| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Chabazite-Ca | ⓘ9 photos of Calcite associated with Chabazite-Ca at this locality. |
| Chabazite-K | ⓘ8 photos of Calcite associated with Chabazite-K at this locality. |
| Phillipsite Subgroup | ⓘ6 photos of Calcite associated with Phillipsite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Chabazite | ⓘ4 photos of Calcite associated with Chabazite at this locality. |
| Thomsonite-Ca | ⓘ4 photos of Calcite associated with Thomsonite-Ca at this locality. |
| Phillipsite-Ca | ⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Phillipsite-Ca at this locality. |
| Phillipsite-K | ⓘ3 photos of Calcite associated with Phillipsite-K at this locality. |
| Phacolite | ⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Phacolite at this locality. |
| Mesolite | ⓘ2 photos of Calcite associated with Mesolite at this locality. |
| Saponite | ⓘ1 photo of Calcite associated with Saponite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (10 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 705050 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:705050:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | e03f95ca-d697-43b1-a34b-c4d7c9d841d7 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 5.4km (3.4 miles) | ⓘDiabase quarry, Stockhausen, Leun, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 10.9km (6.8 miles) | ⓘFortuna Mine, Oberbiel, Solms, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 13.7km (8.5 miles) | ⓘLimestone quarry, Medenbach, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 14.4km (9.0 miles) | ⓘDiabase quarry, Altenkirchen, Braunfels, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 15.0km (9.3 miles) | ⓘMark Mine, Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 15.4km (9.5 miles) | ⓘDiabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 15.4km (9.6 miles) | ⓘAltenkirchen, Braunfels, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 16.4km (10.2 miles) | ⓘConstanze Mine, Langenaubach, Haiger, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 16.7km (10.4 miles) | ⓘDiabase works, Phillipstein, Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
| 16.9km (10.5 miles) | ⓘLimestone quarry, Simberg, Hermannstein, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany |
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 | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...excellent loose ilmenite crystal clusters from a calcite vein-dike digging site which they called the Bentley...finest ilmenite specimens have come from an unusual calcite vein-dike occurrence with an exposure very near |  | | Book (volume) | | 3’ ZDMG, XVIII (1864), 8, no. 7: ‘Auch diesen Stein sah ich im Jahre 1849 in der Sammlung des Obersten...comments as follows: Der von Thomas beschriebene Stein ist durch meine Hinde im J. 1847 gegangen, und war...lazurite, which is the source of the blue colour, calcite, pyrite and, very often, mica. All the lapis lazuli...Mordtmann (1864) p. 8, no. 7; Pl. I ‘Auch diesen Stein sah ich im Jahre 1849 in der Sammlung des Obersten...wrote of this gem: ‘No. 599 ist wohl ein guter alter Stein, auf dem sich spater ein Falscher mit Anbringung |
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Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany