| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Comments: | If only these perched doubly terminated xls were water clear like the Big Rig specimens |
| Habit: | Hexagonal prisms with simple rhomb terminations to 7 cm |
| Colour: | slight yellowish white |
| Luminescent properties: | SW- dull orange; MW- magenta-pink; LW- dull orange |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Chalcopyrite | 382 |
| Dolomite | 288 |
| Galena | 251 |
| Pyrite | 128 |
| Marcasite | 62 |
| Quartz | 61 |
| Sphalerite | 12 |
| Siegenite | 10 |
| Dickite | 7 |
| Bornite | 5 |
| Malachite | 2 |
| Chert | 2 |
| Chalcocite | 2 |
| Hematite | 2 |
| Tennantite Subgroup | 1 |
| Anhydrite | 1 |
| Anglesite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (585 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 2678 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:2678:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘFletcher Mine, West Fork, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
| 15.1km (9.4 miles) | ⓘWest Fork Mine, West Fork, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
| 20.0km (12.4 miles) | ⓘBrushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
| 20.5km (12.7 miles) | ⓘEllington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
| 21.0km (13.1 miles) | ⓘStope 72B30, Brushy Creek Mine, Greeley, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
| 27.4km (17.0 miles) | ⓘCasey Mine, Shannon County, Missouri, USA |
| 27.5km (17.1 miles) | ⓘBuick Mine (Amax Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Iron County, Missouri, USA |
| 28.7km (17.8 miles) | ⓘThorny Mountain Mine, Thorny Mountain, Shannon County, Missouri, USA |
| 29.0km (18.0 miles) | ⓘSlater Mine, Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri, USA |
| 29.1km (18.1 miles) | ⓘEminence Quarry, Eminence, Shannon County, Missouri, USA |
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Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA