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International Calcite Collectors Association

Calcite with Marcasite from Blackstone Mine, Shullsburg, Wisconsin - Image courtesy Stuart Wilensky

Calcite on Dolomite from Elmwood Mine, Elmwood, Tennessee - Image courtesy Stuart Wilensky

Twinned Calcite Crystal from Kazakhstan - Image Courtesy Martin Friedlander

The SPAR BOX

With over 2500 distinct crystal forms, a plethora of colors, associations and pseudomorphs, and tens of thousands of localities, calcite has become a specialty of many mineral collectors. To keep you up to date on this fascinating and popular mineral, the ICCA publishes a quarterly newsletter called The SPAR BOX. The SPAR BOX will bring you the latest information on:

New and old calcite localities
Articles on crystallography and other aspects of calcite
Minerals for trade and sale
Reports on recent shows and exhibits
News from members all over the world (members come from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States)
Membership list of addresses for trading

You don't have to be a calcite specialist to join (in fact, many of our members have collecting interests aside from calcite)... the only requirement is an interest in this common, aesthetic yet highly collectable mineral! Here is a text-only version of The SPAR BOX Spring 1997 edition. A formatted sample issue with graphics will be available online here soon.

The dues for the International Calcite Collector's Association are only $12.00 per year to U.S. members and $16.00 to those in other countries. Return your Membership Form to Dr. Morton Metersky, 725 Cheryl Drive, Warminster, PA 18974 USA, with your dues. Please make checks out to Mort Metersky. We welcome you to submit articles for publication in The SPAR BOX.

For futher information, please email Mort Metersky, Metersky@aol.com.

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