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Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3, Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Ueda City, Nagano prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan

“Gennou-ishi” calcite pseudomorphs after ikaite.
Largest crystal is 8 cm. S359-08
Alfredo Petrov specimens.
 © 2008, JGWPhoto ID: 155180    View Count: 73

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Macle with 5,5x2x1,5cm - May of 1997
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 50135    View Count: 657

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Crystallized sample and partially pseudomorph in Thinolite - Overall size 3x3x3cm - March of 2001
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 50134    View Count: 505

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Specimen measures 3.25cm x 3.1cm x 2.9cm.
 © Jasun McAvoyPhoto ID: 157315    View Count: 350

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

10.1 x 7.1 x 5.5 cm. These specimens have confused collectors since they first came out in the early 1990s as calcite after something embedded in concretions, then glendonite after ikaite, then as calcite after ikaite; and now classified as calcite variety thinolite, which is a pseudomorph after an unknown mineral. This is a strange, ...

Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 31st Dec 2006
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 49346    View Count: 765

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

A strange, biomorphic-looking pseudomorph of calcite var. thinolite, from Russia. The sharp orange-brown pseudomorphed crystals look like a crown or head of hair atop a pear-shaped object. This is a dramatic example of this sort of specimen, with a really wonderful overall form. 7.8 x 4.7 x 4.6 cm
 © Rob LavinskyPhoto ID: 71130    View Count: 229

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

THINOLITE twin cristals

XLS cm 4x2

FOV cm 5

Photo and collection Gianfranco Soraci
 © Gianfranco SoraciPhoto ID: 243673    View Count: 77

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3, Calcite : CaCO3

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Cluster (3.4cm by 3.0cm) of glendonite (thinolite) - thought to be a calcite pseudomorph after ikaite. Photo by and in the personal collection of J. Nemitz.
 © jnemitzPhoto ID: 231508    View Count: 46

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Mono Lake, Mono Co., California, USA

Sample crystallized with 6x2x2cm - May of 1993
 © Martins da PedraPhoto ID: 50049    View Count: 422

Calcite (Var: Glendonite) : CaCO3

Grays Harbor Co., Washington, USA

Pyramidal tip of a calcite pseudomorph after ikaite (glendonite).
Photo ID: 133528    View Count: 288
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