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5.1 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm. Rare crystals of the zeolite species stellerite, from San Diego county. I have seen only a few before, and this is an aesthetic example. Ex. William Larson Collection.
4.3 x 3.1 x 2.1 cm. Unusual association piece of sharp calcites on stellerite matrix. Ex. William Larson Collection.
12.1 x 7.9 x 4.5 cm. Classic calcite rosettes from this famous locale. These are stark white, intergrown clusters with subtle curving grace to the crystals within each cluster. A sparkling lustre, like sugar atop, is present but hard to convey in photo. This aesthetic piece is a very fine example for the size (large) and the style. Ex. Dr James Gebel Collection.
8.8 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm. This trap-rock locality is one of the most impressive zeolite localities in the world. This quarry has produced some amazing specimens in the last 100 years. One of the unique aspects of Prospect Park is the fact that the basalt didn't form in "pillow lavas" like those at the New Street Quarry. This particular specimen is an attractive piece consisting of beautiful, lustrous apple green color spheres of Prehnite sitting atop a layer of gemmy, colorless Calcite rhombohedra on basalt. The largest Prehnite "sphere" measures 1.5 cm across. A very attractive specimen of this classic material. It must be noted that Prospect Park will never produce these specimens again in a very short period of time. The quarry is currently being backfilled to make room for housing developments. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.
10.4 x 7.7 x 4.1 cm. The famous Prospect Park Quarry is one of the most impressive zeolite localities in the world. This quarry has produced some amazing specimens in the last 100 years. This specimen features rare blue-grey altered crystals of babingtonite which are associated with honey-colored Stilbite aggregates, pale golden Heulandite crystals and Calcite rhombohedra on Quartz. The Babingtonites from this locality are very distinctive, and certainly some of the most attractive for the species from the standpoint of the unusual color. Unfortunately, this great New Jersey locality is being filled in for a housing development (like so many of the great Trap Rock localities in this area), and pieces like this one will be never be collected again. A wonderful full-size cabinet display specimen of this hard-to-find material. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
3.6 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm. The Idarado mine is most famous for its manganoan calcite specimens. In fact, the largest quantity of the finest quality manganoan calcite specimens from Colorado were found in this mine. This specimen consists of superb quality, sharp, scalenohedral manganoan calcite crystals with a soft pink hue which are sitting atop white Quartz matrix. The largest crystal measures 2.1 cm across. The Calcites are translucent when backlit. The crystals are essentially pristine and very fine quality for this locality.
4.8 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm. A classic specimen from Tsumeb of deep olive-green mottramite forming botryoidal aggregates with the classic "greasy" luster which are overgrowing and associated with white to colorless calcite crystals. Some of the calcites are nearly water-clear, and the overall balance and aesthetics of the piece make it a good miniature size specimen from this most renowned of localities. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.
6.5 x 6.2 x 3.8 cm. The Mina Ojuela has produced a new find of this beautiful and striking combination material. Glassy, transparent calcite rhombs to 1.4 cm across are richly and aesthetically strewn across the starkly contrasting, sturdy, gossan matrix. The matrix is nearly covered with beautiful, robin’s-egg blue aurichalcite needles. Some of the calcite rhombs are included with aurichalcite and some are not, which really adds to the attractiveness of this fine piece.
11.5 x 10.3 x 7.5 cm. A dramatic, old-time, cabinet calcite and sphalerite specimen from the famous Tri-State District of Oklahoma. The striking, two-sided mound of very glassy, transparent to translucent, golden-amber, stepped-growth calcite rhombs is capped by a beautiful, doubly terminated knob of gemmy crystals. The sphalerite plate matrix has a flat-lying, 9.7 cm calcite scalenohedron with a gemmy termination on one side as a super accent to the sculptural mound. Ex. George Feist Collection # 1412 and according to the label was handled by the renowned Tri-State dealer, Boodle Lane, in 1940.
7.2 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm. A very fine, old-time, combination specimen from the Old Dominion Mine at Globe, Arizona. Sparkling, emerald-green, primary malachite microcrystals in bubbly, botryoids richly cover the starkly contrasting, oxide-covered matrix. A few colorless, glassy calcite rhombs are scattered about, but the interesting thing about this piece, is the fact that over one-half of the malachite is covered with a thin coating of glassy, water-clear calcite. An attractive combination piece from this historic Arizona locale, probably dating to the 1950s or earlier.
