Grossular, Clinochlore - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#14525_GROS_DANI)
Nice red Grossular xx with light green Diopside xx and Clinochlore xx. A classic.
Specimen weight:127 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
 Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Offrettite - Bonacker quarry, Gedern, Hesse, Germany
(#14444_OFFR_DANI)
Very nice very rare Offrettite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:80mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Stilbite, Stellerite - Malmberget, Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden
(#12921_STIL_DANI)
This is a cute swedish classic. Stellerite xx and Stilbite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Cervandonite-(Ce) - Mount Cervandone, Baceno, Devero Alp, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy (Type Locality)
(#MINS9185)
Cluster of this rare Si-Arsenate, containing several rare hearth, in the classic rosette shape.
Typical material of alpine fissure and type locality!
Specimen weight:96 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm wide
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 25 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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Eudidymite - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9188)
Eudidymite is a rare hydrated Na-Be silicate. This is a striking, splayed book of pearlescent, tan blades. An aesthetic and excellent example of this uncommon species.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,5 cm tall
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 14 mm
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Epididymite with Aegirine - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9188)
This is a very nice association specimen of pearly, translucent, bladed, well-formed epididymite with black aegirine crystals from the famous Mount Malosa locality in Malawi.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:5,5 cm wide
Overall size:28mm x 5 mm x 55 mm
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Pyrargirite with Proustite on Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#MINS9197)
Pyrargirite xl 1, 0 cm in size with Proustite xl of 5 mm on Rhodochrosite on matrix.
Specimen weight:187 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:80mm x 42 mm x 40 mm
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Tourmaline var. Elbaite and Quartz - Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9193)
Cluster of green Elbaite xls up to 3,6 cm tall fully terminated with clear biterminated quartz crystal 4,7 cm wide. Showy.
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,6 cm tall
Overall size:43mm x 47 mm x 55 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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Fluorapatite - Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
(#MINS9199)
Cluster of very nice lavender Fluorapatite crystals up to 1,6 cm wide without matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 cm wide
Overall size:33mm x 27 mm x 23 mm
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Sideronatrite - Barranca del Cobre, Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9202)
Specimen filled with deep yellow-orange sideronatrite xls up to 1-2 mm.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 25 mm
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Columbite-(Fe) - Piano del Lavonchio, Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9198)
Prismatic elongated black crystals of columbite-(Fe) 7 mm long on pegmatite matrix.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm long
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Ktenasite- Trentini Mine, Contrada Trentini, Monte Naro - Riolo Valley side, Monte Naro, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
(#MINS9203)
Greenish-blue sub-mm crystals of tabular ktenasite crystals set on matrix,
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:54mm x 45 mm x 18 mm
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Cerussite xx - ACF Mine, Mibladen, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#17214_CERU_DANI)
Superb reticulated cerussite xx cluster.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:31 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Lorenzenite - N'orkpakhk Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9181)
Crystals of deep brown Lorenzenite up to 16x14 mm, very weel defined, esthetically set on matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 16x14 mm
Overall size:60mm x 34 mm x 28 mm
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Lollingite - Cruvin mine, Bruzolo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9184)
Cluster of metallic lead grey Lollingite crystals up to 1.5 mm n rosettes richly cover the matrix.
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm wide
Overall size:32mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Niocalite - Bond zone - Oka complex - Oka - Deux-Montagnes RCM - Laurentides - Québec - Canada (Type Locality)
(#MINS9177)
Specimen rich of yellowish colored crystal of Niocalite up to 7 mm, a rare silicate of niobium, is in good evidence over the matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:54mm x 42 mm x 30 mm
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Cylindrite - Santa Cruz mine - Poopó town - Poopó Prov. - Oruro Deptm. - Bolivia
(#MINS9178)
Some fans made by long and dark grey colored crystals of Cylindrite are spread all over the surface..
Specimen weight:197 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 2,0 cm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 57 mm
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Apjohnite with Rhodochrosite - Manuelita mine, Morococha Distr., Yauli Prov., Junin - Perù
(#MINS9179)
White, silky, elongated crystals of Apjohnite 2-3 mm wide on Rhodochrosite matrix.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm wide
Overall size:48mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Plagionite - Casualidad mine - Sierra Alhamilla - Almeria - Spain
(#GMA26025)
"Excellent specimen of palgionite , which is present mainly in the area circled in red in the photo.
