Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#MINS9315)
This piece features a well-formed, sharp, translucent, soft blue color cube of this hard-to-find species on matrix. The cube measures 6x7 mm. A rare Mg-borate found in evaporite deposits.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:6x7 mm
 Overall size:18mm x 14 mm x 16 mm
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Veszelyite - Laochang Mine, Gejiu Co., Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
(#MINS9312)
Veszelyite in bright eletric blue crystals up to 2.5 mm scattered on matrix.
Rare specie, known in only few locales in the world.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Glaucocerinite (TL) - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9308)
Bright sky-blue waxy botryoidal Glaucocerinite xls on matrix. A rare complex hydrated sulfate from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Santarosaite - Santa Rosa mine - Santa Rosa-Huantajaya Distr. - Iquique Prov. - Tarapacá - Chile TYPE LOCALITY
(#MINS9305)
Several blue colored sub-mmi spheres of Santarosaite are arranged on the surface of this sample.
The santarosaite is a very rare copper borate, found for now only in this locality, which is therefore the type locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 11 mm
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Azzurrite - Touissit - Bou beker Distr. - Jerada Prov. - Marocco
(#GMA26058)
Long, dark blue Azurite crystals are clustered in a sheaf-like formation.
Patches of green malachite are present here and there.
Very aesthetic!
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40
Overall size:55mm x 55 mm x 67 mm
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Clinoclase xx - Majuba Hill mine, Antelope Mining District, Nevada, USA
(#17397_CLIN_DANI)
Specimen full of deep blue Clinoclase xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:126 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Baryte - Sa' Corona e Sa' Craba - Barbusi -Carbonia (SU) - Sardegna
(#GMA26047)
Large, pale blue, lamellar Baryte crystals rise from the matrix of this specimen.
They are dotted with white calcite bubbles ...
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40
Overall size:75mm x 63 mm x 70 mm
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Marioantofillite - Monte Copello-Reppia mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy (TL)
(#MINS9296)
Specimen rich of blue Marioantofilliite crystals forming a sphere associated with pale green malachite sprays and Allophane from the type locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:55mm x 34 mm x 20 mm
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Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9287)
Sharp crystals of Boleite 6 mm with a nice indigo blue color, on a stabilized matrix, coming from a no longer productive locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm wide
Overall size:45mm x 26 mm x 18 mm
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Thortveitite - Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9297)
Blue Thorveitite xls of this very rare scandium mineral.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Covellite - Bor Mine, Bor, Bor District, Central Serbia, Serbia
(#MINS9293)
Covellite forming violet-blue, fatty to shiny, leafy and scaly aggregates that grow throughout the sample.Very uncommon, two-sided material from Serbia.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:35mm x 12 mm x 32 mm
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Sodalite with Cancrinite - Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
(#MINS9282)
Dark blue Sodalite with yellow Cancrinite in association. Old find from from the classic locality in the Bancroft area. Ex coll. Dr. Francesco Bedognè #1018.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:50mm x 28 mm x 38 mm
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Clinoclase xx - Majuba Hill mine, Antelope Mining District, Nevada, USA
(#17610_CLIN_DANI)
Specimen full of deep blue Clinoclase xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:82 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 40 mm
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Henmilite xx (TL), Pentahydroborite xx - Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
(#17603_HENM_DANI)
Classic combo! Blue Henmilite xx with clear Pentahydrobrite xx
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Veszelyite - Laochang ore field, Gejiu Co., Yunnan, China
(#17586_VESZ_DANI)
Very nice deep blue Veszelyite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 15 mm x 10 mm
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Boothite - Grand Reef Mine - Graham Co. - Arizona - USA
(#MINS9274)
Blue sparkling crystalline boothite scattered on matrix. A very rare hydrated copper sulphate. F. Bedognè micromount collection with label.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:8mm x 6 mm x 3 mm
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Cavansite and stilbite - Wagholi quarry - Poona distr. - Maharastra state - India
(#GMA26033)
A twinned double crystal of electric blue Cavansite lies on a carpet of whitish Stilbites.
This species is increasingly rare to find on the market ...
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 24
Overall size:35mm x 41 mm x 30 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#13829_CHAL_DANI)
Superb bright blue-greeen chalcophyllite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Kinoite xx, Ruizite xx (TL), Aphophylite - Christmas mine, Christmas, Arizona, USA
(#13409_KINO_DANI)
Very nice deep blue kinoite xx with very rare orange-brown ruizite xx on the classic apophyllite xx matrix.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9225)
A sharp complex translucent intense blue boleite crystal on anglesite. Superb thumbnail, great colour. Unusual to find boleite crystals on anglesite matrix.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:4,5x4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 8 mm x 9 mm
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Spinel - Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9222)
Deep blue Spinel octahedron crystals up to 6 mm on white Calcite matrix.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:37mm x 26 mm x 26 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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Zapatalite with Libethenite - Miguel Vacas Mine, Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
(#MINS9182)
Blue Zapatelite with beautiful dark green Libethenite xls up to 2 mm in association.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:62mm x 20 mm x 36 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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Cornetite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lumumbashi - Haut Katanga - Zaire
(#GMA26019)
Several dark blue colored crystals of cornetite are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:280 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:94mm x 67 mm x 38 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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Phosphophyllite - Hagensdorf Sud - Oberpfalz - Bayern - Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9166)
A set of light blue, gemmy Phosphophyllites lying on a Quartz matrix with white Sholzite in association. Hagendorf is the Type Locality for Phosphophyllite, which was discovered in 1920. ..
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2.5 mm wide
Overall size:40mm x 38 mm x 18 mm
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Caledonite - Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9157)
Old Classic. Blue green Caledonite xls up to 1 mm.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 27 mm x 30 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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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 - Kelly mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA
(#MINS9137)
Specimen with intense blue/green Smithsonite in botryoidal mass from this classic locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:51mm x 38 mm x 14 mm
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Gilmarite - Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8904)
Gilmarite in blue rosettes xls up to 1 mm scattered in vugs of matrix with green Conicalcite in association .A rare copper arsenate. Ex Sandro Maggia coll.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 28 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#MINS9121)
This specimen offer really nice chalcophyllite xls on matrix with eletric blue azurite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:41mm x 27 mm x 26 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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Mcguinnesite with Vuagnatite - Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain District, Mayacmas Mts , Mendocino Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
(#MINS9095)
Blue green rare Mcguinnessite up to 1,5 mm scattered on matrix from the type locality with minor vuagnatite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 24 mm x 16 mm
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Linarite - King Arthur Mine, Arriana, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
(#MINS9090)
Aggregates of very sharp, brilliant, acicular Linarite crystals with very bright color. In a limonite matrix with Quartz, Brochantite growths, and an unknown light blue species, probably Caledonite.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:37mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12418_PLAN_DANI)
Very nice light blue plancheite spherules with calcite and malachite.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 52 mm x 50 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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Chrysocolla - Eagle Eye mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
(#12000_CHRY_DANI)
Nice blue-deep green Chrysocolla on matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Yvonite - Salsigne mine, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS9054)
Specimen richly covered with xls of blue Yvonite up to 1 mm with Geminite in association on decomposing Bismuth matrix, from the type locality of this rare specie.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Botallackite - Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England
(#MINS9052)
Bright blue/green crystals of Botallackite on all sides of specimen. Botallackite is a rare secondary copper mineral and this is a very rich example from recent finds at Cligga Head.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm wide
Overall size:53mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Vauxite with Metavauxite- Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
(#MINS9050)
Specimen with blue Vauxite and Metavauxite xls set on matrix with quartz. A fairly rare iron phosphate (and one of the very few blue iron-containing minerals)
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 23 mm
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Phlogopite - Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia
(#MINS9035)
Fine crystal grouping of micaceous brown phlogopite measuring 2.2 cm in height is set on calcite matrix with minor blue apatite in association. Complete all around - very nice for the species/locality.
Specimen weight:109 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm tall
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 55 mm
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Serpierite - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9029)
Specimen with rare blue serpierite xls richly scattered in rosettes on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:85mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9000)
Sharp crystals of Boleite up to 5 mm with a nice indigo blue color, on a stabilized matrix, coming from a no longer productive locality.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:52mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Microcline var. Amazonite - Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, USA
(#MINS9001)
Nice blue amazonite crystal 2,3 cm tall, fully terminated on with albite in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,3 cm tall
Overall size:53mm x 27 mm x 38 mm
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Papagoite - New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA (TL)
(#MINS9006)
Deep blue papagoite ftom the type locality.Very hard-to-obtain.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 45 mm x 18 mm
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Cuprodongchuanite - Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (TL)
(#MINS8995)
Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Linarite - Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
(#MINS8986)
Electric Blue Linarite crystals up to 2-3 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 28 mm x 35 mm
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Woodwardite - West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS8973)
Royal blue Woodwardite from this classic Cornish locality..A rare hydrated copper sulfate from an old find.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:22mm x 15 mm x 6 mm
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Aurichalcite - Temperino mine - Campiglia Marittima - Livorno Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#MINS8947)
Very nice deep light blue aurichalcite in acicular crystals up to 2 mm on limonite matrix.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Celadonite - Nulvi, Sardinia, Italy
(#11425_CELA_DANI)
Very nice blue-green celadonite on matrix.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 32 mm
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Serpierite - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS8873)
Specimen with rare blue serpierite xls richly scattered in rosettes on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:42mm x 32 mm x 27 mm
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Fluorite – The Hidden Forest Pocket - Diana Maria mine - Frosterley - Weardale - Co. Durham – England – United Kingdom
(#GM23079)
Interesting specimen of green fluorite that becomes blue colored at the U.V. long waves light.
