Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb - Otjikoto Region, - Namibia
(#MINS9208)
This is a classic pseudomorph from the 1st oxidation zone offering very nice nice azurite crystals replaced by malachite.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,5 cm
 Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 32 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9205)
Very nice glassy slighly colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 2,8 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment.
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 33 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:1 mm
Overall size:80mm x 40 mm x 20 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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Gaidonnayite (TL), Quartz - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#11797_GAID_DANI)
Rare colorless gaidonnayite xx on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm (g) 40 mm (q)
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Gibbsite - Saga Pearl quarry, Tvedalen, Vestfold, Norway
(#11792_GIBS_DANI)
Very nice gibbsite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:29 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 25 mm
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Ancylite-(Ca), Serandite, Aegirine - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
(#11440_ANCY_DANI)
Nice ancylite xx with serandite and aegirine.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Cavansite - Wagholi quarry - Poona distr. - Maharastra state - India
(#GMA26027)
Over a carpet of minicrystals of stilbite there are two electric blue colored cherries of cavansite.
This species is increasingly rare to find on the market ...
Specimen weight:143 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:74mm x 61 mm x 35 mm
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Chabazite – Ljosa quarry – Eidi – Eysturoy region - Faroer island
(#GMA26018)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered by big crystals of chabazite.
Specimen weight:410 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:77mm x 72 mm x 64 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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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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Amethyst - Capurru Quarry, by Osilo, Province of Sassari, Sardinia - Italy
(#FERR1605)
Cluster of Amethysts from the old workings at the Osilo Quarry, featuring lots of xls with good violet colour, luster and typical internal hoppering.
Showy!
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:to 2,3 cm
Overall size:85mm x 65 mm x 30 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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Stilbite-(Ca) with Laumontite - Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Ambohimalaza Commune, Sambava District, Sava, Madagascar
(#MINS9122)
Lustrous pearlescent stilbite-(Ca) crystals to 3,0 cm with snow-white Laumontite in association. From a 2011 find.
Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm long
Overall size:73mm x 50 mm x 42 mm
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Analcime with Natrolite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9118)
Cluster of white analcime crystals up to 1,2 cm with white natrolite in association.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,2 cm
Overall size:33mm x 21 mm x 25 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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Griceite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9104)
Pale yellow crystals of Griceite from the type locality.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 0,5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 34 mm x 20 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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Humite - San Vito quarry - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania – Italy
(#GM25026)
Signifint sample where there are some dark amber in color and semi-transparent crystals of humite.
Vesuvius is now declared a Park and it is impossible ...
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm 1,5
Overall size:60mm x 52 mm x 45 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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Mimetite on Smithsonite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region - Namibia
(#MINS9088)
Labeled specimen with golden-brown mimetite crystals up to 6 mm scattered on green Smitsonite xls.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:62mm x 55 mm x 34 mm
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) - Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#MINS9085)
Nice beryl aqua perched gently on a sharply microcline crystal decorated with schorl.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 11 mm
Overall size:30mm x 23 mm x 25 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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Colusite, Sphalerite - Striniato B quarry, Fantiscritti, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy
(#12571a_COLU_DANI)
This is a superb geminated colusite xx with sphalerite on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Shattuckite on quartz - Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region - Namibia
(#MINS9068)
Deep blue needles of Shattuckite on quartz contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:143 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:78mm x 42 mm x 42 mm
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Parisite-(Ce)/Sinchisite-(Ce) - Trimouns - Luzenac - Ariege - France
(#MINS9040)
At Trimouns, Parisite-(Ce) and Synchisite-(Ce) are often present within the same crystal. Analyses on lots of specimen have shown that in sharp terminated crystal parisite-(Ce) is more often the main mineral...
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm tall
Overall size:48mm x 33 mm x 26 mm
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Probertite - Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
(#MINS9037)
Cluster of clear xls of Probertite in parallel growth , up to 5,5 cm long.
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5,5 cm long
Overall size:67mm x 40 mm x 38 mm
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Pyroaurite, Brucite - Otamo dolomite quarry, Siikainen, Satakunta, Finland
(#11482_PYRO_DANI)
White pyroaurite xx of textbook shape with minor brucite.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:56mm x 48 mm x 35 mm
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Smithsonite (cobaltoan) - Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9016)
This is a Cobaltian Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Attractive, nicely-colored specimen of Cobaltian Smithsonite with shaped crystals; the Smithsonites have a good pink color, and lustrous, satiny xls.
