Other notable & famous Spodumene Occurences :
- Another locality with giant spodumene crystals is the nearby Tin Mountain quarry, where a 10 m large spodumene crystal was discovered.
- A further well known north american spodumene locality is the Etta mine near Keystone in South Dakota, where a multitude of up to 14 m long spodumene "logs" = crystals have been encountered during mining operation. For more information about the Etta Mine click here.
- The largest known european spodumene deposit with rich reserves and many rare minerals is the well explored, but never seriously mined Weinebene pegmatite at the Koralpe, Carinthia, Austria.
- Gemmy spodumene of the pink variety known as kunzite can reach up to 1 m crystal size and are reported both from Brazil as well as from the Nuristan region, Pakistan.
Other notable & famous Iceland Spar Occurences :
- More information about the famous Helgustadir Iceland Spar mine can be found here
- Another remarkable Iceland spar deposit with crystals up to 0,7 x 0,5 cm occur in basalt from Nizhnyaya, Krasnoyarsk kray Siberia, GUS.
- Sharp yellow scalenohedral crystals up to 1 m occur with galena and sphalerite in the famous Tri State District, Oklahoma / Missouri / Kansas, USA.
- Large to giant crystals of calcite up to 1 x 1 m size from metamorphic marbles have been reported from Sterlingbush, New York, USA.
- As calcite is one of the most common minerals, there are certainly other remarkable giant crystal occurences not listed here.
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