcite 20 x 24cm	© Rudo


Plumboan Calcite 7cm wide	© Rudo


Calcite, Galena 6 x 5 cm	© Rudo


Calcite, Galena 15cm wide	© Rudo


Calcite, Baryte, Sphalerite 8cm wide	© Rudo


Calcite FOV 16 x 15cm	© Klehwa

The clear prismatic crystals that were found in Stefanie Mine are particularly liked by collectors. But as they never were really abundant only a few people were able to get a good specimen.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Bleiberg District, Kreuth, Antoni Mine (Antoni Shaft)


Calcite, Galena FOV 15 x 13,5cm	© Rudolf Kofler


Calcite, Galena 8 x 8cm	© Rudo


Calcite 6cm wide	© R. Kofler


Calcite, Galena 7cm wide	© R. Kofler


Calcite 12cm wide	© R. Kofler

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Bleiberg District, Kreuth, Max Mine


Calcite 19,2 x 15cm	© Markus Rosenkranz (stoafex78)


Calcite 14 x 9cm	© Klehwa

The ancient Pb-Zn mines of the Bleiberg area which had to be closed in 1993 because of falling prizes for lead and zinc produced over 50 different minerals with some of them in excellent quality. Best known minerals from there are: Wulfenite (Bleiberg is the type-locality), Hemimorphite, Cerussite, and Calcite in many different forms and habits. The most common form of the Calcite crystals measuring up to 16cm is the scalenohedral type that mainly was found in Antoni Mine and Max Mine.
Most attractive are the sometimes water clear prismatic crystals (Kanonenspat) from Stefanie Mine. But as there were not many excellent specimens rescued these brilliant crystals can only be seen in a few local collections.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Mallnitz, Auernig


Calcite, Quartz 11cm wide	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Seebach valley, Törlkopf - Törlspitz area


Calcite, Pericline 25 x 19cm	© Rudo

The specimen is from a big cleft in amphibolite which was worked by Kurt Sternig and myself. It produced wonderful Pericline crystals, Rock Crystals up to 25cm (http://www.mindat.org/photo-470925.html) and Calcites up to 16cm.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Ankogel group, Ankogel area, Grauleitenspitze (south slope)


Calcite on Quartz 18cm high	© Rudo


Calcite twin 8cm high	© Rudo

In 1982 a huge cleft which contained more than 2 tons of Rock Crystals was opened on the south slope of Grauleitenspitze in the Ankogel group. Several teams worked the cleft which also produced nice Calcite twins in sizes up to 12cm and some one off specimens with Calcite crystals perched on Rock Crystals. As the cleft was right beside a path and so could be reached very easily each team working there only stayed as long as they were able to guard the cleft over night. As soon as they got tired and left the cleft the next team went in and rescued crystals as long as they could. For over three months this certainly was one of the busiest places in the Austrian Alps.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Goldberg group, Große Fleiß valley, Gjaidtroghöhe


Calcite, Quartz 14cm wide	© H. Prasnik


Calcite, Quartz 8 x 6cm	© H. Prasnik

Both specimens were recovered by the legendary Carinthian Strahler Sebastian Brandstetter who climbed the steepest rocks without using modern climbing equipment. Sometimes he even took off his shoes to get a better grip. In the 1960's he found outstanding Smoky Quartzes, Amethysts, Fluorites, Titanites and Calcites in the areas around Heiligenblut and Mallnitz.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Goldberg group, Große Fleiß valley, Hocharn


Calcite 12 x 9cm	© H. Prasnik

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Goldberg group, Kleine Fleiß valley


Calcite, Siderite 13 x 8cm	© Rudo

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Hohe Tauern, Goldberg group, Kleine Fleiß valley, Richardswand


Calcite 15 x 10cm	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Klagenfurt, Kreuzbergl massif, Falkenberg, A2 Highway tunnel


Calcite, Pyrite 0,6cm wide	© AC

During the construction of the tunnel, central alpine rocks (micaschists, gneisses, amphibolites), rocks of the Magdalensberg series (tufas, chlorite schists, diabases), as well as siliceous carbonatites of unknown geological origin were cut. Located in the western Kreuzbergl massif, about 5 km WNW of Klagenfurt.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Völkermarkt, Rammersdorf, Dragonerfels, Modre quarry


Calcite 10 x 7cm


Calcite 9,9 x 9,9cm	© Rob Lavinsky

A marble quarry. Located about 1.5 km NNW of Rammersdorf and 4.5 km NW of Völkermarkt.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Carinthia, Koralpe, Waldenstein, Hematite Mine


Calcite 11 x 15cm	© H. Prasnik

Ancient iron mine, abandoned during the late 1990's. Located west of Waldenstein.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Lower Austria


Calcite 11 x 6cm	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Lower Austria, Industrieviertel, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Bundesstrombauamt quarry


	© MaRi


Calcite 10 x 8cm	© MaRi


Calcite 28 x 21cm	© MaRi

Abandoned quarry in dolomite(?).
Located south of the Danube bridge of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Lower Austria, Industrieviertel, Prigglitz, Gahnsleiten


Calcite 30 x 17cm	© MaRi

Roadcut through limestone and marble.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Lower Austria, Wienerwald, Gumpoldskirchen, Dolomite quarry (Kowall quarry)


Calcite 18 x 13cm	© MaRi


Calcite 35 x 25cm	© MaRi

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Gastein valley, Bad Hofgastein, Leidalm


Calcite, Quartz 25cm wide	© Gerd Stefanik

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Gastein valley, Remsach, SAFE Power station, Anger valley duct


Calcite, Quartz 5 x 3,3cm	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Habach valley, Leffler source


Calcite 6 x 5,5cm	© Harjo


Calcite 10 x 7cm	© Harjo

"Schwarzphyllit" (black phyllite) outcrops and blocks situated near the Leffler Brunnen (Leffler source), on the orographic left side of the lower Habach valley.
The outcrops and blocks are particularly rich in TiO2 minerals and quartz in clefts.
Please note that in this region it is not allowed to work the rocks using tools directly alongside the road, one has to keep a minimum distance to the road (check the local rules!).

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Hollersbach valley, Scharnbachgraben, Achsel Alp


Calcite 8 x 8cm

Ancient Pb-Zn mine, working a deposit of synsedimentary origin in scheelite-bearing rocks of the Habach formation. In the veins, fluorite alternates with sphalerite and other sulphides. The latter however, are also found in quartzite. Another mine on the Flecktrog Alp ('Flecktrogalm'), at a distance of 300 m, was working the same deposit (see separate locality entry). Most of the minerals reported from these localities were poorly crystallized.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Hollersbach valley, Senning gorge (Speibing gorge)


Calcite, Albite 14 x 15cm	©


Calcite 8cm high	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Obersulzbach valley, Bleidächer


Calcite 2,6cm on an edge	© MaRi

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Kaprun valley, Mooserboden reservoir


Calcite, Chlorite Group FOV 7 x 5cm	© Christian Bracke

When the dams and the hydroelectric power plant were constructed during the 1950's, a number of manganese mineralizations were cut. The minerals usually appeared as finely grained inclusions in prasinites, free-standing crystals did not occur.
In summer 2007 collectors opened clefts with calcite and chlorite in the Mooserboden area.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Obersulzbach valley, Hopffeld area, Hopffeldboden


