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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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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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Buttgenbachite - Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9164)
Rare eletric blue Buttgenbachite xls up to 2.5 mm on matrix with malachite and cuprite in association.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Rouaite - Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9163)
Aggregate of thick, greenish-blue, tabular crystals of Rouaite up to 5 mm on a red cuprite matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 24 mm x 15 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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Labunstovite-(Fe) - N'orkpakhk Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9072)
Reddish-orange sprays of labuntsovite-Fe in matrix from N'orkpakhk Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. This locality produces some of the world's largest labuntsovite crystals.
Specimen weight:116 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm long
Overall size:55mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Rhodochrosite and goethite in fossil shell - Kamysh-Burun Trough - Kerchenskoe deposit - Kerchenskyi (Fe) ore basin - Kerch Peninsula - Crimea - Russia
(#GM25019)
This specimen consists of a fossil shell that has partially transformed into rhodochrosite through pseudomorphosis.
There are large dark gray areas of goethite.
Specimen weight:76 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:48mm x 42 mm x 47 mm
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Phosinaite-(Ce) on Ussingite - Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9058)
Spray of brown prysmatic crystals of Phosinaite-(Ce) into violet Ussingite matrix.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:34mm x 18 mm x 18 mm
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Galena, sphalerite and quartz - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GM24103)
A complex aggregate of grey crystals of galena and dark crystals of sphalerite, that are intergrowth together. Some colourless crystals of quarts are visbile at its bottom.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 53 mm
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Churchite-(Y) - Maffei Mine ,Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9048)
Nice whitish sprays of Churchite-(Y) up to 1.5 mm richly set on limonitic matrix from the TL.Churchite-(Y) is a rare hydrated yttrium phosphate, a member of the Gypsum Supergroup.
Specimen weight:103 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 27 mm
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Thomsonite and mesolite - Deshgaon – Burhanpur – Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GM24079)
Very nice specimen of thomsonite and mesolite from a recent find in India.
Big and dark orange coloured hemispheres of thomsonite are stunning over it.
They are covered by radial, delicate and white colored sprays of mesolite ...
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:55mm x 36 mm x 36 mm
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Luinaite-(OH) - Bald Hornet Prospect, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
(#MINS9003)
Sprays of Luinaite-(OH) in/on a nice quartz xl.Luinaite-(OH) is a very rare Tourmaline Group species, only found in about nine places in the world. The only reported locality for this species in North America is the Bald Hornet Claim.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:3-4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 14 mm x 37 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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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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Manganite - Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
(#MINS8988)
Here we see sharp and lustrous crystals of steel gray Manganite xls up to 1,2 cm. a nice specimen with well developed and sharp edged crystals. They are excellent striated as well, mostly superbly terminated.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 12 mm
Overall size:53mm x 25 mm x 35 mm
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Valentinite - Nová Alexander adit, Kolársky vrch deposit, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8968)
White radial aggregates of valentinite xls to 10 mm on grainy gray stibnite.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10 mm
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Pyrophyllite - Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
(#MINS8964)
Radial sprays of iridescent, golden-yellow and cream colored pyrophyllite blades cover all sides of this striking and very nice specimen from Graves Mountain.
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Senegalite - Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Tambacounda Region, Senegal (TL)
(#MINS8942)
Rich and extremely well displaying Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals, with an intense yellow green color and transparency. The specimen is from a 2008 find at the Type Locality for the species.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 22 mm
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Bournonite - Machacamarca Distr. - Cornelio Saavedra prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM24015)
Aggregate aesthetics of absolute quality.
It is composed of large and small dark gray bournonite crystals, placed side by side on a pinch of matrix ...
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 29
Overall size:54mm x 43 mm x 30 mm
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Datolite - 2nd Sovietskii mine - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#MINS8909)
Cluster of glassy, sghaped Datolite xls up to 2,0 cm wide with classi green color that is typical for the specie from this famous localitty, with microcrystal of quartz in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,0 cm wide
Overall size:45mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Guerinite - Wilhelm Mine, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
(#MINS8899)
Tabular, thin, white, Guérinite crystals up to 1.5 mm richly scattered on matrix with sprays of Picropharmacolite and red Erythrite in association.