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Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:78mm x 38 mm x 37 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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Fluoro-Leakeite - Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden (TL)
(#MINS9175)
Bluish crystals of fluoro-leakeite up to 4 mm from the type locality.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:37mm x 22 mm x 6 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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Lengenbachite with Dufrénoysite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9160)
Metallic, steel-gray Lengenbachite needles up to 0.8 mm in a vug of white contrasting dolomia matrix with Dufrénoysite xl 5 mm wide and Realgar in association, from the famous Swiss and type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:up to 0.8 mm
Overall size:42mm x 28 mm x 15 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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Goldhillite -Tripoli Mine, Del Cura Ravine, Huércal de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
(#MINS9155)
Dark green Goldhillite xls with adamantine luster with Conichalcite and Malachite in association.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 28 mm
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Faujasite-Na, phillipsite and offretite - Limberg quarries - Sasbach - Kaiserstuhl - Baden-Württemberg - Germany (TL)
(#MINS9165)
The surfaceof the vugs of this specimen are covered by several octahedrycal minicrystals of Faujasite-Na, a rare zeolite from the type locality.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Silver var. Kongsbergite - Imiter Mine - Imiter Distr. - Tinghir Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GMA26015)
An evident, sculptural, leaf native Kongsbergite specimen from 2016 finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
It's standing on a black matrix ...
Specimen weight:340 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 45 x 37
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 67 mm
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Pyrite - Valle Giove Stope - Rio Marina - Rio- Elba Island - Livorno Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GMA26012)
On a pinch of hematite matrix, a virtually perfect pentadodecahedral pyrite.
It actually consists of at least two crystals almost completely interpenetrating each other.
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 53 x 43
Overall size:53mm x 50 mm x 34 mm
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Pink dolomite and calcite - Zandobbio - Bergamo Prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GMA26008)
Above a carpet of small pinkish dolomite crystals covering the entire piece, numerous yellowish calcite crystals are clearly visible ...
Specimen weight:207 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:78mm x 60 mm x 53 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GMA26006)
Historic specimen with large, well-formed cerussite crystals clustered together on a small matrix.
It was surely mined before 1990: the tag reads Southwest Africa,"" the name the region had before it gained independence that year.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:50mm x 42 mm x 37 mm
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Molybdenite - Perda de Pibera mine - Gonnosfanadiga - South Sardinia Prov. - - Sardinia - Italy
(#GMA26004)
A cluster of molybdenite crystals are clearly visible all around the matrix.
A sample so rich in crystals of this species is rare from Sardinia.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 14
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Fuchsite - Jacobina Gold District - Bahia - Brazil
(#GMA26002)
The surface of the specimen is almost completely covered with dark green fuchsite flakes.
It is also partially crystallized on the reverse side.
Fuchsite is a greenish, Cr-bearing variety of muscovite
Specimen weight:183 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:80mm x 67 mm x 41 mm
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Iranite - Santa Ana mine, Tocopilla District, Antofagasta Region
(#MINS9151)
Sharp rare bladed brown Iranite xl 5 mm wide with orange small orange Wulfenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 35 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS9156)
Cluster of apple-green Agardite-(Ce) with dark green Cornwallite in association on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:37mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Ecdemite, unknown,Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11282_ECDE_DANI)
Nice tiny ecdemite xx witn orange uknown mineral.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Aikinite altered to Bismutite with Gold - Ekateringburg, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9154)
Aikinite xls partly altered to Bismutite up to 5 mm with native gold xls up to 1 mm in association on quartz matrix. A rarely seen specimen.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Silver - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Province of Sud Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1610)
Wonderful sample of native Silver in sturdy wires with top patina inside a vug in the dolomia. From a unique occurrence at this famous mine just before its closure at the end of XX century.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Cobaltite - Traversella Mine, lev. 860, Val Chiusella, Torino, Italy
(#FERR1609)
Specimen rich in Cobaltite, featuring also clean christals with evident shape and faces.
From a unique finding occurred at the mine almost 30 years after its closure.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:0.2 cm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Bariopharmacosiderite with Agardite- Grube Clara, Oberwolfach, Baden Wuerttenberg, Germany
(#MINS9142)
Excellent sample of Bariofarmocaosiderite in clean, lustrous pseudocubic reddish-brown xls, scattered on matrix.
Classic german stuff!
Former Klaus Petitjean collection, year 1985
Specimen weight:123 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:56mm x 50 mm x 30 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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Georgiadesite with Paralaurionite - Vrysaki Point slag locality, Velatouri, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece (TL)
(#MINS9148)
Very rare monoclinic georgiadesite crystal 1.5 mm wide with paralaurionite xls in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1.5
Overall size:32mm x 14 mm x 22 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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Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9144)
Very well crystallized and extremely representative Coquimbite xls up to 5 mm with classic association for this locale.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 46 mm x 30 mm
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Mansfieldite - Djebel Debagh mine - Guelma - Guelma prov. - Algeria
(#MINS9140)
Nice specimen of this rare arsenate of aluminium, with well shaped green coloured crystals over the surface.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Ludlamite - Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
(#MINS9153)
A sharp apple-green crystal 10 mm wide set nicely on matrix. Classic material from this noted locale.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 12 mm
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Sturmanite - N' Chwaining II Mine - Kuruman - South Africa
(#MINS9147)
Cluster of big hexagonal prismatic pagoda-like brown xls of Sturmanite up to 2,0 cm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 cm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Haüyne, Augite, Titanite - Niedermendig, Eifel Volcanos, Rhineland,Palatinate - Germany
(#12061_HAUY_DANI)
This specimen features several pale blue, gemmy crystals of Hauyne perched in several vugs of typically matrix.