Calcite 2,3mm wide	© Chinellato Matteo


Calcite 5 x 5cm	© Stefan Koch

Rocksled material, consisting mainly of aplitic gneisses with small miarolitic cavities hosting some rare minerals.
The best finds in the (at that times) fresh material were made in the 1980s.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Stubach valley


Calcite 8 x 8cm	© Martin Gruell

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Rauris valley, Hüttwinkl valley, Grieswies - Krumlkeeskopf area, Grieswies-Schwarzkopf (Grieswies-Schwarzkogel)


Calcite, Quartz, Albite 17 x 10,5cm	© Gerd Stefanik


Calcite 6 x 5,5 x 2,5cm	©


Calcite, Pericline 7 x 7cm	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Rauris valley, Hüttwinkl valley, Krumlbach valley, Kruml glacier


Calcite 4,8cm	© hamster@aon.at

Mineralized clefts in micaschists and phyllites.
Located in the upper Krumlbach valley.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Rauris valley, Hüttwinkl valley, Ritterkopf massif, Ritterkopf


Calcite, Hematite 9cm	©


Calcite, Quartz 9 x 9cm	© Gerd Stefanik


Calcite 11 x 9 x 7cm	© Gerd Stefanik


Calcite, Quartz 9,5cm wide	©


Calcite 24 x 17cm	©

Mineralized clefts in micaschists and prasinites.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Hohe Tauern, Untersulzbach valley, Knappenwand area, Knappenwand


Calcite, Epidote, Byssolite 5,5 x 3 cm


Calcite, Actinolite 6,5 x 4,5cm	© MaRi

Clefts in epidote-amphibolites of the so-called Knappenwandmulde series. The well known mineralization with outstanding epidote crystals is restricted to places where these clefts intersect with an aplite vein. The locality owes its discovery in 1865 to prospection works in search of copper ores, which occur at several places both at the Knappenwand and in its vicinity. Rarely, fine bornite crystals occur in association with epidote. The deposit was intermittently worked for epidote until 1956. Later, specimens were recovered during a scientific project guided by staff from the National History Museum of Vienna.
Presently (2007), the site is leased by the Zukunftkollegium Neukirchen and mined for specimens.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Lungau, Murwinkel, Rotgülden, Blasnerbauer


Calcite xtl 7cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Lungau, Murwinkel, Rotgülden, Lower Rotgülden lake, Arsenic mine


19,6 x 16,4cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at


11,7 x 8,4cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at


14,4 x 6,8cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at


Calcite 10,5 x 6cm	©

Abandoned arsenic mine (arsenopyrite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite mineralisations with minor gold).
Famous for excellent gustavite crystals collected underground.
In 2007 prospecting and exploration work was done by ORD Resources GmbH.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Lungau, Murwinkel, Rotgülden, Lower Rotgülden lake, Water tunnel


10 x 6cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at


Calcite xtl 12,2mm	© AC

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Lungau, Murwinkel, Weißeck area (incl. Rauchkopf; Riedingscharte)


8,4 x 7,5cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at

Famous Fluorite locality which also produced Calcite crystals.
The area around Weißeck mountain is dominated by dolomites and limestones of the Radstadt formation. They occupy an area that is elliptical in plan view, about 3.5 km long and up to 1.5 km wide, with Weißeck mountain located a little south of its center. Fluorite is found in outcrops and loose boulders in numerous places on the slopes, either in clefts or in quartz veins. These occurrences have been known since the late 18th century.
Located on the ridge between the Murwinkel and the upper Zederhaus valley.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Lungau, Zederhaus valley


9 x 7,6cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at


Calcite, Quartz 11 x 6cm	© Martin Gruell

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Lungau, Zederhaus valley, Zederhaus, Diepalgraben


FOV 7,5cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at


8,5 x 5,7cm	© www.mineralienkluft.at

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Salzburg, Saalfelden, Biberg (Bieberg), Diabase quarry


Calcite, Pyrite FOV 0,8cm	© AC

Located SW of Saalfelden.
Owned by STRABAG company.
Currently (2009) a tunnel is driven (at an inclination of about 28°) up the mountain to gain underground access to two large diabase lenses higher up on the mountain. These lenses, and additionally metasandstones and metagreywackes, will be exploited in a large open-pit quarrying operation and the rock material will be transported through the tunnel down to the processing plant.
The quarry will be closed and backfilled starting sometime in 2010.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Bad Radkersburg, Klöch, Basalt quarry


Calcite, Manganese coatings FOV 5mm	© 0


Calcite FOV 3,6mm	© AC

Basalt (nepheline-basanite) quarry, with rare limestone xenoliths.
Located near Klöch, NNW of Bad Radkersburg.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Peggau, Quarry of the Wietersdorfer & Peggauer Zementwerke


Calcite 8 x 5,5cm	© MaRi

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Bruck an der Mur, Laming valley, Oberdorf an der Laming, Magnesite deposit


Calcite FOV 1,6cm	© G.Kaller

Magnesite deposit, worked by opencut mines. In the past, the deposit was also worked for talc.
Located NW of Bruck an der Mur. Well known mineral locality because of its excellent Strontianite crystals.

Comprises the districts/mines Angerer, Kaintaleck and Wiesergut (Wieser) (all separate (sub-)localities).
Located in 1852, magnesite mining started in 1870, in 1906 the industrial production of magnesite products started. In 1911 the first furnace was built in Oberdorf. Now the Styromag Company operates one surface mine (Kaintalegg at N47.44602 E15.09434) and two underground mines (Angerer at N47.45696 E15.11423 und Wiesergut at N47.45778 E15.11683).
The furnaces are still in Oberdorf (parish St. Katharein an der Laming).
From 1945 – 1963 the Wiesergut-mine was also used for the production of talc.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Eisenerz, Styrian Erzberg


Calcite FOV 4cm

Operating open-pit siderite mine. Ore production 2001: ca. 1.6 Mt. Total ore production up to 2001: 235 Mt.
Mine will be closed between 2015 and 2020,

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Fischbacher Alpen, Spital am Semmering, Dürrhof, Semmering basis tunnel, Pilot adit


Calcite xtl 2,8mm	© AC


Calcite xtl 3mm	© AC

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Liesing - Palten valley, Kalwang, Langteichengraben (Lange Teichen)


Calcite FOV 1,3cm	© AC

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Styria, Niedere Tauern, Pöls valley, Oberzeiring


Calcite 11 x 7cm	©


Calcite 12 x 7cm	© Leon Hupperichs

Ancient silver, iron and barite mining area; most important mines were Grazerstollen, Franziszistollen, Piergrube, Taubenkropfstollen and Johannesstollen)
One of the mines is now a tourist mine.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Kals valley, Dorf valley, Teufelskamp


Calcite 11 x 11cm	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Kals valley, Teischnitz valley, Glocknerwand


Calcite 16 x 12cm	© Gerd Stefanik

The Calcite crystals of Glocknerwand are highly lustrous and belong to Europe's best alpine occurrences. As this region is part of the "Hohe Tauern Nationalpark" it is strictly forbidden to look for minerals there now.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Tauern valley, Gschlöss valley, Innerer Knorrkogel - Schlaten glacier area


Calcite, Quartz 10 x 6cm	© Gerd Stefanik

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Virgen valley, Prägraten, Timmelbach valley, Gastacherwände


Calcite 22cm wide

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Virgen valley, Prägraten

Calcite, Quartz 9 x 9cm

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, East Tyrol, Virgen valley, Virgen, Mitteldorferbachgraben, Bretterwand