9.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm. A 3.0 cm, water-clear, pastel-green fluorite cube with etched corners nicely sprinkled with pyrite microcrystals is attached to the side of a plate of very glassy, transparent, colorless, pokerchip-style calcite crystals. Excellent combination material from the well-known Xianghualing Mine of China.
8.4 x 7.0 x 6.6 cm. A bizarre, but very fine, two-sided calcite specimen from recent finds at the Fengjiashan Mine of China. A stout, stepped-growth calcite scalenohedron is partially encased at the base with platy hematite. The front of the piece features a hodgepodge of sharp, highly lustrous, hematite-tinted, hexagonal, "poker chip" style calcite crystals. The poker chips on the back of the piece are un-tinted, have very interesting parallel-growth and look like the "pagoda style" calcites that have recently come from this well-known locale. Complete-all-around and essentially pristine. A fascinating, two-sided Chinese calcite.
8.8 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm. Well-crystallized calcite is quite rare from Pakistan. This fine specimen features an aesthetic cluster of sharp calcite rhombs, dominated by the large rhomb that is 5.0 cm on the diagonal. The rhombs have a scintillating, overgrowth of secondary calcite. The piece is very nicely accented with pastel-pink, translucent, tabular, hexagonal apatite crystals to 1.6 cm, most of which, are hidden on the partially contacted back of the specimen. This excellent and rare combination specimen is from an uncommon locale - Tole in Waziristan.
9.0 x 6.5 x 6.3 cm. A fine specimen from recent finds at the Xianghualing Mine of China. The mounded matrix is covered with lustrous, translucent, pastel sea-green fluorite cuboctahedrons with stepped growth faces. The fluorites are, in turn, richly and aesthetically sprinkled with very glassy, colorless, poker-chip calcite crystals to 1.9 cm. This fine combo piece is essentially pristine.
12.5 x 10.5 x 5.8 cm. An excellent cabinet fluorite specimen from the famed Minerva #1 Mine of Southern Illinois. This lustrous, translucent, color-zoned crystal has the classic yellow core with vivid bands of blue and purple. The backlit photo highlights the distinctive and gorgeous color zoning. The frosted, striking stepped faces (especially the front) are sprinkled with sparkly chalcopyrite microcrystals. This piece is a near floater, with only a couple of points of attachment and the back holds a real bonus. Gemmy, colorless to light amber, calcite rhombs cover the back and one edge.
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share specimen![Stellerite, Calcite from Calavera Quarry (G. M. Kelly Quarry), Carlsbad, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-259686a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-259686a.jpg)
![Stellerite, Calcite from Calavera Quarry (G. M. Kelly Quarry), Carlsbad, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-259686b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-259686b.jpg)
![Calcite, Stellerite from Calavera Quarry (G. M. Kelly Quarry), Carlsbad, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-259824a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-259824a.jpg)
![Calcite from Turt Mine (Ghezuri Mine), Turt, Satu Mare, Maramures Co., Romania [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260013a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260013a.jpg)
![Prehnite, Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260026a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260026a.jpg)
![Prehnite, Calcite from Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260026b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260026b.jpg)
![Babingtonite, Stilbite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca, Calcite, Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260030a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260030a.jpg)
![Babingtonite, Stilbite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca, Calcite, Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260030b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260030b.jpg)
![Babingtonite, Stilbite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca, Calcite, Quartz from Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry), Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260030c.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260030c.jpg)
![Calcite (Var: Manganoan Calcite) from Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260033a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260033a.jpg)
![Mottramite, Calcite from Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260046a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260046a.jpg)
![Aurichalcite, Calcite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260088a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260088a.jpg)
![Calcite, Sphalerite from Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260109a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260109a.jpg)
![Malachite, Calcite from Old Dominion Mine (Old Dominion shaft; Globe and Transit Mine; Old Dominion and United Globe Mine), Buffalo Hill, Old Dominion vein system, Globe, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260113a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260113a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Calcite from Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260116a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260116a.jpg)
![Calcite, Hematite from Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260117a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260117a.jpg)
![Calcite, Hematite from Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260117b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260117b.jpg)
![Calcite, Apatite from Tole (Tui; Toyee; Toj Shingi), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260120a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260120a.jpg)
![Calcite, Apatite from Tole (Tui; Toyee; Toj Shingi), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260120b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260120b.jpg)
![Calcite, Apatite from Tole (Tui; Toyee; Toj Shingi), Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260120c.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260120c.jpg)
![Fluorite, Calcite from Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260123a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260123a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260129a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260129a.jpg)
![Fluorite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite from Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-260129b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-260129b.jpg)