Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9225)
A sharp complex translucent intense blue boleite crystal on anglesite. Superb thumbnail, great colour. Unusual to find boleite crystals on anglesite matrix.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:4,5x4 mm
 Overall size:16mm x 8 mm x 9 mm
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Allanite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9227)
A well shaped 6 mm crystals of this REE , perched in contrasting matrix from this classic locality. All former Allanites-Ce from Trimouns seem to be Dissakisite-Ce.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm tall
Overall size:27mm x 18 mm x 24 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9228)
Crystals of amber yellow Monazite up to 2.5 mm aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm wide
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 18 mm
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Onoratoite - Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine - Rosia-Chiusdino - Siena Prov. - Tuscany - Italy (Type Locality)
(#MINS9221)
Acicular xls of Onoratoite up to 2 mm richly set on on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 23 mm
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Rutile var. sagenite on hematite - Novo Horizonte - Bahia - Brazil
(#MINS9206)
Specimen with golden rutile needle in "six star" formation up to 1,0 cm wide sticking up off shiny central hematite crystals .
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1,0 cm long
Overall size:32mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Nadorite - Hammam N'Bails - Djebel Nador - Costantine Province - Algerien (Type Locality)
(#MINS9195)
Specimen rich of tabular golden brown crystals of rare Nadorite up to 5 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:26mm x 22 mm x 28 mm
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Dufrenoysite - Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9186)
Group of elongated gray-metallic crystals of Dufrenoysite up to 4 mm long on dolomite matrix.A classic.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Native Lead Pb - Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
(#MINS9201)
Dark gray crystals of native lead form a stalactite-like vertical cluster.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:23mm x 13 mm x 27 mm
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Hematite, epitaxial Rutile - Cavradi gorge - Grischun, Switzerland
(#12801_HEMA_DANI)
Gourgeous, lustrous and large hematite xx with rutile epitaxy. 1985 find. A cavradi classic.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#12028a_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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Isoferroplatinium - Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Ayano-Maysky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
(#MINS9170)
Interpenetrant cubes of Platinum.
The weight of the sample is 0,7 grams.
Specimen weight:0 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:6mm x 4 mm x 3 mm
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Pyrosmalite-(Mn) - Takanosu mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
(#MINS9169)
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (manganpyrosmalite) crystals up to 3 mm.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:20mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Barysilite - Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
(#MINS9173)
White / pale yellowish crust of Barysilite on matrix.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Rhabdophane-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS9174)
Tiny yellowish rhabdophane-(Ce) crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 28 mm
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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9161)
Specimen rich of Gold in wire crystals up to 3 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:up to 3 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9162)
Specimen rich of Gold in wire crystals up to 4 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:18mm x 15 mm x 10 mm
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Pyromorphite - Grube Gute - Hoffnung - Eisel - Germany
(#GMA26011)
A carpet of small, bright green pyromorphite crystals completely covers the surface of this specimen.
From a find spme years ago in the Eisel area of Germany.
Using a magnifying glass, it's quite a sight!
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:30mm x 30 mm x 19 mm
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Lorandite (TL) and Realgar - Crven Dol Mine, Allchar, Kavadarci, Macedonia
(#MINS9159)
Specimen with bloody red xls of Lorandite up to 1 mm in size from the Lorandite type locale.
Rare tallium specie !!
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:32mm x 21 mm x 17 mm
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Barstowite - Baratti, Piombino, Tuscany, Italy
(#11406_BARS_DANI)
Rare! Yellow acicular barstowite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:< 1mm
Overall size:15mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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