Calcite, Titanite 9 x 7cm	©

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, North Tyrol, Ziller valley


Calcite 7,7 x 5,4cm	© fabreminerals.com

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Tyrol, North Tyrol, Ziller valley, Zillergrund, Elfriede tunnel


Calcite, Ankerite 14cm wide	©


Calcite, Ankerite 9 x 5cm	©

Minerals from clefts in gneisses that were cut during the construction of the pressure duct leading from the Zillergrund reservoir to the Ziller valley hydroelectric power plant.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Upper Austria, Kirchdorf an der Krems, Kremsmünster, Hohenstein, Steller quarry


Calcite 7,5cm	© neschen

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Upper Austria, Kirchdorf an der Krems, Spital am Pyhrn, Hinterstein Alp


Calcite FOV 3cm	© neschen

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Upper Austria, Linz-Land, Traun, Pucking, Traun river dam (Traun power plant)


Calcite xtl 7 x 7mm	© neschen


Calcite FOV 2,6cm	© neschen


Calcite FOV 3cm	© neschen


Calcite FOV 2,4mm	© jo-esche 2012

Mineral finds in tertiary sediments, excavated during the construction of the Traun river dam and hydroelectric power plant near Pucking.
Located SW of Linz.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Upper Austria, Steyr-Land, Großraming, Lumpl valley


Calcite FOV 2cm	© neschen

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Upper Austria, Steyr-Land, Pechgraben area


Calcite FOV 2,4cm	© neschen


Calcite FOV 2cm	© neschen

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Vorarlberg, Bregenzerwald, Doren


Calcite 4,5 x 2cm	© T.C. Klinger

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch, Amberg, A14 Highway tunnel


Calcite FOV 4,8cm	© 2006 M. Kampf

Clefts in chert, cut during the construction of the tunnel. Located just east of Feldkirch.

Calcite
Austria
Austria, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch, Götzis, Krallaloch


Calcite 15 x 10cm	© MaRi

Limestone outcrop. A big cleft contained 4 tons of Calcite crystals!

(Rudolf Hasler 02/16/2013)

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Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?

Calcite
USA
Nevada, Elco Co., Bootstrap District, Meikle Mine


Calcite 9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 5.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 6.6cm wide	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals


Calcite 5.4cm tall	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals


Calcite 6cm wide	© A&M


Calcite 5.5cm wide	© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

The Meikle mine is a large underground gold mine currently operating near Elco, Nevada [2010] and is recently well known to mineral collectors for its outstanding golden barite crystals. It also produces a few decent calcite specimens.

Calcite
USA
Nevada, Elko Co., Bootstrap District, Rossi Mine (Sage Hen group)


Calcite 6.2cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 6.2cm wide	©

Calcite
USA
Nevada, Humboldt Co., Black Rock Desert area, Devil's Corral


Calcite 6cm center	© 2001 John H. Betts


Calcite 6cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts


Calcite 4cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
Nevada, Lyon Co., Yerington District, Yerington


Calcite 2.6cm tall	© 2001 John H. Betts


Calcite 19cm tall	© Karl Volkman 10/07


Calcite 10cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts

This locality was worked back in the 60s for calcite specimens by Ed McDole. I never got a better locality than just Yerington and it would appear that no one else who has uploaded a picture of one of these to Mindat did either. Does anyone know anything about this occurrence? Is it a mine, cave? or what?. Any associated minerals?

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Essex Co., Montclair


Calcite 6cm tall	© Joseph A. Freilich


Calcite 10cm wide	© Joseph Polityka


Calcite on Quartz ~12cm	© EAS 2010

Montclair is the name of a town in New Jersey and the name of a particular quarry in that town. It is one of many basalt quarries in the Watchung Mountains, if you wish to dignify them with the term mountain. It has been familiar to mineral collectors that live in the region for generations and like other trap rock quarries in the region has intermittently produced specimens with the intermittent blessings of the companies that work these quarries for road metal and construction material. Sometimes the specimens have been recovered by the quarry workers but most of the specimens have been recovered by enthusiastic, hard working mineral collectors and rockhounds who sometimes know what they are doing. Montclair, like the other basalt quarries in the region are known for the zeolite and related minerals that they produce from amygdaloidal cavities. Sometimes they produce nice calcite specimens which are often cunningly associated with other mineral species. The variety of specimens shown here from Montclair and the other quarries is by no means exhaustive and as more fine specimens from these localities are photographed and uploaded to Mindat they will be added to the article.

The trap rock quarries of the Watchungs combined with the nearby unique zinc mines at Franklin & Sterling Hill New Jersey is one of the pivotal areas near large population centers that were key to developing mineralogy and promoting mineral collecting as a hobby and an avocation. New Jersey is the mostly densely populated state in the union, and lies just across the Hudson River from New York city and convenient for millions for day trips. It made a perfect breeding ground for collectors, and mineralogists of every kind. I can't count the number of well known collectors, dealers and mineralogists and mineral museum curators that got their start among the trap rock quarries of the Watchungs or in their youth spent more than just a little time trying to ferret out the treasures of the region. I was a ten year veteran mineral collector from the southwest USA before I found my way to the east coast and discovered the blandishments of the new Jersey traps. Although I was involved in much of the early importation of zeolites from the Deccan Traps of India to the USA, which in many ways dwarf the New Jersey production of Zeolite specimens, I still have a soft spot in my heart for the specimens produced in the region and came to appreciate the role they have played in mineralogy and and mineral collecting.
[Rock Currier 2010]

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Hudson Co., Bergen Hill, Edgewater, Bulls Ferry Quarry


Calcite 9.5cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Hudson Co., Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Erie Railroad Cut (Bergen Archways)


Calcite on Datolite 12.2cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite ~11cm wide	© EAS 2010

The Bergen Arches is the common name for the railroad cut made by the Erie Railroad in Jersey City, New Jersey that cut through the part of the lower New Jersey Palisades known as Bergen Hill. From 1906 to 1910, 250,000 pounds of dynamite was used to remove 800,000 cubic yards of rock. The Arches were the bridges built over the track line. The whole project was accompanied by huge cost overruns and as you might imagine of such a such a large high profile construction project in a densely populated area, it was a magnet for lookie-loos. The rock that was removed was a specimen rich amygdaloidal basalt (ancient mineralized gas bubbles) and of course, every collector within 100 miles was there collecting when ever they could. Of course every kid with nothing better to do was there watching the proceedings. I can see it now. "Hey mister!, why are you pounding on those rocks?", "Well son, I'm not looking for rocks. See these little pocket in the rocks and these little sparkling white cubes? They are called Apophyllite crystals. There are other kinds that grow with them. Now these little white needles are called natrolite and these are........". OK, you get the picture. That kid could have been someone like John Sinkankas, though this particular dig might have been a few years years before his time. Today the Bergan Arches is an abandoned track line, whose functionality has long sense been replaced by many other tunnels and bridges. Specimens from the Bergan Arches construction site are today quite rare and though at the time, the specimens it produced were considered of good quality, they have been outclassed by so many subsequent finds in from other quarries in the region about the best you can say about them today is that they are "classic", "historical" or "quaint".
[Rock Currier 2010]

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Hudson Co., Secaucus, Laurel Hill (Snake Hill; Penetentiary Quarry)


Calcite & Stilbite 5cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite 3.5cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

I knew this quarry at the Snake Hill quarry but there are others that know much more about the specimens from this place and I hope that one of them will step up and and tell us something about the calcites and other minerals from this old well known locality.

