Awaruite (Josephinite) - Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine County, Oregon, USA
(#MINS9149)
silvery-bright, flattened alluvial thumbnail Awaruite nugget from the Josephine Creek placers of Oregon (Arlson & Co. placers). Awariute is an intermetallic alloy of Nickel and Iron.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm wide
 Overall size:22mm x 8 mm x 12 mm
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Uvarovite - Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit - Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field - North Karelia - Finland
(#MINS9152)
This old specimen comes from the legendary Outokumpu Uvarovite Garnet locality.
It shows a dark green colored crystal of uvarovite 6 mm wide on quartz matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:17mm x 14 mm x 15 mm
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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9141)
Salmon-pink color vayrynenite crystal 1,4 cm tall from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:1,4 cm tall
Overall size:3mm x 1 mm x 14 mm
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Senarmontite - Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9146)
Cluster of rare Senarmontite in octahedral crystals up to 4 mm richly set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:26mm x 23 mm x 25 mm
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Kutnohorite - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9139)
Cluster of Kutnohorite xls up to 10 mm with intense pink in color from the famous Wessels Mine of South Africa.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:20mm x 11 mm x 12 mm
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Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#12028_BORA_DANI)
Rare huge (for the species) boracite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:14 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Tiragalloite - Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Italy
(#11901_TIRA_DANI)
Bright orange tiragalloite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:25mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Beryllonite - Mont Saint Hilaire, ,Québec, Canada
(#11710_BERY_DANI)
Rare white Beryllonite on matrix from MSH.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:20mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Dioptase - Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS9125)
A fine thumb of Dioptase crystals representative of this classic locality. The crystals , up to 1,0 cm long, have superb luster and a rich deep green color.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:25mm x 16 mm x 15 mm
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Beryl var. Heliodor - Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast'), Ukraine
(#MINS9119)
Heliodor crystal, gemmy, glassy fully terminated 2,6 cm tall.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:2,4 cm tall
Overall size:5mm x 5 mm x 24 mm
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Xocolatlite - Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico (TL)
(#MINS9115)
Tiny brown lamellar xocolatlite crystals from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:33mm x 23 mm x 10 mm
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Lanthanite-(Ce) - Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK (TL)
(#MINS9109)
Lanthanite-(Ce) sub-mm clear glassy crystals set on matrix with malachite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:30mm x 18 mm x 12 mm
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Namibite - Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia copper valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia (TL)
(#MINS9106)
Emerald green Namibite xl 1.8 mm wide on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:1.8 mm wide
Overall size:24mm x 20 mm x 24 mm
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Quartz - Scrava mine, Statale, Liguria, Italy
(#12483_QUAR_DANI)
Nice pink red quartz crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Ericaite - Panel 14, Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK
(#MINS9100)
A single lustrous brownish cubic crystal of Ericaite embedded in syslte matrix coloured rerracotta red by association with Hilgardite.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:14mm x 12 mm x 14 mm
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Mereheadite - Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS9101)
Yellow-orange, vitreous Mereheadite within a veinlet of white calcite cutting a beautifully contrasting black matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:31mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Geocronite - Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Sala Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden (TL)
(#MINS9099)
Silvery-grey geocronite with galena in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:23mm x 17 mm x 24 mm
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Fluorite - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12726_FLUO_DANI)
Superb classic pink fluorite xx. The quality and transparency of this crystals it is just royal. 1990 find.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:29 mm on edge
Overall size:29mm x 29 mm x 29 mm
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Gadolinite-Ce- Baveno, Piedmont, Italy
(#11789_GADO_DANI)
Nice black vitreous gadolinite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Bismuth - Tasna mine, Tasna, Oruro Dept., Bolivia
(#11707_BISM_DANI)
Native bismuth from its classic and most prolific locality.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:25 mm
Overall size:25mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Remondite-(Ce) - Mont Saint Hilaire, ,Québec, Canada
(#11683_REMO_DANI)
Orange-red rare Remondite/Ce xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine, Box Canyon District, Arizona, USA
(#11679_RAMS_DANI)
Very nice metallic grey Ramsdellite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:14 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Natrolite, Rhodochrosite - Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#12829_NATR_DANI)
Very nice combo offering gemmy Natrolite with a nice Rhodochrosite rosett
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm (n)
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Ferberite - Brosso Mine, Brosso - Italy
(#12441_FERB_DANI)
Rare for Brosso. Tiny Ferberite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 10 mm
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Silver, Pyrargiryte? - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12291_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver with Pyrargiryte?