Specimen weight:109 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:58mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Vladimirite - Irthem Mine - Bou Azzer District - Morocco
(#MINS8881)
Very rare Vladimirite in white acicular xls up to 2 mm in sprays richly scattered on calcite matrix.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Acicular up to 2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 18 mm
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Cuprite, Malachite - Kolwezi Mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#11850_MALA_DANI)
Cuprite xx covered by malachite and primary malachite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Elpidite - Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS8795)
Cluster of well defined Elpidite crystals in greenish gray blades up to 2,3 cm long.
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm long
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 32 mm
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Cuprite and crysocholla - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8653)
Cluster of dark red cuprite xls up to 1,5 cm wide are spread all over a carpet of pale blue chrysocholla.From the famous Mashamba West mine.
Specimen weight:76 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 45 mm
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Chalcotrichite (var. of cuprite) - Libiola mine– Sestri Levante - Genoa prov. - Liguria - Italy
(#GM23005)
Some areas of the sample are covered by patinas or small granules of reddish-brown chalcotrichite.
The little contrast with the matrix makes them almost invisible in the pictures.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 38 mm
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Anatase - Zard Mtn, Ras Koh Mountains, Kharan District, Balochistan Region, Pakistan
(#BALD0773)
Very numerous Anatase's crystals up to 9 mm, with steel gray color, shiny and well formed, are scattered on the matrix, on which stand out with a very good chromatic contrast. There are crystals also on the rear side of the sample. Nice...
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 25 mm
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Olmiite with Bultfonteinite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#BALD0716)
Gorgeous Olmiite's crystals up to 16 mm, with a nice amber color, well formed and glossy, are accompanied by sprays of acicular, pure white Bultfonteinite's crystals, with a nice aesthetic effect. Very aesthetic sample.
Specimen weight:283 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 16 mm
Overall size:13mm x 78 mm x 27 mm
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Labradorite - Arsenatnaya fumarole, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Krai, Russia
(#11940_LABR_DANI)
Gray to blue labradorite xx floater.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:33mm x 34 mm x 14 mm
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Heterogenite - L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
(#FERR1527)
Specimen featuring an array of lustrous, black bubbly heterogenite botryoids. The crystals rest on a turquoise-blue and green Chrysocolla matrix creating a nice contrast.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:area 2 cm
Overall size:50mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Antimonite - Miniera del Tafone, Manciano, Grosseto province, Toscana, Italy
(#FERR1521)
Spray of elongated gray Stibine crystals, well terminated.
Not at the level of the famous chinese or japanese specimens, but interesting for the italian topology.
Former Fregosi collection, with label.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm
Overall size:89mm x 64 mm x 44 mm
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Fluorite - Camissinone mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardia, Italy
(#FERR1504)
Array of cubic xls of purple Fluorite, from a classic pre-alpine locale recently re-discovered with some limited collectors dedicated workings.
Note the internal phantoms and zones of more intense colour, typical of the location.
Specimen weight:218 gr.
Crystal size:1.8 cm
Overall size:75mm x 52 mm x 58 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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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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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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Cuprite on Chrysocolla - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#BALD0645)
Dark red Cuprite's crystals make a nice contrast with the Chrysocolla, from which they emerge. Ex Cirina collection.
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:40mm x 52 mm x 42 mm
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Witherite - S'Ortu Becciu Mine, Donori, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1394)
Spray of Witherite xls on matrix from a not much known sardinian locale.
Good locality specimen for its lustrousness.
Specimen weight:154 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:75mm x 50 mm x 35 mm
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Legrandite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
(#BALD0603)
Sprays of Legrandite, in the cavities of Limonite's matrix. Old sample, ex Don Olson collection, with original label.
Specimen weight:293 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:45mm x 75 mm x 50 mm
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Zinkenite and Andorite - Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
(#FERR0818)
Well displaying group of Zinkenite in deep gray, sturdy, elongated xls.
Among the Zinkenite, it can be distinguished an association with Andorite in grey xls.
Specimen weight:111 gr.
Crystal size:to 3,2 cm
Overall size:75mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Cuprite - Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe, Rudnyi Altai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia
(#FERR0706)
Fine miniature, featuring world class, big octahedra of Cuprite. The xls are deep red in colour, almost black, and show excellent luster on all the faces.
From a recend find at a nearly unknown russian locality, that ...
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:to 2 cm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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