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Mercer Co., Hopewell Township, Moore, Delaware River Quarry and Construction Co. Quarry, Trap Rock Industries Moore's Station Quarry


Calcite on Stilbite 6.8cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Stilbite 4.5cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Stilbite 5.2cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Passaic Co., Haledon, Braen Quarry (Sam Braen Quarry)


Calcite on Quartz ~13cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite ~8cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite ~7.5cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite & Pyrite 7.5cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite 6.1cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Passaic Co., Little Falls Township, Houdaille Quarry (Consolidated Stone and Sand Company Quarry; Consolidated Quarry)


Calcite 6.5cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Stilbite 7.3cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Passaic Co., Paterson


Calcite on Prehnite 10.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Passaic Co., Prospect Park, Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry)


Calcite on micro stilbite & Quartz ~8cm tall	© EAS 2008


Calcite on Quartz 9.3cm tall	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite ~7cm wide	©


Calcite on Prehnite 15cm wide	© Joseph Polityka


Calcite 8.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Prehnite 13cm wide	©

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Passaic Co., Paterson, Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry)


Calcite & Chabazite etc. 7cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Chabazite 9.3cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Quartz 6cm center	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite after Glauberite ~6cm wide	© EAS 2008

Of all the quarries of the Watchung Range, this one at Prospect Park is probably the best known and may have produced more good specimens than the others. This kind of thing is endlessly argued among mineral collectors just like sports fans endlessly argue about things like who is the best Pitcher in baseball or the best all time Quarterback. It has been operating for closer to a hundred years than not and from my limited time spent collecting in the quarry I can attest that it might very well be true. I have heard endless stories about the place. About well known collectors in their youth, running full tilt through the woods in the middle of the night directly into trees while trying to escape the night watchman and of collectors lovering themselves down the rock walls in the night to access crystal bearing pockets opened by that days blasting. I have heard of collectors driving into the quarry when permitted and finding the quarry floor littered with fine specimens of prehnite from a recent blast such that they could fill up their truck in a half an hour. I have been in the quarry after a blast and seen parts of the quarry walls showing many open pockets that from a distance looked like white graffiti on a dark wall. The best pocket I collected was perhaps a meter across, lined with good quality prehnite with nice pale yellow Datolite crystals scattered over it. Though this was eclipsed by what I saw and later collected in some of the basalt quarries of the Deccan Plateau in India, it left an indelible impression. Though it has produced some very nice calcite specimens, a few of which are pictured above, it is better known for its Prehnite specimens and other minerals.
[Rock Currier 2010]

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Somerset Co., Bernards Township, Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Tilcon Quarry)


Calcite & Prehnite 6.9cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite & Natrolite etc. ~7cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite on Pectolite, 5cm wide	© EAS 2009

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Somerset Co., Bridgewater Township, Chimney Rock Quarry (Houdaille Industries Quarry; The Bound Brook Quarry; Stavola Industries Quarry)


Calcite crystals to 4cm	© Rolando Matteoni


Calcite 4cm tall	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite 8.4cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite ~15cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite 10cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite ~13cm wide	© EAS 2008


Calcite on Prehnite 10cm wide	© EAS 2007

This quarry is much better known for its nearly world class thumb size and longer Natrolite crystals than its Calcite crystals which you can see are sometimes pleasant.

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Somerset Co., Watchung, Fanwood Quarry (Fanwood Stone Crushing and Quarry Co. Quarry; Fanwood Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Scotch Plains Quarry; Weldon Quarry)


Calcite on Prehnite 8cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Prehnite 8.2cm wide	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite 4.7cm tall	© Frank A. Imbriacco III


Calcite on Prehnite 15cm wide	© EAS 2007


Calcite on Prehnite 10cm wide	© EAS 2007


Calcite 11cm wide	©


Calcite 8.3cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 8cm tall	© Stephen Blyskal

Calcite
USA
New Jersey, Sussex Co., Franklin Mining District, Franklin


Calcite, Willemite & Franklinite 7cm	© Pedro González


Calcite, Willemite & Franklinite 7cm	© Pedro González


Calcite, cut & polished 12.5cm wide	©

There are few if any decent terminated Calcite crystals to be found at Franklin or Sterling Hill, but what is notable and found in abundance are thousands of tons of massive Calcite. The calcite that is in close proximity to the zinc deposit usually has enough manganese in it to impart a brilliant red fluorescence to the Calcite under ultraviolet light. It frequently has other minerals like Willemite scattered around in it that fluoresce green and other minerals often impart other colors as well. Under ultraviolet light this otherwise drab looking rock is striking and is called Christmas tree rock. Hundreds of tons of this material have been shipped all over the world and I doubt that there is a single museum collection that is without a piece. This, if for no other reason, earns this rather drab looking mineral a place in best minerals.

Calcite
USA
New Mexico, Hidalgo Co., Pyramid Mts, Lordsburg District, Virginia District, Bonney Mine (Banner Mine)


Calcite 10cm wide	© Walter R. Kellogg

Calcite
USA
New Mexico, Luna Co., Florida Mountains District


Calcite ~10cm wide	© 2008 Peter Cristofono

The Pyrolusite must be on the back of the specimen.

Calcite
USA
New Mexico, Socorro Co., Magdalena District, Kelly Mine


Calcite 15cm wide	© Charles Creekmur


Calcite 7cm wide	© 2003 John H. Betts

The Kelly Mine does produce a few decent calcite specimens, but it is much better known for its blue Smithsonite specimens.

Calcite
USA
New Mexico, Taos Co., Picuris District, Trampas, Iceberg claim (Iceberg lode claim)

While prospecting the ridge of hornblende schists south of the Harding mine in 1931, Juan A. Brown of Dixon New Mexico unearthed a calcite deposit beneath two or three feet of overburden. Nor realizing the character or possible worth of the deposit he blasted at the apex of the deposit in order to open it up and revealed calcite of optical grade. The deposit lies about 400 feet southwest of the Harding mine quarry at about 7500 feet altitude. In 1939, a pit of 15 by 20 feet was dug to a depth of about 25 feet. This pit produced about 850 pounds of optical-grade material was mined, trimmed and shipped mostly to the Bausch and Lomb Optical Company. The largest single piece of optical-grade Iceland spar obtained from the deposit by the end of 1939 weighed 5 pounds, 8 oz.

The deposit appeared to lie in a vein bounded by a zone of breccia. Some of the calcite found here was pink and banded and graded into white transparent material, much of which was twinned and of not value for optical work. The author of the American Mineralogist article said that he found several pieces on the dump showing perfect conchoidal cleavage. The mine/pit exposed some very large white opaque calcite crystals, one of which was estimated to weigh about 30 tons. No beautiful terminations here though. It is not known if any pictures of specimens mined from this deposit still exist or not.

1. American Mineralogist, 1940, Vol.25, p 357-367.

Calcite
USA
New York, Albany Co., Coeymans, Ravena, Lafarge Quarry (Ravena Quarry; Blue Bell Quarry)


Calcite & Pyrite ~3cm wide	© 2008 Peter Cristofono

Calcite
USA
New York, Herkimer Co., Little Falls, Living Mountain Mine


Calcite on Dolomite 4.5cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov

Calcite
USA
New York, Lewis Co., Sterlingbush


Calcite 8cm wide	© Joseph Polityka

This specimen is from an old time find (1906). The crystals were originally violet color, but I suspect that this one has faded out over the years. It is variously describes as being from a military base, a quarry and a cave. Its possible I suppose that it could have been all three.

