Makadamm quarry, Åstorp, Skåne County, Sweden
Translucent calcite crystals with a frame of pyrite crystals on the edges. Diameter of biggest crystal is 5.7 cm. Specimen size 9.8 x 5.7 x 4.4 cm. See second image. Martin Tiersch Collection.
© Christian Bracke
Calcite with micro Pyrite on top. Specimen size 8x5cm
Size 4X3 cm from Åstorp Skåne Sweden Calcite crystals with micro Pyrite
© Heyninck A
Calcite and pyrite on a matrix of granite.
Acute rhombohedral calcite crystals. Partial coating appears to be iron oxy-hydroxides. See child photo for view of fluorescence.
© 2023 Harold Moritz
Acute rhombohedral calcite crystals fluorescing orange-red under MW UV light. The response under SW UV light is the same color and slightly less bright, while under LW UV is very weak.
It was very easy to obtain a permission to collect minerals. Now the quarry is closed.
The place to be to find good calcite crystals.