Armenite - Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
(#MINS9220)
This piece has glassy, lustrous, white crystals of Armenite up to 3 mm. This is a rare hydrated, barium, calcium, aluminum silicate from the famous from the famous Simplon Pass, in Switzerland (1995)
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
 Overall size:56mm x 36 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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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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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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Dadsonite xx - Saint-Pons area, Provence-Alps, France
(#11315_DADS_DANI)
Rare nice metallic acicular dadsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 15 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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Hematite, epitaxial Rutile - Cavradi gorge - Grischun, Switzerland
(#12795_HEMA_DANI)
Gourgeous, lustrous and large hematite xx. The xx is partly hollow. 1993 find.
Specimen weight:338 gr.
Crystal size:39 mm
Overall size:38mm x 22 mm x 30 mm
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Hematite roses and Quartz - Galmihorn, Reckingen, Goms, ,Valais, Switzerland
(#12815_HEMA_DANI)
Classic super nice hamatite rosetes. A swiss alps classic. 1978 find.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm (e), 20 mm (q)
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 30 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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Hematite, epitaxial Rutile - Cavradi gorge - Grischun, Switzerland
(#12733_HEMA_DANI)
Very nice hematite xx of high luster with epitaxic rutile xx. 1987 find.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12720_FLUO_DANI)
Very nice pink fluorite xx with quartz xx
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 36 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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Zircon and biotite - Astor - Astor Valley - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#MINS9076)
A brown-reddish colored, well shaped crystals of Zircon up to 9 mm are set on matrix rich of biotite.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm
Overall size:38mm x 35 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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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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Sphalerite with native arsen- Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
(#MINS8962)
A single xls honey translucent tetrahedra of Sphalerite is perched on a matrix of white granular dolomia. A classic from the swiss Alps!
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Protochabourneite - Sant'Olga tunnel - Monte Arsiccio mine - Sant'Anna di Stazzema - Stazzema - Apuan Alps - Lucca prov. - Tuscany - Italy (TL)
(#MINS8946)
Dark grey metallic Protochabournéite in sub.mm xls on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 12 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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Hematite on Albite - Fibbia, Fontana, Airolo, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
(#BALD0721)
Nice group of Hematite's crystals, up to 10 mm, very shiny, implanted on a carpet of Albite's crystals up to 16 mm, green for Chlorite (?) inclusions. An Alpine classic.
Specimen weight:218 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:67mm x 70 mm x 70 mm
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Sterryite - Pollone mine - Valdicastello Carducci - Pietrasanta - Apuan Alps - Lucca Province - Tuscany - Italy
(#MINS8439)
Several black thin needles of Sterryite are grown into quartz crystal in parallel formation.Probabily from the best find in the world of this rare sulphosalt !!
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Hessonite - Alpe delle Frasse, Laietto, Condove, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1557)
Fine specimen almost fully covered by red hessonite crystals, very brilliant, on matrix.
Classic garnet sample from one of the most famous locales in the italian Alps.
A small pack of greenish Chlinochlore blades is a classic ad!
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:0,2 cm
Overall size:30mm x 15 mm x 18 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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Marcasite - Bottino Mine, Ruosina, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1543)
A globular aggregate of many cubic crystals of golden Marcasite is sitting on a base of brown Siderite rombohedra. Unusual specimen completing the paragenesis of an italian locality more known for others sulphides like the Meneghinite.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:0,9 cm
Overall size:37mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Topazolite - Poggio Corbolone, Livorno, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1487)
Specimen featuring a rich array of rombododecahedral xls of yellowish Andradite var. Topazolite.
Not big as the specimens form the most known lacalities in the Alps, but very clean and lustruous.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 40 mm
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Fluorite and Quartz - Les Droites, Glacier de L'Argentier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
(#FERR1473)
Specimen featuring a rich coverage of clean octahedra of pink Fluorite, associated with some prismatic Quartz very transparent and slightly smoked.
A true classic from Alps!
Specimen weight:391 gr.
Crystal size:0,7 cm
Overall size:90mm x 80 mm x 55 mm
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Boulangerite over quartz - Bottino Mine - Stazzema - Apuan Alps - Lucca Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM19054)
A myriad of long grey needles of boulangerite are arranged over some crystal of quartz.
They seems aggregated in the chaos.
Typical from this tuscan mine.
Specimen weight:305 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:85mm x 75 mm x 37 mm
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Hematite "Iron Rose" with Quartz, Adularia and Chlorite - Fibbia, Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
(#BALD0650)
Nice group of centimetric Hematite Roses, with smoky Quartz up to 20 mm, Adularia's microcrystals and pulverulent Chlorite. Cut at the base.
Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:71mm x 70 mm x 42 mm
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Titanite - Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
(#FERR1357)
Fine miniature featuring several clean brown Titanite xls, very well defined scattered on matrix.
Classic specimens from central Alps.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:45mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Emerald - Vigezzo valley, Ossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province, Piemonte, Italy
(#FERR1324)
Clean, bright green, prismatic xl of Emerald, set on pegmatite matrix, from one of the few locales in the Alps that provided this specie. Findings 1970-80.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:0.8 cm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Clinozoisite - Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1261)
Clinozoisite in clean pale green crystals on matrix, associated with diopside of secondary importance. Classical example of the Italian Alps from a location ...
Specimen weight:298 gr.
Crystal size:To 1.6 cm
Overall size:85mm x 50 mm x 60 mm
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Sphalerite - Bottino Mine, Ruosina, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR0145)
Sparkling, jet black tetrahedra os Sphalerite on matrix, with minor siderite, from a classic italian mine no longer producing.
The piece can be dated to mid '80 when some workings for specimens recovery were carried out.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:to 1 cm
Overall size:6,5 x 5 x 3,5 cm
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