Calcite
USA
New York, Madison Co., Fenner Township, Chittenango Falls Route 13 roadcut


Calcite & Celestine 6cm tall	© Joseph Polityka

Calcite
USA
New York, Monroe Co., Penfield, Dolomite Products Quarry (Penfield Quarry)


Calcite, Dolomite 3.5cm	© Maggie Wilson


Calcite on Dolomite Calcite 10cm tall	© Joseph Polityka

The little white to cream colored curved dolomite crystals are unambitious in the quarry, and some of the calcites are OK, but what you really want to get from there are some of the beautifully sharp, clean small purple fluorite crystals perched on the dolomite crystals. Good ones are very scarce.

Calcite
USA
New York, Montgomery Co., St Johnsville, Benchmark Quarry


Calcite including Marcasite 9cm	© 2001 John H. Betts

A curious specimen of calcite including Marcasite. They are rare but are not about to put the beautiful specimens of "Herkimer" quartz crystals out of business anytime soon.

Calcite
USA
New York, Niagara Co., Lockport


Calcite on Dolomite 3.6cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite ~6cm wide	© 2008 Peter Cristofono

Calcite
USA
New York, St Lawrence Co., Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, Balmat, St Joe No. 3 Mine


Calcite, Chalcopyrite etc. 14.2cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
New York, St Lawrence Co., Talcville, Hyatt Mine


Calcite 3cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
New York, Westchester Co., Verplanck


Calcite 9cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Adams Co., Sinking Spring


Calcite & Pyrite 7cm wide	© willy

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Huron Co., Monroeville, West Branch Huron River, Blue Bridge (Lameraux Bridge)


Calcite var. Septarian nodule 15cm tall	© 0

There are countless tons of Sectarian nodules scattered around the world and most of them are made up mostly of calcite. Some of them are more than a meter in diameter. This one just had such a classical shape and ridge pattern that I just had to throw it in till we can get some better ones one to demonstrate what the look like. I am sure as more and better ones are uploaded to Mindat, this one will get switched out for better ones. Also see the Septarian nodules a but further town the article under Muddy Creek, Utah where you can see the internal structured of cut and polished Septarian nodules.

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Lucas Co., Sylvania


Calcite 20cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Ottawa Co., Clay Center


Calcite 8.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 10.4cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Celestite 4.4cm	© Rob Lavinsky

The quarry at Clay center has produced some OK calcite specimens but it is better known for its spiky white Celestite specimens and root beer colored fluorites. Some collectors would murder their grandmother for a fine specimen of root beer colored fluorite associated the nice white Celestite crystals.

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Ottawa Co., Clay Center, Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. Quarry (White Rock Quarry)


Calcite 6.3 center	© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Ottawa Co., Clay Center, Quarry, Kelly Island Stone Co.


Calcite 13cm wide	© 2001 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Paulding Co., Junction, Stoneco Auglaize quarry (Maumee Stone Co. quarry)


Calcite 6cm tall	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite & Fluorite 4.5cm tall	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 9.8cm wide	© J. Nemitz


Calcite 5.9cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 5.7cm tall	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Calcite
USA
Ohio, Wood Co., Custar, Pugh Quarry (France Stone Co. Custar quarry)


Calcite 7.4cm wide	© www.exceptionalminerals.com


Calcite 12cm tall	© Joseph A. Freilich


Calcite 4cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 8.9cm wide	© Henry Minot 2008


Calcite 3.7cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 5cm tall	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite & Celestine 8.5cm	© Russell G. Rizzo


Calcite 9.9cm tall	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals


Calcite 10.5cm wide	© Curtis Breuer


Calcite & Baryte 12.5cm wide	©


Calcite 7.5cm wide;cote	© Carles Millan


Calcite 8.cm wide	© www.endeavour-minerals.com


Calcite 10.2cm wide	© Steve Hardinger


Calcite 10.2cm wide	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals


Calcite 21cm wide	© Henry Minot 2008

From the number of nice calcites shown here from the Pugh quarry you can tell that it is a prolific producer of calcite specimens and popular with Midwestern collectors as well.

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Major Co.


Calcite after halite 2.5 cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

This is the kind of calcite specimen that you might expect to find in flat farming country with lots of rich soil and not a lot else. Its not going to win any beauty contests. So sue me, I like pseudomorphs.

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Murray Co., Davis, Sooner Rock Quarry


Calcite 7.3cm wide	©

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Cardin, Kenora Mine


Calcite 8.9cm tall	© Michael Shaw

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Cardin, Tri-State Mine


Calcite 14cm	© 2002 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Cardin, Eagle Picher Mine


Calcite 7.6cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Dolomite 14cm center	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite etc. 7cm tall	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 21cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Picher Field


Calcite 9.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 7.4cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Dolomite 5cm wide


Calcite 10.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 11.4cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite, Galena & Sphalerite ~6cm wide	©

The Tristate District is a now abandoned lead mining district that produced huge quantities of galena and zinc ore for more than 100 years. The region was hugely productive of specimens and it is now hard to imagine where they have all disappeared to. I got to collect underground there in my youth in the last days of the district. You would jump in a barrel and get lowered down to a little diesel powered jeep which was near was near the bottom of the shaft. You would get in the jeep and drive off to a collecting site with your peach baskets full of newspapers for wrapping. The little six cm specimen above with Calcite, Galena and little black Sphalerite crystals on "hog chawed" chert was considered almost a throw away specimen and Chink Enders, the independent contract "scab" miner who I had paid to show me around in one of little mines apologized for the miserable collecting. He said if I could come back the following week we would drive over (underground) to some of the other connecting mines where he knew of better collecting and we could get more and better stuff. All I had to do to get the nice specimens was bang a little on the chert brachia and wrap up the pieces I wanted to keep. It usually involved more warping than swinging the hammer. Rooms or caverns lined with foot long or large calcite crystals were nothing unusual.

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Picher Field, Hockerville


Calcite 10cm tall	© Beth Schaefer

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma,Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Picher Field, Hockerville, Lucky Ok Mine


Calcite 15cm wide	©

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Picher Field, Golden Hawk Mine


Calcite 6.3cm wide	©

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Picher Field, Kenoyer Mine


Calcite on chert 10.5cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Oklahoma, Ottawa Co., Tri-State District, Picher Field, Hockerville, Scott Mine


Calcite 8cm wide	© 2003 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
Oregon, Grant Co., North Fork John Day River, Monkey Creek


Calcite 4.6cm wide	© John Sobolewski

Calcite
USA
Oregon, Wasco Co., The Dalles, Highway 197 roadcut


Calcite 6.7cm wide	© Eric Graff

Calcite
USA
Oregon, Yamhill Co., Gopher Valley Quarry


Calcite 45cm wide	© John Cornish


Calcite, 13cm wide	© John Cornish

This is a quarry for road and building material working pillow basalts that is known from time to time to produce "big pockets" of calcite and other zeolite minerals. In 1998 Rudy Tschernich visited the quarry and saw obvious signs of big open pockets 30 feet up on the quarry wall. Not being able to access them he reported them his friend John Cornish who had a 40 foot ladder. John was able to open and collect the pockets by standing on the top of the ladder for more than 16 hours. The largest of the two pockets was about 2 meter deep and contained fine calcite and natrolite specimens. About 40 flats of material were collected at this time. Perhaps the best piece from the pocket was a 45cm specimen with a 10cm rhombohedral golden brown calcite crystal that contains an 8cm movable bubble and is currently on display at the Rice Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. Little has come out in recent years, mostly because collectors have irritated the quarry owner and he does not permit collecting in the quarry.
[John Cornish & [Rudy Tschernich 2010]

