| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Calcite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Habit: | Scalenohedtal and twins |
| Colour: | Pale Yellow to orange |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | Visually Identified |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Calcite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view York Building Supply quarry (Roosevelt Avenue Quarry; Roosevelt quarry; York Stone Quarry; Delta Carbonate quarry), York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (63 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 2624 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:2624:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 18783610-803b-41e2-a63c-d47843b7ec63 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Calcite |
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| 2.3km (1.5 miles) | ⓘMedusa Cement Company Quarry, West York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 4.1km (2.6 miles) | ⓘWhite Pigment Quarry (White Pigment Corp. Quarry; White Pigment Limestone Quarry), West York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 5.7km (3.5 miles) | ⓘCodorus Stone & Supply Co. Quarry, Emigsville, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 10.2km (6.4 miles) | ⓘThomasville Crushed Stone Quarry (Lincoln Stone Company Quarry; Lincoln Stone and Lime Quarry), Thomasville, Jackson Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 14.9km (9.3 miles) | ⓘBillmeyer Quarry, Billmeyer, Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 20.2km (12.6 miles) | ⓘCounty Line Quarry (Kline's Quarry), Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 23.4km (14.5 miles) | ⓘRheem’s Quarry, Rheems, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 25.4km (15.8 miles) | ⓘPrice Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 25.6km (15.9 miles) | ⓘKing Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 26.2km (16.3 miles) | ⓘGrove Mine, Dillsburg Iron Mines, Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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York Building Supply quarry, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA