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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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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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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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Anatase - Cuiaba District - Gouveia - Minas Gerais - Brazil.
(#MINS7912)
Silvery-tan colored prismatic Anatase crystal 1,8 cm tall and doubly terminated.It is coated by small metallic golden-brown colored Rutile crystals on nearly all sides of this "floater" specimen.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:1,8 cm tall
Overall size:8mm x 8 mm x 18 mm
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Amethyst Quartz - Amethyst locality, Ankijabe, Ambilobe District, Diana Region (Northern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
(#BALD0475)
A carpet of nice, shiny and translucent Amethyst's crystals, some biterminated and twinned, well evident on the matrix, from a little known Malagasy locality. Inside the Amethyst's crystals there are innumerable little acicular Rutile's?...
Specimen weight:133 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 20 mm
Overall size:84mm x 64 mm x 37 mm
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