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, Adams Co., Fairfield Quarry


Calcite 7.8cm wide	© J. Nemitz

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, Berks Co., Birdsboro, Gickerville (Gibralter), Dyer Quarry


Calcite 5.5cm wide	© M.Heintzelman

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, Chester Co., Schuylkill Township, Phoenixville Mining District, Wheatley Mines


Calcite 5.1cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, Cumberland Co., Shippensburg, Valley Quarry


Calcite 4.5cm tall

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, Lycoming Co., Jersey Shore, Pine Creek Quarry


Calcite 6.5cm wide	© M.Heintzelman

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, Montgomery Co., Marlborough Township, Perkiomenville, Kibblehouse Quarry


Calcite 9cm wide	© M.Heintzelman

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, York Co., York


Calcite 10.4cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 5.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 13.7cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 21.9cm wide	© jnemitz

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, York Co., York, York Building Supply quarry (Roosevelt Avenue Quarry; Roosevelt quarry; York Stone Quarry; Delta Carbonate quarry)


Calcite 6cm wide	© M.Heintzelman


Calcite 9.5cm tall	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 3cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 10cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 12.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 9.1cm wide	© Ron Gyllenhammer


Calcite 17.9cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite ~8cm wide


Calcite 6cm wide	© M.Heintzelman


Calcite 6cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 14cm wide	© 1


Calcite 7.5cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 11.5cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 8.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

This place has produces some classy looking little calcite specimens. Certainly someone collected these and should be able to tell us about them.

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, York Co., Hanover, Hanover Quarry


Calcite 5cm tall	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 4cm wide	© Eric Graff

Calcite
USA
Pennsylvania, York Co., Jackson Township, Thomasville, Thomasville Crushed Stone Quarry


Calcite on Calcite 12cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 3cm wide	© Joseph A. Freilich LLC


Calcite 7.6cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
South Dakota, Jackson Co., Rattlesnake Butte


Calcite 6cm tall	© 2003 John H. Betts


Calcite 14cm wide	© G. van der Veldt


Calcite 6.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 9cm wide	© Charles Creekmur


Calcite ~9cm tall	©


Calcite in sand 15.7cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite in sand 15.7cm wide	© hmessing

These calcites that are loaded with sand from Rattlesnake Butte are dug from surface digs and very distinctive. In years past it was common to see them for sale in rocks shops. The locality is apparently on an Indian Reservation and access is much more restricted than it used to be. These crystals of sand included calcites, a bit similar to the very old classic ones from at Fontainebleau, France that look a bit like the Sidney Oprah house are probably the two best known localities for "sand" calcites.

Calcite
USA
South Dakota, Meade Co.


Calcite 18cm wide	© Stephen E. Fritz

Below the normally illuminated calcite specimen is one taken if it showing how ultraviolet light causes it to fluoresce.

Calcite
USA
South Dakota, Meade Co., Dalzell, Elk Creek locality


Calcite, largest 3.4cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 4.3cm wide	© JSS

Calcite
USA
Tennessee, Smith Co., Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Carthage, Elmwood mine


Calcite 22cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 2.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 7cm wide	© fabreminerals.com


Calcite 20cm wide	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite 6.5cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 12cm tall	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite 20cm wide	© Edwards Minerals


Calcite 15cm tall	© 2001, Jesse Fisher


Calcite on Sphalerite 19cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 18.5cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 19cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 17.5cm wide	© MikeHaritos2005


Calcite 7.8cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 8cm wide	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals


Calcite 9.5cm wide	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite 17.5cm cm wide	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite on Fluorite 11cm wide	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite 11.5cm wide	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite 20cm wide	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite 7.3cm wide	© Joseph A. Freilich, LLC


Calcite 14.2cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite & Fluorite 8.2cm wide	© Carles Millan


Calcite & Fluorite 13.6cm wide	© Carles Millan


Calcite 17.1cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 21.5cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Sphalerite 11.5cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 19.4 cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Sphalerite 14cm wide	© Weinrich Minerals


Calcite on Barite 7.3cm wide	© Weinrich Minerals

Many people consider the calcites from this locality to be the best in the world and when you see the best from Elmwood you find it difficult to disagree with them. It used to be that the best British calcites were considered king although you really needed a good copper in calcite from Michigan if you wanted to cover your bases on Calcite. Then The calcites from Tennessee came along and the templates of mineralogical desirability shifted and the British calcites had to more over, at least a little. The Elmwood mine is a an underground zinc mine where Sphalerite was/is the main ore. During mining, pockets of Calcite, Sphalerite, Bartie and Fluorite were encountered, some of which were world class specimens. Tens of thousands of specimens were produced and though the miners were probably responsible for collecting and selling most of them on the side, though at times the mine had deals with dealers to mine the specimens and on occasion had its own miners collected the specimens and held auctions to sell them. I think the best years of specimen production were in the 1970s, 80s, & 90s.

Calcite
USA
Tennessee, Smith Co., Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Stonewall


Calcite 13.5cm tall	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Calcite
USA
Texas, Brewster Co., Terlingua District, Terlingua


Calcite 5.1cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 6.3cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

The calcite crystals from this locality are noted for their fluorescence.

Calcite
USA
Texas, Brewster Co., Terlingua District, Little 38 Mine


Calcite & Cinnabar? 10cm wide	© Bruce T. Mitchell

Calcite
USA
Texas, Brewster Co., Terlingua District, Mariposa Mine (California Mountain Mine)


Calcite 5.8cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 10cm wide	© Christopher O'Neill

Calcite
USA
Utah, Emery Co.


Calcite 5cm tall	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Calcite
USA
Utah, Emery Co, San Rafael District (San Rafael Swell)


Calcite & Celestite 8.2cm wide	© Russell G. Rizzo

Calcite
USA
Utah, Garfield Co.


Calcite 5cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov

Calcite
USA
Utah, Juab Co., East Tintic Mts, Tintic District, Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock)


Calcite 13cm wide	© Rockpick Legend Co.


Calcite on Malachite 6cm wide	© Rockpick Legend Co.

Calcite
USA
Utah, Juab Co., East Tintic Mts, Tintic District, Mammoth Mine (Mammoth shaft)


Calcite 10 cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts

Calcite
USA
Utah, Kane Co., Orderville, Muddy Creek


Calcite Septarian 14cm under UV	© Michael C. Roarke


Calcite Septarian 14cm wide	© Michael C. Roarke


Calcite Septarian 16cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite in Septarian 12.5cm tall	© Joseph A. Freilich


Calcite in Septarian 21cm	© Rockpick Legend Co.

