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087-8X1Calcite CaCO3
Dimensions: 9.0 cm x 8.9 cm x 5.5 cm
Given as a gift to me by my friend who is the son of the quarry's owner and a stone mason working at the quarry.
Calcite, Harvey Stone Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England 9.0x8.9x5.5cm
The stone produced at this quarry is incredibly beautiful, worth having a google.
6L9-FUPCalcite CaCO3
Dimensions: 7.0 cm x 6.1 cm x 3.6 cm
Self collected Calcite from Ringstead Bay, November 2019.
Collected from a septarian nodule in the Kimmerige Clay.
Fluorescent under Long wave - UV light.
Dimensions: 7.0 x 6.1 x 3.6 cm
5LD-6UDCalcite CaCO3
Dimensions: 7.4 cm x 3.8 cm x 3.3 cm
Interpenetrating twin of Calcite, from Chipping Sodbury.
Purchased in Tucson 2019, Crystal Classics Wholesale room, Hotel Tucson City Centre.
Dimensions:7.4x3.8x3.3cm
F8A-JJ5Hydrocerussite Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 , Calcite CaCO3
Dimensions: 8.0 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.9 cm
Hydrocerussite crystals surrounded by small calcite crystals, from Torr Works Near Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Purchased as the Russel Society AGM in Buckfastleigh April 2019.
PW8-W7XCinnabar HgS , Calcite CaCO3 , Pyrite FeS2
Dimensions: 6 cm x 5 cm x 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.5 cm
A rich Cinnabar specimen, with good colour from the type locality, Almaden, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Purchased in a Crystal Classics Auction May 2017
RYR-VW7Baryte BaSO4 , Calcite CaCO3
Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.0 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 1.5 cm
Honey coloured Baryte on Calcite, from Peak Hill, Sidmouth, Devon, England.
Purchased Tucson 2019, from Crystal Classics wholesale room, Hotel Tucson City Centre.
DQ4-RFYBaryte BaSO4 , Calcite CaCO3
Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.4 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 0.5 cm
Baryte from Bowers Quarry, on the isle of Portland.
Bought at the Russel Society AGM April 2019 in Buckfastleigh.
Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 31st May 2019