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 45 mm
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Vinogradoite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS8994)
Acicular crystals of vinogradovite well terminated up to 1 mm in a vug of matrix with yellow leucosphenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:37mm x 33 mm x 20 mm
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Lengenbachite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9160)
Metallic, steel-gray Lengenbachite needles up to 1 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 1 mm
Overall size:42mm x 28 mm x 15 mm
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Geocronite - Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8991)
Stout dipyramidal crystal of gray metallic geocronite, up to 0.5 mm in length on marble matrix.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:0.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 33 mm x 38 mm
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Dioptase with Mottramite -Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8979)
Cluster of bright xls of Dioptase up to 5 mm with adamantine luster on matrix with green Mottramite in association. Very nice combo from Tsumeb mine.
Specimen weight:106 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:95mm x 80 mm x 27 mm
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Fluorite - Mahodari quarry, Sinnar, Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
(#MINS8982)
Translucent, yellow fluorite ball 2,2 cm wide aesthetically set on crust of sparkly quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 38 mm x 35 mm
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Jennite - Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Haßberge District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS8974)
Group of rare Jennite in acycular crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Weloganite with Dresserite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS8969)
Sharp, bright yellow Weloganite xl 9 mm set nicely on matrix with the typical layered prismatic shape with rare white Dresserite crystals in ballsup to 3 mm in association set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:9 mm
Overall size:50mm x 47 mm x 32 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8965)
This nice, well crystallized, high quality descloizite specimen is from the locality that is the undisputed world champion for this mineral species.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8934)
Very nice glassy slighly reddish colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 3,5 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment. Former Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.Acquired in Chiavenna(SO) show year 1975.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 35 mm x 28 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 28 mm
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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8926)
Fluellite is a rare hydrated phosphate. This active open pit phosphate mine is well-known for a wide variety of rare and unusual phosphates. Specimens of this size and richness are very uncommon from here.....
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 25 mm
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Osumilite - Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS8933)
Cluster of shiny blacks tabular Osumilite crystals up to 2 mm set on contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 18 mm
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Sartorite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS8876)
Cluster of Sartorite crystals up to 1,4 cm long set in dolomia matrix with sphalerite and pyrite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,4 cm long
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 35 mm
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Merlinoite (TL), Phillipsite - Cupaello quarry, Santa Rufina, ,Latium, Italy
(#11814_MERL_DANI)
From type locality. Nice merlinoite xx specimen with globlualr Phillipsite.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 32 mm x 30 mm
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Dumortierite in Quartz - Vaca Morta quarry, Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
(#BALD0789)
A myriad of Dumortierite's crystals with a nice intense blue color are included in the Quartz and cover it partially. Sample coming from an inactive locality, therefore rare on the market by now. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:96 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 41 mm
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Mendipite - Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK
(#MINS8756)
Pale yellow to pale pink columnar aggregates of mendipite, on a matrix consisting of dark manganese oxides.
Rare!
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:1,6 cm long
Overall size:40mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Dresserite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada (TL)
(#MINS8772)
Rare white Dresserite crystals in balls up to 3.5 mm richly set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 mm wide
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 35 mm
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Fettelite - Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany (TL)
(#MINS8736)
Cluster of trigonal lamellar crystals of very rare Fettelite up to 1 mm with internal red color from the type locality.Former Sandro Maggia coll. with original label.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 26 mm x 10 mm
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Copper with calcite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8685)
Nice cluster of Copper xls with clear calcite in association up to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:to 4 mm
Overall size:42mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Weloganite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(#BALD0769)
A nice group of Weloganite's crystals up to 10 mm, with a characteristic lemon-straw color, with pseudo-hexagonal habit, biterminated, with streaks perpendicular to the axis of development. Weloganite is a rare carbonate. Sample coming from...
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:75mm x 53 mm x 23 mm
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Babingtonite on Calcite with Okenite and Gyrolite - Malad Quarry, Maharashtra, India
(#BALD0768)
The grey basalt geode is completely covered by very shiny and well formed Calcite's crystals, on which stands out dozens of black Babingtonite's crystals, very shiny and well formed too, a tuft of Okenite's crystals and some Gyrolite's...
Specimen weight:665 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:127mm x 92 mm x 55 mm
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Quartz var. Hematoide Quartz - Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0766)
Elegant group of Quartz's crystals, some biterminated, up to 40 mm in lenght, partially covered by a second generation of Hematoide Quartz, that gives the sample its reddish appearance. Crystallized on every side, elegant and aesthetic...
Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 40 mm
Overall size:71mm x 73 mm x 54 mm
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Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikot, Namibia
(#MINS8656)
Rare and nice tarnowitzite crystals up to 1,5 cm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Analcime with Natrolite, Rhodochrosite and Aegirine - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#BALD0757)
Analcime's crystals, the biggest of 50 mm, are partially covered by 22 mm Natrolite's crystals, also biterminated, nice well formed Rhodochrosite's rosettes up to 15 mm and Aegirine, both in big crystals up to 38 mm and in small, slender...