Muddy Creek is a surface dig locality where Septarian nodules are collected by hand and at times times with heavy equipment. Hundreds of tons of these nodules have been collected for cutting and polishing into book ends, eggs, spheres and other lapidary items. The ones we see above have been cut and polished to take advantage of their frequently attractive interiors which are often lined with attractive little yellow calcite crystals. Though a good one is not shown here, occasionally hollow ones are encountered that have tan prismatic Baryte crystals in them, though they are rare and not nearly the quality of good Baryte from the Septarian nodules ones the Elk Creek area of South Dakota which are often a beautiful red gold color. As a little extra bonus, the calcite in these nodules from Muddy Creek fluoresce nicely under UV light as you can see in the top two images shown above.

Calcite
USA
Utah, San Juan Co.


Calcite 4.7cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 5.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Utah, Summit Co., Wasatch Mts, Park City District (Unita District), Park City


Calcite & Pyrite 6.5cm wide	© Rockpick Legend Co.

Calcite
USA
Tooele Co., Deep Creek Mts, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Gold Hill, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine)


Calcite & Malachite 5.5cm wide	© Chris Tucker

Calcite
USA
Utah, Tooele Co., Oquirrh Mts, Ophir District


Calcite under UV 4.5cm tall	© Tony Peterson


Calcite 4.5cm tall	© Tony Peterson


Calcite 8.6cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 9.7cm tall	© Dan & Diana Weinrich Minerals

Calcite
USA
Utah, Tooele Co., Oquirrh Mts, Ophir District, Lion Hill area, Chloride Point


Calcite 10.3cm tall	© Weinrich Minerals, Inc.


Calcite 4cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Utah, Wayne Co.


Calcite 3.75cm wide	© Rockpick Legend Co.

Calcite
USA
Utah, Tooele Co., Oquirrh Mts, Ophir District, Ophir Hill area, Jim Fisk Mine NW


Calcite 3.7cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Washington, Grays Harbor Co.


Calcite var. glendonite 10cm wide	©


Calcite var. glendonite 45cm wide	© Leo Scarpelli

These are pseudomorphs of Calcite after Ikaite. They are interesting and would be seen abundantly from many localities if they were not so ugly compared to most other calcite specimens. When these are found, they are usually in huge abundance, but it just doesn't pay usually to collect them. And remember the ones shown here are what the pretty ones look like.

Calcite
USA
Washington, Pend Oreille Co., Metaline District, Metaline Falls


Calcite 11.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 6.8cm tall	© Collectors Edge


Calcite 4.3cm wide	© Dan Weinrich

The calcite crystals from Metaline Falls are often associated with Palygorskite (mountain leather). We don't have a good combination piece to show you yet, but we will eventually have some to show you.

Calcite
USA
Washington, Skagit Co., Mount Vernon, Walker Valley


Calcite on Quartz 5cm wide	© 2007 ROM

Calcite
USA
Washington, Snohomish Co., Monroe, Cadman Quarry


Calcite 10cm wide	© Karl Volkman 10/07


Calcite 4.8cm tall	© Karl Volkman 10/07

Calcite
USA
Wisconson, Iron Co., Montreal


Calcite 8.4cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Wisconsin, Lafayette Co., Upper Mississippi Valley District, Shullsburg-Hazel Green area


Calcite, Galena etc. 12cm wide	©


Calcite, Galena etc 5cm wide	©


Calcite 7cm tall	© 2000 John H. Betts


Calcite 14cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Galena 6.9cm wide	© Weinrich Minerals


Calcite 2.7cm tall	© Allan Young


Calcite 15.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Sphalerite ~18cm wide	©


Calcite, Pyrite & Galena 11cm	© Joseph Polityka


Calcite on Pyrite & Sphalerite 9.2cm	© Rob Lavinsky

Calcite
USA
Wisconsin, Lafayette Co., Upper Mississippi Valley District, Shullsburg, Blackstone Mine


Calcite 3.3cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite on Marcasite 7.6cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 9.8cm tall	© Christian Bracke


Calcite 7cm tall	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 12cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite & Covellite 8cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 7cm wide	© Geoffrey Krasnov


Calcite 4.5cm wide	© B. Morgenstern


Calcite & Covellite 8.8cm	© Joseph A. Freilich


Calcite 7cm tall	© Maggie Wilson


Calcite 12.4cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 7.5cm tall	© Rob Lavinsky

The calcites from Shullsburg have been around for at least 50 years but are not widely known among collectors because the number of specimens that the mine has produced has not been very large. The are often distinctive because of the phantoms of Marcasite that grow inside the Calcite crystals.

Calcite
USA
Wisconsin, Racine Co., Vulcan Materials Company Quarry


Calcite 10cm wide	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite 13.9cm wide	© Rob Lavinsky


Calcite 5cm tall	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite 5.5cm tall	© 2002 John H. Betts


Calcite 10cm wide

Calcite
USA
Wyoming, Park Co., Dead Indian Hill


3cm Calcite crystal on matrix	© Chris Tucker


Calcite 9.5cm tall	© Chris Tucker


Calcite 6.5cm wide	© Bill Morgenstern - Earth Moods


Calcite 11.5cm tall	© Alfonso Rodriguez


Calcite 5cm tall	© Chris Tucker

Click here to view Best Minerals, Calcite, Alabama to Montana, click here to view Best Minerals Calcite and here to view Best Minerals C and here for Best Minerals A to Z and here for Fast Navigation of completed Best Minerals articles.]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals - Calcite Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:54:59 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,93,139710,139710#msg-139710 Calcite - by Country - Fast Navigation (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,93,139710,139710#msg-139710
To find the Barytes from the country you are looking for, click on the country link below.

All of these are under Construction except those listed in Green. Green colored entries have had at least their first drafts finished. The rest are just place holders till someone volunteers to take them in hand and bring the image and data into the article.

Calcite, Angola
Calcite, Argentina
Calcite, Austria
Calcite, Australia
Calcite, Azerbaijan
Calcite, Belgium
Calcite, Brazil
Calcite, Bulgaria
Calcite, Canada
Calcite, China
Calcite, Colombia
Calcite, Congo, Democratic Republic of
Calcite, Crotia
Calcite, Cuba
Calcite, Czech Republic
Calcite, Finland
Calcite, France
Calcite, Germany
Calcite, Greece
Calcite, Hungary
Calcite, Iceland
Calcite, India
Calcite, Iran
Calcite, Ireland
Calcite, Italy
Calcite, Japan
Calcite, Kazakhstan
Calcite, Korea
Calcite, Kosovo
Calcite, Kyrgyzstan
Calcite, Madagascar
Calcite, Mexico
Calcite, Morocco
Calcite, Namibia
Calcite, Netherlands
Calcite, New Zeland
Calcite, Norway
Calcite, Pakistan
Calcite, Peru
Calcite, Poland
Calcite, Portugal
Calcite, Romania
Calcite, Russia
Calcite, Slovakia
Calcite, Slovenia
Calcite, South Africa, Republic of
Calcite, Spain
Calcite, Sweden
Calcite, Switzerland
Calcite, Tunisia
Calcite, Turkey
Calcite, UK (United Kingdom)
Calcite, USA, Alabama to Montana
Calcite, USA, Nevada to Wyoming
Calcite, Uruguay
Calcite, Zambia]]> Rock Currier Best Minerals - Calcite Fri, 29 May 2009 04:19:04 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,93,133442,133442#msg-133442 Calcite, Angola (no replies) http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,93,133442,133442#msg-133442


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Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?

