Museum: Calcite and
associated
minerals Section 1
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to Calcite Museum Section 4
Solvay
Quarry, Loverval, Belgium. One very rare local, fine calcite
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Section 3
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Section 4: Spectacular fluorite stalactite!
 World class specimen, 33.5 X 25 cm, with a 15 cm calcite twin and numerous smaller calcites, perfect, no dings or chips. The calcites actually attach two pieces of limestone matrix, showing the geological history of the formation. The specimen comes from a breccia pocket wherein the original limestone collapsed, likely during an earthquake. Later, calcite crystals were deposited out of solutions that filled the collapsed but still open-spaced pockets. These calcite crystals are the most perfect champagne color, not too light, not too dark and absolutely flawless. These extremely gemmy crystals are rare. |
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perfectly. Get it so there are three images. The middle one will be in
stunning "3-D."
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A stunning, gemmy Elmwood, Tennesee calcite, 16.5 cm long with perfect terminations. This is the most rare of the Elmwood calcite, with extreme clarity and deep orange/golden color. Look at the light coming out of it onto my hand! Also notice you can see my fingers clearly through the crystal. The main crystal is doubley terminated. On the left a second termination formed as a twin on the other side of the crystal. This is almost a floater, with only a tiny area on the bottom where it was attached to matrix. The base is crumpled aluminum foil sprayed with flat black paint. Makes an interesting base for minerals. |
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An 8 cm gem Elmwood calcite, looks like frozen apple jelly. |
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Calcite on calcite, a 7.5 cm crystal on 10 cm of calcite crystal matrix. |