Specimen weight:945 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 50 mm
Overall size:170mm x 130 mm x 82 mm
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Hydroboracite - Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Harztor, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
(#BALD0740)
From a 2011 finding in an inactive quarry, this nice sample of Hydroboracite, with shiny crystals up to 40 mm, intertwined with each other. Uncommon mineral, on a matrix of probable Anhydrite.
Specimen weight:992 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 40 mm
Overall size:125mm x 108 mm x 48 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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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8602)
Cluster of many brown descloizite crystals in a branching formation of arrowhead-shaped crystals up to 1,5 cm. The descloizite is translucent with good crystal development and lustrous faces in areas.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:25mm x 22 mm x 45 mm
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Norbergite - San Vito quarry, San Vito, Mt Somma, Campania, Italy
(#11250_NORB_DANI)
Nice gemmy norbergite on matrix.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:> 1 mm
Overall size:58mm x 30 mm x 26 mm
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Variscite - Wiśniówka Wielka, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
(#FERR1575)
Several apple green globular aggregates of Variscite are scattered on matrix.
Former Sandro Maggia collection, with label.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:0,5 cm
Overall size:60mm x 25 mm x 12 mm
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Muerigite-k - Sapucaia Mine - Galileia - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS8515)
Specimen rich of Meurigite-k xls in sub-mm yellowish balls scattered with variscite in association.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:25mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Quartz var. Amethyst - Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0730)
Wonderful bi-terminated Amethyst's crystal, with violet zoned color, with another smaller, intense-colored one, on a matrix that has some cuts on the rear. In excellent conditions, very nice and aesthetic.
Specimen weight:89 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 41 mm
Overall size:53mm x 48 mm x 42 mm
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Quartz var. Amethyst on Orthoclase - Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0729)
Group of Amethyst crystals, partially hoppered, with more intense color zones on the upper part, is implanted on Orthoclase's crystals with cream color, up to 12 mm. There's some little damage, not so visible to the naked eye.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 33 mm
Overall size:68mm x 73 mm x 40 mm
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Pectolite - Upper New Street Quarry - Paterson - Passaic Co. - New Jersey - USA
(#GM21054)
A typical and representative example of the pectolite species: whitish radial aggregates fillings within calcite veins in the matrix.
Ex Sandro Maggia collection with the original label.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:46mm x 35 mm x 38 mm
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Bastnaesite, tuperssiatsuaite, apophyllite and makatite - Aris Phonolite quarry - Aris - Windhoek distr. - Khomas Region - Namibia
(#GM21005)
A little, brown colored crystal of bastnaesite (3 mm.) is featuring on and edge of the vug of this specimen: this species is a rarity for this locality.
In a corner of the vug ...
Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 35 mm
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Binnite (var. of Tennantite-(Zn)) -Lengenbach Quarry - Fäld - Binn - Goms - Valais - Switzerland
(#GM21003)
A big crystal of binnite is in good evidence over the whitish matrix of this specimen.
Several minicrystals of pyrites are seeded over all the faces of it.
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 34 mm
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Natrolite - Koashva Quarry, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
(#MINS8321)
Natrolite xls, well-terminated, with a pearly luster up to 2,7 cm tall.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,7 cm tall
Overall size:27mm x 22 mm x 32 mm
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Fluorite - Baveno quarry, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1509)
Cluster of colourless cubic xls of Fluorite on matrix from one of the most famous italian locales, specially known for Othoclase.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:0,9 cm
Overall size:48mm x 32 mm x 30 mm
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Cuprite - Okandawasi, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS7750)
Specimen with well formed Cuprite crystal up to 1,6 cm wide aesthetically covered by Malachite on a bed of bluish-green Chrysocolla.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 wide
Overall size:37mm x 18 mm x 40 mm
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Planerite - Montgomery County Quarry, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States of America
(#FERR1493)
A rich array of Planerite in white-greenish spheres is scattered atop this piece.
The Planerite spheres are associated to another mineral, in white tuffs as you can see from the pics, that I was not able to identify.
Specimen weight:61 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:50mm x 42 mm x 20 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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Heulandite - Mt. Olladri, Monastir, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1469)
Plate featuring several clean pearl white xls of Heulandite well disposed on matrix.
From the findings of about 15 years at this quarry that alse produced good samples of Ferrierite.
Specimen weight:263 gr.
Crystal size:2 cm
Overall size:110mm x 80 mm x 30 mm
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Malachite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GM20024)
A carpet of soft felted thin crystals of malachite covers the surface of this specimen.