Calcite
CaCO₃ trigonal

Here will go a good picture of a calcite specimen from Australia and general remarks about the calcite from this country. Here are some url's to some of the better Australian calcite specimens here on Mindat that can be considered for inclusion in the article. These, in most cases are just for temporary use until we can get images of the much better specimens that are almost certainly out there. We should also consider that there are probably localities out there with fine specimens that are not even mentioned on Mindat. Also in some instances there are sometimes pictures on Mindat, of specimens from a locality, but they were so ratty that I did not include them here, but there may also be really good specimens from there that we should talk about in this article.

Calcite
Australia
Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Ben Lomond, Clarke Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Prospect Quarry, Prospect (Prospect Hill), Cumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Glenbawn Dam Quarry, Hunter Valley, Durham Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Hanson Quarry (Hymix Quarry; Kulnura Quarry), Kulnura, Northumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Buckaroo Quarry, Mudgee, Phillip Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Black Head, Shelly Beach, Ballina, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Kandos, Roxburgh Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Consolidated Zinc Mine (NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Southern Cross Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Zinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine; NBHC Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Biggenden Mine (Mount Biggenden Mine; Biggenden Gold And Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Bismuth Mine; Mount Biggenden Magnetite Mine; Biggenden Quarry), Biggenden Shire, Queensland, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Queensland, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Queensland, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Black Duck Creek, Junction View via Gatton, Queensland, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Mary Kathleen Mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mt Isa, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Montacute Blue Metals Quarry (Montacute Quarry), Montacute, South Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Penrice, Barossa Valley, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

Calcite
Australia
Savage River Mine, Corinna-Savage River district, Tasmania, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Hampshire district, Tasmania, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Hercules Mine, Mt Read, Williamsford, Rosebery district, Tasmania, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Avebury Nickel Deposits, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Renison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Flowery Gully, Tasmania, Australia
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Giblin St Quarry, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Calcite
Australia
Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Mount Shadwell, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Cadjebut mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Australia
Twelve Mile Bore-Goongewa (Prices Creek), Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, Australia
[www.mindat.org]

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Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?

Calcite
CaCO₃ trigonal

Here will go a good picture of a calcite specimen from Brazil and general remarks about the calcite from this country. Here are some url's to some of the better Brazilian calcite specimens here on Mindat that can be considered for inclusion in the article. These, in most cases are just for temporary use until we can get images of the much better specimens that are almost certainly out there. We should also consider that there are probably localities out there with fine specimens that are not even mentioned on Mindat. Also in some instances there are sometimes pictures on Mindat, of specimens from a locality, but they were so ratty that I did not include them here, but there may also be really good specimens from there that we should talk about in this article.

Calcite
Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Brazil
Ametista do Sul, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, South Region, Brazil
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?

Calcite
CaCO₃ trigonal

Here will go a good picture of a calcite specimen from Bulgaria and general remarks about the calcite from this country. Here are some url's to some of the better Bulgarian calcite specimens here on Mindat that can be considered for inclusion in the article. These, in most cases are just for temporary use until we can get images of the much better specimens that are almost certainly out there. We should also consider that there are probably localities out there with fine specimens that are not even mentioned on Mindat. Also in some instances there are sometimes pictures on Mindat, of specimens from a locality, but they were so ratty that I did not include them here, but there may also be really good specimens from there that we should talk about in this article.

Calcite
Bulgaria
Laki (Luki), Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Droujba (Drujba) Mine, Djurkovo Complex, Laki (Luki), Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Mihalkovo deposit, Mihalkovo mine, Rhodope Mts, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Yuzhna Petrovitza deposit, Borieva Mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Krushev dol deposit, Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Osikovo deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Bulgaria
Androvo Mine, Erma Reka, Zlatograd, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Calcite & Stibnite, Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Hunan Province, China 8.4cm wide	© Mario Pauwels

Here will go general remarks about the calcite from this China. Below are some url's to some of the better Chinese calcite specimens here on Mindat that can be considered for inclusion in the article. These, in most cases are just for temporary use until we can get images of the much better specimens that are almost certainly out there. We should also consider that there are probably localities out there with fine specimens that are not even mentioned on Mindat. Also in some instances there are sometimes pictures on Mindat, of specimens from a locality, but they were so ratty that I did not include them here, but there may also be really good specimens from there that we should talk about in this article.

Calcite
China
Tongguanshan Cu-Au deposit, Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling Mining District, Tongling Prefecture, Anhui Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Lechang Mine, Lechang Co., Shaoguan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Gaofeng (Longtoushan; Longtaoshan) Sn-polymetallic deposit, Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Shanhu W-Sn deposit, Zhongshan Co., Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Laogaoshan deposit, Liujiang Co., Liuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]

Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Wudong Mine, Liubao ("Babu"), Cangwu Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Fuzichong (Fozichong) Pb-Zn-(Ag) ore field, Cenxi Co., Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Liupanshui Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Nanyun Mine, Henan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Daye Iron mine, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Tonglüshan Cu-Au-Fe deposit, Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen As-(Au) deposit, Shimen Co., Changde Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Chenzhou City (Chenxian Co.), Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

Calcite
China
Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Mine No. 884, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Xinxin Mine, Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Chashan Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Xianghuapu Mine (Maiwan Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Shizhuyuan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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China
Manaoshan Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

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China
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
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Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
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Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au deposit, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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China
Shuikoushan Pb-Zn-Cu deposit, Shuikoushan ore field, Changning Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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China
Shangbao Pyrite mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
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[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
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China
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
De'an Mine, De'an Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Wuning Mine (Wuling Mine; Qingjiang Mine), Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Yongping Cu-W deposit, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
China
Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

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China
Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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China
Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China
[www.mindat.org]

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Can you help make this a better article? What good localities have we missed? Can you supply pictures of better specimens than those we show here? Can you give us more and better information about the specimens from these localities? Can you supply better geological or historical information on these localities?

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Here will go a good picture of a calcite specimen from Germany and general remarks about the calcite from this country. Here are some url's to some of the better German calcite specimens here on Mindat that can be considered for inclusion in the article. These, in most cases are just for temporary use until we can get images of the much better specimens that are almost certainly out there. We should also consider that there are probably localities out there with fine specimens that are not even mentioned on Mindat. Also in some instances there are sometimes pictures on Mindat, of specimens from a locality, but they were so ratty that I did not include them here, but there may also be really good specimens from there that we should talk about in this article.

Calcite
Germany
Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Schelklingen, Schwäbische Alb Mts, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Hühnerkobel Mt., Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Bavarian Forest, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Alverdissen Quarry, Alverdissen, Extertal, Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Ebel quarry, Herdringen, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Bleiwäsche quarry, Bleiwäsche, Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Lahrmann quarry, Rösenbeck, Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Theresia mine, Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Gravel works quarry, Thülen, Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Hohenlimburg quarry, Oege, Hohenlimburg, Hagen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Becke-Oese quarry, Menden, Iserlohn, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Grevenbrück quarry, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Kuhn Quarry, Waldhambach, Bad Bergzabern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Juchem Quarry, Niederwörresbach, Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Basalt AG Quarry ("Ferdinand Kloos" Quarry), Langenthal, Monzingen, Hunsrück Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, German
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Consolidierte Gute Hoffnung Mine, Werlau, St Goar, Hunsrück Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Lenz Quarry, Rockenhausen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Slate quarry, Kaub, Taunus Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Schäfer quarry, Hahnstätten, Niederneisen, Taunus Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Einheit Mine, Elbingerode, Wernigerode, Harz Mts, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Junge Hohe Birke Mine, Langenrinne, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
[www.mindat.org]

Calcite
Germany
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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Germany
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts, Thuringia, Germany
[www.mindat.org]
[www.mindat.org]

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