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Argyrodite, Stephanite - Colquechaca, Chayanta, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12201_ARGY_DANI)
Rare! Argyrodite xx with stephanite xx. A classic from the 80s
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Ferrierite-Mg - Ugas Quarry, Monastir, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9084)
Ferrierite-Mg in spheres up to 6 mm , with Palygorskite in association.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:30mm x 29 mm x 21 mm
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Ecdemite (Heliophyllite) - Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11336_ECDE_DANI)
Glassy transparent Ecdemite pseudoexhagonal xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 15 mm
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Heyrovskite (TL), Pyrite - Hůrky, Čistá, Rakovník, Bohemia, Czech Republic
(#11331a_HEYR_DANI)
Nice metallic grey Heyrovskite xx from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Diopside - Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#MINS9074)
Cluster of sculptural gemmy diopside xls up to 1,1 cm from the famous, nowadays closed locality.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:3mm x 9 mm x 23 mm
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Chondrodite - Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
(#MINS9079)
Dark red complex terminated crystal of Chondrodite 1,6 cm wide on minor matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:1,6 cm wide
Overall size:16mm x 11 mm x 23 mm
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Orthoclase - Cuasso al Monte, Val Ceresio, Varese, Lombardia, Italia
(#MINS9082)
Cluster of sharp pink orthoclase crystal of 2,3 cm tall .A Classic.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm tall
Overall size:23mm x 21 mm x 30 mm
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Sulphur - Perticara Mine, Novafeltria, Rimini Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(#MINS9080)
Nice xls of Sulfur, which show a classic bi-pyramidal habit and very good brightness and transparence.
The cluster is a floater and has no matrix.....
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:1,8 cm wide
Overall size:25mm x 21 mm x 15 mm
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Rhodizite rich of Rubidium (Rb) - Tetezantsio - Madagascar
(#MINS9053)
In foreground sharp, gemmy, yellow-green crystal of Rhodizite rich of Rb 3 mm wide perched on pegmatitic matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:16mm x 13 mm x 21 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Zagi Mountain - Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri - Peshawar Distr. - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov. - Pakistan
(#GM24088)
A floater of bastnäsite-(Ce) from a classic locality from Pakistan.
It has the typical brown color, with orange-yellow reflections.
It's brilliant and well defined ...
Specimen weight:7 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:16mm x 12 mm x 12 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9042)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 mm wide
Overall size:28mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Proustite - Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9041)
Cluster of old classc german intergrown crystals of Proustite up to 1,3 cm tall with intense dark red color.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,3 cm tall
Overall size:20mm x 11 mm x 30 mm
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Fedorite - Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Russia
(#MINS9043)
Rare creamy white platy Fedorite up to 1,5 cm on matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:25mm x 22 mm x 7 mm
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Yuanfuliite - Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia lamproite outcrops, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
(#MINS9036)
Several groups of radial golden brown needles of rare Yuanfuliite up to 1-1.5 mm, with dull black Hematite in association.
Specimen weight:9 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5 mm
Overall size:23mm x 22 mm x 15 mm
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Copper psd after Aragonite - San Agustín Mine, Corocoro, La Paz Department, Bolivia
(#11677_COPP_DANI)
A famous pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite. From a find from over 25 years ago.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Brianyoungite - Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, England, UK
(#11400a_BRIAN_DAN)
Very nice white to colourless brianyoungite xls on matrix. Specimen very rich.
Specimen weight:7 gr.