The color is dark green: when you move the specimen under a light, it changes to pale
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:67mm x 32 mm x 31 mm
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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8149)
Specimen rich of Fluellite xls up to 1,5 mm richly set on matrix.A classic Australian specimen.
Specimen weight:71 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Mimetite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(#10135_MIME_DANI)
This is truly a superb tsumeb minetite offering long xls nicely contrasting on the light creamy matrix.
Specimen weight:181 gr.
Crystal size:26 mm
Overall size:90mm x 75 mm x 45 mm
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Shattuckite in Quartz - Kandesei (Otjozongombe; Old German mine), Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#BALD0656)
Wonderful Shattuckite's sprays, formed by shiny crystals with a nice color, lay on a cavity of the Quartz. Really very aesthetic and in marvelous conditions.
Specimen weight:164 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:67mm x 56 mm x 35 mm
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Serandite, Polylithionite, Analcime, Aegirine - Poudrette quarry - Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#BALD0653)
A big Serandite's crystal with a myriad of other small crystals, with Analcime (15 mm), Polylithionite (15 mm) and Aegirine (12 mm). A classic of mineralogy.
Specimen weight:187 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 31 mm
Overall size:60mm x 61 mm x 49 mm
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Azurite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8020)
This is a very nice specimen offering splendid eletric blue Azurite crystals up to 3,0 cm tall.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm long
Overall size:30mm x 16 mm x 45 mm
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Fluorite, Orthose, Quartz - Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piemonte, Italia
(#FERR1414)
Classic combo from the ww known Baveno quarry, featuring a super waterclean cubic xl of pale blue Fluorite, aesthetically set among Orthoclase xls, and quartz!
Excellent for the locale!
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Fluorite 0.5 cm
Overall size:40mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Tsumcorite (TL) - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#9890_TSUM_DANI)
Nice rare Tsumcorite xls on matrix. Ex. S. Maggia collection.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:<1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Yugawaralite - Crastu Muradu Quarry, Osilo, Province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1410)
Specimen featuring several clean tabular colorless xls of Yugawaralite, in a small vug.
Uncommon zeolite pretty well represented with reference to the italian finds.
Specimen weight:290 gr.
Crystal size:0,4 cm
Overall size:94mm x 65 mm x 60 mm
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Weloganite with Calcite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada
(#BALD0604)
In the vug of the fonolite's matrix, a group of Weloganite's crystals, accompanied by some Calcite's crystals, has developed.
Specimen weight:495 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 13 mm
Overall size:83mm x 80 mm x 58 mm
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Amethyst quartz - Su Marralzu quarry - Osilo - Sassari prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM18035)
A big crystal of amethyst quartz is stunning in the middle of this specimen.
Its top is not fulll, it has some cavities: it seems an aggregate of three crystals that are ...
Specimen weight:565 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:97mm x 85 mm x 75 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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Fluorite - Les Rocs Quarry, Buxieres-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne, France
(#FERR1282)
Good cluster of purple fluorite from a classic french locale, pretty well known for its "almost round" fluorite crystals. Limited production... Not easy to be found on the market.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 22 mm
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Prehnite - Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo - Namibia
(#FERR1198)
Bright green, spherical aggregates of Prehnite Xls on a bed of white quartz.
Specimen weight:144 gr.
Crystal size:balls to 1.7 cm dia.
Overall size:70mm x 48 mm x 60 mm
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Parisite (Ce) - Snowbird mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA
(#FERR1169)
Fine Group of elongated orange-brown xls of Parisite in parallel association. From a US locale which produced excellent samples for this not so common specie.
Former M. Sacchi collection, with label.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:29mm x 25 mm x 17 mm
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Catapleite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#FERR1022)
Fine cluster featuring several white, translucent xls of Catapleite. The xls show a clean tabular heaxagonal shape.
Good quality!
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:0,7 cm
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Mimetite - Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#FERR0853)
Plate of gossan matrix hosting several aggregates of yellowish Mimetite xls, aesthetically scattered on it.
Classic stuff from Tsumeb.
Specimen weight:67 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:67mm x 42 mm x 20 mm
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Demantoide - Tubussis 22 farm, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#FERR0474)
Small cluster with the display side entirely covered of green Demantoide xls, with no damage.
Good luster.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:0,4 cm
Overall size:3,8 x 2,7 x 2,3 cm
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Chalcopyrite and Quartz - Neve quarry, Masso, Province of Genova, Liguria, Italy
(#FERR0442)
Classic oldtimer from Liguria, featuring one single, very clean, bi-sphenoidal xl of Chalcopyrite, associated with xls of transparent quartz on matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:6 x 5,8 x 5 cm
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