Specimen weight:74 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 39 mm x 45 mm
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Denisovite (TL) - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, Murmansk, Russia
(#11324_DENI_DANI)
Nice fiborous denisovite on matrx from type locality.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 10 mm
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Diopside - Miount Vesuvius, ,Campania, Italy
(#11325_DIOP_DANI)
Gorgeous gemmy diopside xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:Piedmont
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Destinezite, Copiapite - Coronel Manuel Rodríguez, Mejillones, ,Antofagasta, Chile
(#11317_DEST_DANI)
Red-brown destinezite xx with yellow copiapite xx.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 10 mm
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Delhayelite - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, ,Murmansk, Russia
(#11321_DELH_DANI)
Very nice metallic lollingite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:40 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Baryte - Barega Mine, Villamassargia (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1604)
Showy druse, covered by brilliant, perfect xls of green Baryte with excellent transparence too.
From a unique historical finding dating about 50 years ago.
Classic!
Specimen weight:1556 gr.
Crystal size:4 cm
Overall size:160mm x 100 mm x 70 mm
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Hyalophane - Le Trou des Romains, Aosta, Aosta valley, Italy
(#FERR1603)
Cluster of colourless Hyalophane xls, from an ancient and unique finding at a not so much known locale in the north of Italy, that has become classic for the italian mineralogy.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:2 cm
Overall size:25mm x 23 mm x 18 mm
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Fluorite - Su Zurfuru Mine, Fluminimaggiore, Iglesias (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1602)
Stunning, perfect, light blue cube of Fluorite, esthetically set on deep brown Ankerite rombohedra.
A very nice classic from this famous mine.
Former G. Largiu collection.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:1.2 cm on edge
Overall size:57mm x 40 mm x 50 mm
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Smithsonite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1601)
Fine druse with bothryoidal bubbles of pearl white Smithsonite, very brilliant and well contrasting against the gossan matrix.
From some recent limited findings at this classic mine, closed since decades.
Showy!
Specimen weight:283 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Geocronite - Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1599)
A mass of lead grey Geocronite is set in a vug among clear Quartz xls. In the front side of the specimen, The Geocronite is well shaped showing the faces of the Xl.
Extremely rare!
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:60mm x 30 mm x 42 mm
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Sphalerite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1595)
Fine individual Xl of Sphalerite, deep green to grey in colur, well shaped, aesthetically set on a matrix of dolomia.
Classic italian specimen, from a loclality now closed.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:1.1 cm
Overall size:68mm x 37 mm x 35 mm
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Magnesite and Quartz - Dosso dei Cristalli. Lanzada, Sondrio, Malenco Valley, Lombardia, Italy
(#FERR1597)
Fine druse featuring pale yellowish well defined hexagonal xls of Magnesite up to 1 cm, scattered atop colourless Quartz.
Oldtimer from a famous italian locality now definitely gone!
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:magnesites to 1 cm
Overall size:65mm x 32 mm x 25 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12322_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Barytolamprophyllite - Üdersdorf, Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11713_BARY_DANI)
Rare dark brown vitrous barytolamprophyllite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Aeschinite-(Y) (TL) - Urstad Feldspar mine, Hidra, Flekkefjord, ,Vest-Agder, Norway
(#11711_AESC_DANY)
Historic Aeschnite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Diopside, Clinochlore - Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11298_DIOP_DANI)
Gorgeous gemmy diopside xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:258 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Mordenite - Montresta - Oristano prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM25047)
Several cottony tufts of white mordenite cover almost entirely, but in a chaotic manner, the surface of this Sardinian specimen.
From a find in the last century.
Specimen weight:700 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:135mm x 97 mm x 65 mm
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Adamite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mexico
(#GM25046)
Several adamite aggregates are visible all around the sample.
Under long-wave UV light they take on a shocking lemon yellow color: in reality the yellow is much more intense ...
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:54mm x 42 mm x 44 mm
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Baryte - La Union - Murcia - Spain
(#GM25039)
Baryte center of a geode with a whitish/pale grenish color and crystals arranged all around the piece.