Crystal size:< 1mm
Overall size:28mm x 24 mm x 23 mm
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Anatase, Pyrite, Quartz - Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
(#11658_ANAT_DANI)
Nice brown anatase xx with cubit pyrite and quartz xx.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:25mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9004)
Beautiful, rich salmon-pink color and high luster on this gem vayrynenite crystal from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm wide
Overall size:8mm x 3 mm x 7 mm
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Copper psd after Aragonite - San Agustín Mine, Corocoro, La Paz Department, Bolivia
(#11678_COPP_DANI)
A famous pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite. From a find from over 25 years ago.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:15mm x 5 mm x 10 mm
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Villamaninite (TL) - Providencia mine, León, ,Castile and Leon, Spain
(#11513_VILL_DANI)
Very nice xx of extremely rare villamaninite on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:17 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Lavendulane - Alice Mary mine - Kundip - Ravensthorpe Shire - Western Australia - Australia
(#GM24062)
Several areas with dark azur crusts of lavendulan are visible on the surface of this sample.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. L-65.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:31mm x 31 mm x 36 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS8992)
Cluster of apple-green radiating sprays of Agardite-(Ce) on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 mm
Overall size:20mm x 12 mm x 15 mm
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Bayleyite - Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
(#MINS8985)
Specimen with vivid yellow sub-mm Bayleyite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:24mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Perovskite - Akhmatovskaya Kop' - Nazyamskie Mountains - Zlatoust - Chelyabinsk Oblast - Russia (TL)
(#MINS8972)
Black colored Perovskite xl 7 mm wide on minor matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7 mm
Overall size:22mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Woodwardite - West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS8973)
Royal blue Woodwardite from this classic Cornish locality..A rare hydrated copper sulfate from an old find.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:22mm x 15 mm x 6 mm
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Manganvesuvianite - N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF - S. Africa
(#MINS8977)
Very nice bright maroon/red prisms up to 6 mm that covers entirely this specimen. Likely from the 2002 original find.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:up to 9 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Newberyite - (TL) - Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Victoria, Australia
(#12078_NEWB_DANI)
Very nice rare pale brown newberyite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:15mm x 22 mm x 14 mm
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Stokesite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8960)
Globular growth, practically spherical, a floater, of platy crystals. The development of the crystals and their luster are excellent for this rare calcium and tin silicate.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:18mm x 16 mm x 10 mm
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Moorhouseite - Svornost mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
(#11825_MOOR_DANI)
Nice light brown vitreous moorhouseite x on matrix.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 17 mm x 17 mm
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Beryl var. Morganite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8918)
Pale pink, glassy beryl with beautiful patterns 2,8 cm wide,
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:2,8 cm wide
Overall size:28mm x 21 mm x 20 mm
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Cetineite - Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy
(#11419_CETI_DANI)
Top class red rare cetineite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:28mm x 22 mm x 20 mm
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Franklinite - Sterling Hill mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
(#12053_FRAN_DANI)
A nice old timer. Franklinite crystals of textbook shape on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:22mm x 12 mm x 11 mm
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Vanadinite - Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt – Draa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM24011)
Four gorgeous thumbnails of vanadinte from a classic locality in Morocco.
The biggest is 32 mm. of width, the smallest 17 mm.
All crystals are shiny and perfect ...
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:1mm x 1 mm x 1 mm
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Hydroxylherderite - Alto do Chaga claim - Quixaba - Frei Martinho - Paraíba - Brazil
(#GM24002)
A floater made of a pair of hydroxylherderite crystals.
The main one is semi-transparent.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 31
Overall size:25mm x 18 mm x 31 mm
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Chrysocholla, Malachite - Luputu-Kakumba, Kipushi, Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
(#12072_CHRY_DANI)
Nice deep green chrysocolla xls psd after azurite with malachite.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:30mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Glauberite - Consuelo Mine, Chinchón, Community of Madrid, Spain
(#11990_GLAU_DANI)
Nicely shaped glauberite xx with also a colemanite xx.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:23mm x 22 mm x 14 mm
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Bavenite - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Piedmont, Italy
(#11987_BAVE_DANI)
Nice rare white bavenite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:25mm x 25 mm x 15 mm
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Diopside - Val d'Ala, Piedmont, Italy
(#11985_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice green diopside xx.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:25 mm
Overall size:25mm x 9 mm x 7 mm
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Krettnichite (TL) - Krettnich, Wadern, Saarland, Germany
(#11980_KRET_DANI)
Very rare reddish dark brown krettnichite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:> 1 mm
Overall size:27mm x 10 mm x 9 mm
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Phillipsite - Fittà, Soave, Veneto, Italy
(#12056_PHIL_DANI)
Tiny but very nice orange phillipsite spherules on matrix.
