Calcite Gallery

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Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite) : (Ca,Mn)CO₃
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China THis mesmerizing, complete-all-around specimen is composed of dozens of disc-shaped calcite crystals arranged into a pagoda-like structure with stalks shooting out in either direction . It is complete all around save for the very bottom which acts as a natrual base for display and is quite distinct from previous finds at this mine. IN person, it ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 22501 View Count: 464
Calcite : CaCO₃
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China A pristine and unusually shaped specimen of a pagoda-shaped stack of flattened, honey-brown nailhead calcite crystals resting on lustrous and translucent colorless calcite scalenohedrons. VERY INTERESTING and mesmerizing specimen! 3.0 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 25827 View Count: 335
Calcite : CaCO₃, Stibnite : Sb₂S₃
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Choice yellow twinned calcite with stibnite included and protruding. 5.5cm X 4cm X 6cm
© Geoffrey Krasnov	Photo ID: 93384 View Count: 111
Calcite : CaCO₃, Dolomite : CaMg(CO₃)₂, Quartz : SiO₂, Fluorite : CaF₂
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China A neatly crystallized cabinet sized combination piece for this locality! Stacked flattened colorless mostly opaque to slightly translucent rhombohedral crystals of calcite to 1 cm across are built up nicely on a matrix of crystallized colorless quartz. There is minor gemmy purple fluorite in crystals to 6 mm present as well. Mostly covering the ...
© Dan Weinrich	Photo ID: 132899 View Count: 106
Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite) : (Ca,Mn)CO₃
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 10.9 x 7.9 x 7.8 cm. Lest you think the Yaogangxian always turns out the same things - here is a rare manganoan calcite from there that looks more like something from Russian or Eastern Europe! These light pink poker chip crystals, to 3.5 cm across, are beautifully piled up on a matrix of sparkly quartz crystals. Even you Chinese mineral ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 150520 View Count: 95
Calcite : CaCO₃, Fluorite : CaF₂, Dolomite : CaMg(CO₃)₂
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Fluorite and calcite on dolomite. Picture width ~ 4 cm. Martin Tiersch Collection.
© Christian Bracke	Photo ID: 108855 View Count: 93
Calcite : CaCO₃, Quartz : SiO₂, Arsenopyrite : FeAsS - (Fe_0.90Co_0.10)AsS
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China A neat well crystallized combination piece from Yaogangxian! The specimen consists of a water clear colorless lustrous transparent quartz crystal grouping measuring approximately 5.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm in size, the top of these hosting a neat cluster of colorless rhombohedral calcite crystals. The calcite crystals average 3 mm in size and are ...
© Dan Weinrich	Photo ID: 117674 View Count: 85
Calcite : CaCO₃, Quartz : SiO₂
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Clear quartz crystal with lustrous faces, covered with sharp rhombs of white calcite. Views under white light (upper left, lower) and SWUV (upper right, calcite fluoresces red-pink). 66 x 55 x 7 mm. Additional views included. RFC M1912.
© 2008 Michael C. Roarke	Photo ID: 162297 View Count: 77
Calcite : CaCO₃
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm. A very attractive “flower”-shaped aggregate of Calcite consisting of highly compressed white rhombohedra.
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 176697 View Count: 69
Calcite : CaCO₃
	Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China A 6.7cm clear prismatic trigonally terminated crystal in a nest of smaller crystals of the same habit.6.7cm X 4.3cm X 2cm
	Photo ID: 203235 View Count: 45