Puiselet, Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
Typical cluster of calcite rhombs, heavily covered (incrusted) by sand. 5 x 4 cm Note the sharp edges of the calcite; some work (and ultrasound bath) is necessary to remove the sand...
© Jacques Malassé
hedgehog shaped concretions of small calcite rhombohedrons (up to 8 mm individually) with sand grains - about 45 mm diameter each, from the Carrière du Puiselet collection Raymond Dedeyne (RCD2769 - 06/2014) - purchased at Sainte Marie photo and copyright Theo Muller
The Fontainebleau calcites are among the most desirable. The historic Bellecroix pieces from the 19th century are the finest and most beautiful. However, in the 1950s the Puiselet deposit provided specimens of a quality close to that of Bellecroix. This piece is one of them. With this specimen we can understand the crystallization incorporating ...
© Verrier.Frédéric
Cluster of rounded rhombohedral crystals of calcite to about 12 mm, heavily included with fine white sand. Purchased in 2020 from Lehigh Minerals.
© 2021 E. L. Clopton
Nodule of calcite crystals with sand (quartz) inclusions. From the 1970´s.
© Volker Betz (2023)