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Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:10mm x 10 mm x 5 mm
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Epidote - Knappenwand, Salzburg, Austria
(#12066_EPID_DANI)
Superb super gemmy epidote from the most classic Austrian locality.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:10mm x 5 mm x 20 mm
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Augelite - Mundo Nuevo mine, La Libertad Department, Peru
(#12070_AUGE_DANI)
Nice augelite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:15mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Alabandite - Merelani Hills, Simanjiro district, Tanzania
(#12063_ALAB_DANI)
Very nice alabandite floater.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:20mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Fluorite, calcite and quartz - Camissinone mine - Zogno - Brembana Valley - Bergamo prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GM22057)
Three specimens from this famous alpine italian mine:
- a cube of violet fluorite with internal 'ghost' (mm. 30 x 27 x 23)
- orange calcite over quartzes ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:30mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Hydrocerussite - Passa Limani Cove slag locality, Lavrion Mining district, Attika, Greece
(#11544_HYDR_DANI)
Uncommon white- translucent hudrocerussite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:22mm x 17 mm x 12 mm
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Hingganite-Y - Baveno, Piedmont, Italy
(#11543_HING_DANI)
Rare. Tiny light yellow hiortdalite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:7 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 15 mm
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Hiortdahlite - San Vito quarry, San Vito, Campania, Italy
(#11542_HIOR_DANI)
Very rare, yellow-light creamy hiortdahlite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:11mm x 11 mm x 11 mm
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Hydroxylherderite - Dassu, Braldu valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#11536_HYDR_DANI)
Very nice large well shaped light green hydroxylherderite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm on edge
Overall size:20mm x 27 mm x 18 mm
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Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#12610_BORA_DANI)
Large aqua green boracite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm
Overall size:25mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Fersmite - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Piedmont, Italy
(#11994_FERS_DANI)
Rare brown fermite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 30 mm
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Fersmite - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Piedmont, Italy
(#11875_FERS_DANI)
Rare golden brown fermite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 18 mm
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Hedyphane - E. Z. mine, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
(#11345_HEDY_DANI)
Light creamy hedyphane crystals in a vug.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:25mm x 22 mm x 21 mm
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Anatase on Adularia - Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway, Norvegia
(#BALD0727)
Sharp, well crystallized Anatase's crystal, on a matrix covered by Adularia's microcrystals. The crystal is bi-terminated and comes with numerous other little crystals of Anatase, scattered on the Adularia.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 14 mm
Overall size:31mm x 22 mm x 14 mm
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Scainiite, Buca della Vena Mine, Stazzema, Tuscany, Italy
(#11956_SCAI_DANI)
Very nice rare and well formed metallic scainite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:17mm x 11 mm x 10 mm
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Rosenbergite - Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy
(#11861_ROSE_DANI)
Tiny but nice colorless rosenbergite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 22 mm x 22 mm
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Kladnoite - Kladno district, Central Bohemian, Czech Republic
(#11575_KLAD_DANI)
Tiny but well defined yellow xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 22 mm x 26 mm
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Otavite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(#9824_OTAV_DANI)
Specimen very nice and very rich of super rare otavite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:9 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:24mm x 22 mm x 18 mm
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Quartz with Dumortierite's inclusions - Vaca Morta quarry, Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
(#BALD0565)
Nice Dumortierite's needles included in Quartz, give it pleasant blue reflects. Rare and interesting.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:16 mm
Overall size:12mm x 10 mm x 16 mm
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Smithsonite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(#8946_SMIT_DANI)
Creamy coloured elongated smithsomite crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:18 mm
Overall size:28mm x 25 mm x 27 mm
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Beryllonite - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM17097)
A thumbnail of this sodium, beryllium phosphate with a classic crystallization.
It's a floater, no matrix.
The weight of the crystal is 8 gr.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 18
Overall size:18mm x 11 mm x 11 mm
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Andalusite (var. Chiastolite) - Sangping mine - Xixia Co. - Nanyang pref. - Henan prov. - China
(#GM17017)
Large sectioned chiastolite crystal with polished faces on both ends, to show the typical cross-formation.
The chiastolite is a variety of andalusite.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 9 mm
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Chalcocite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
(#GM15161)
A really new that I presented on my table in Munich !!
A new found of chalcocite from Bouismas, a mineral that is really rare in Morocco.
This specimen is ...
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:28mm x 21 mm x 12 mm
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Bournonite - Saint-Pons - Ubaye valley - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
(#GM14097)
Some black crystals of bournonite are visible inside the vug of this specimen: this specie is not ...
Gmineral - Discount Gallery
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:21mm x 18 mm x 31 mm
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Dyskrasite - Příbram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
(#FERR0376)
Cluster featuring lustrous silver grey xls of Dyskrasite aesthetically set on matrix, from the classic locality of Pribram.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:2,8 x 2,5 x 1,2 cm
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Orthobrannerite and Gold - Fenillaz lode, Brusson Mine, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#FERR0364)
Interesting specimen featuring an association of rare Orthobrannerite in black needles with native spongy gold on quartz.
This combination is quite rare but typical for the Brusson Mine and Orthobrannerite is a very rare specie worldwide.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:0,2 cm
Overall size:2,3 x 1,8 x 0,6 cm
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