Very aesthetic!
Specimen weight:1340 gr.
Crystal size:mm.28
Overall size:127mm x 75 mm x 110 mm
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Sideronatrite - Barranca del Cobre, Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8889)
Specimen filled with deep yellow-orange sideronatrite xls up to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:48mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Silver on Arsenic - Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9127)
East German classics.Dendritic growths of strongly elongated native Silver twinned crystals that conserve very fresh surfaces contrasting with the black Arsenic matrix. ....
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm long
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 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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Villiaumite - Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9134)
Cluster of deep wine-red Villiaumite crystals up to 1,6 cm with pectolite in association.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 1,6 cm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 38 mm
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Inesite - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9131)
Specimen of this classic from the Kalahari manganese fields. It features rich sphere up to 10 mm and sprays crystals up to 7 mm, of deep salmon color on matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to mm 7 wide
Overall size:63mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Cafarsite - Wanniglescher, Cherbadung Binnatal, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9124)
Specimen with a very sharp cubic-octahedral crystals up to 6 mm wide aesthetically perched on matrix. Cafarsite is a rare calcium, titanium, iron, and manganese, arsenate.From the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:38mm x 21 mm x 8 mm
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Franklinite - Sterling Mine -Sterling Hill - Ogdensburg - Franklin Mining distr. - Sussex Co. - New Jersey - USA
(#MINS9133)
Cluster of octahedral xls of Franklinite up to 1,7 cm with on calcite matrix. A classic from the type locality.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,7 cm
Overall size:35mm x 15 mm x 35 mm
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Phlogopite - Kovdor Phlogopite mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9130)
Dark golden-brown pagoda-growth phlogopite xl measuring 2,3 x 2,0 cm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:156 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:66mm x 40 mm x 44 mm
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Eudidymite - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9123)
Eudidymite is a rare hydrated Na-Be silicate. This is a striking, splayed book of pearlescent, tan blades. An aesthetic and excellent example of this uncommon species.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,0 cm tall
Overall size:37mm x 25 mm x 45 mm
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Lollingite - Cruvin mine, Bruzolo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9120)
Cluster of metallic lead grey Lollingite crystals up to 1.2 mm n rosettes richly cover the matrix.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-2 mm wide
Overall size:44mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Scawtite with Thaumasite - Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
(#MINS9132)
White glassy fibrous scawtite on basic calcium silicate and carbonate matrix with thaumasite in association.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:46mm x 45 mm x 28 mm
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Bixbyite - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9129)
Nice Bixbyite crystals shiny, evident on the riolite's matrix, cubic with octahedron's faces measuring up to 8 mm wide.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm wide
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 15 mm
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Rutile var. sagenite on hematite - Novo Horizonte - Bahia - Brazil
(#MINS9116)
Specimen with golden rutile needle in "six star" formation up to 1,5 cm wide sticking up off shiny central hematite crystals .Really showy.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2,0 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 4 mm x 30 mm
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Eclarite - Bärenbad Mine (Bärnbad Mine), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9110)
Shiny,whitish-grey Eclarite blades on quartz matrix from the Type Locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 23 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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Gillardite - 132 North Mine, Widgiemooltha, Western Australia, Australia (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS9103)
This is a very rare attractive specimen with crystalline Gillarditeite.Gillardite is an extremely rare copper nickel chlorine halide, found only at this locality to date.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.8 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 18 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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Vanadinite - Mibladen mine - Midelt - Khenifra Prov. - Meknès-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM25037)
A beautiful druse covered with brilliant and perfect crystals of fiery red vanadinite, which are mostly arranged on one side.
The back of the specimen is light brown colored and shows the natural process of ...
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:80mm x 40 mm x 65 mm
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Halite - Swakopmind Constituency - Erongo region - Namibia
(#GM25036)
This druse composed of numerous very large, pale pink colored halite crystals.
They are many parallelepipeds placed side by side not orthogonally, whose composition resembles a 'dovetail' crystallization.
Very aesthetic !!
Specimen weight:600 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 56
Overall size:135mm x 135 mm x 75 mm
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Spessartine garnet - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - Zhangzhou pref. - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM25032)
The surface of this druse is densely covered with large and small spessartine garnets, that have a very dark brown color.
Some are so dark that they look like ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:100mm x 100 mm x 52 mm
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Posnjakite - Richtarova - Staré Hory - Slovakia
(#GM25027)
A partly mammillary crust of a light and dark blue color partially covers the surface of this specimen.
It is posnjakite, an uncommon copper sulfate and ...
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:58mm x 47 mm x 37 mm
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Owner : Rolando Minerals (Torino - Italy) 