The crystals are partially intergrowth together and cover all the matrix ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 21
Overall size:74mm x 53 mm x 33 mm
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Cyanotrichite - Qinglong Sb-Au deposit - Qinglong Co. - Qianxi'nan Autonomous pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#GM23077)
Beautiful specimen that is partially covered by evident, fibrous spheres made of blue electric needles of cyanotrichite.
They form a very dense carpet ...
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:65mm x 37 mm x 38 mm
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Cyanotrichite - Qinglong Sb-Au deposit - Qinglong Co. - Qianxi'nan Autonomous pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#GM23076)
Beautiful specimen that is partially covered by evident, fibrous spheres made of blue electric needles of cyanotrichite.
They form a very dense carpet ...
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:48mm x 40 mm x 36 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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Corundum (Ruby) - Zazafotsy, Ihosy, Ihorombe, Madagascar
(#BALD0782)
Wonderful, biterminated Ruby variety Corundum's 39 mm crystal, showing a red color with blue shade (Sapphire), well evident on the rich in mica matrix. Interesting sample, intensely fluorescent under the UV light. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:282 gr.
Crystal size:39 mm
Overall size:60mm x 62 mm x 56 mm
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Azurite - Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#BALD0780)
Numerous Azurite's crystals, up to 15 mm, cover the matrix. The color is a very intense blue, with waxy shine. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:211 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 15 mm
Overall size:87mm x 80 mm x 45 mm
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Serpierite - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS8823)
Specimen with blue submillimetric serpierite xls scattered on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 48 mm x 22 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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Chalcedony ps After Fluorite - Trestia, Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
(#MINS8683)
A classic , plate of lustrous, pretty pastel-blue chalcedony pseudomorph after sharp fluorite cubes from Romania. Psudos of this quality are uncommon on the market.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:42mm x 32 mm x 10 mm
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Cavansite with Stilbite on Heulandite - Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
(#BALD0755)
Two gorgeous 14 mm Cavansite's spheres, with intense and characteristic cobalt blue color, made up of myriad of crystals, lay on a carpet of white Heulandite and are accompanied by some 15 mm Stilbite's crystals. Very colorful and aesthetic...
Specimen weight:148 gr.
Crystal size:14 mm
Overall size:90mm x 78 mm x 30 mm
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Azurite with Malachite - Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#BALD0752)
Numerous Azurite's crystals with an intense blue color, with needle-like Malachite, completely cover the limonitic matrix. The sample is partially crystallized also on the rear.
Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:90mm x 64 mm x 58 mm
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Glaucophane with Fuchsite and Pyrite - Rio Oremo, Chiavolino, Pollone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#BALD0736)
Tight intertwining of Glaucophane's crystals up to 5 mm. This mineral is pleochroic, and both colors (blue and blue-green) are visible depending on the crystals' orientation. There's green Fuchsite and a small Pyrite crystal on the rear.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:61mm x 40 mm x 26 mm
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Veszelyite - Laochang Mine, Gejiu Co., Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
(#MINS8629)
Veszelyite in clear blue crystals scattered on matrix,
Rare specie, known in only few locales in the world.
Specimen weight:69 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:36mm x 33 mm x 40 mm
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Rhodochrosite - Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
(#MINS8597)
Intense red-pink Rhodocrhrosite crystals up to 3,0 cm on matrix with pale blue fluorite and pyryte in association.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 c wide
Overall size:52mm x 25 mm x 42 mm
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Gordaite (TL) - Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#11356_GORD_DANI)
Superb greenish-light blue gordat xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:63 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 35 mm
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Linarite - Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1591)
Miniature of Linarite featuring several tabular blue crystals. From a unique finding at the Baccu Locci outcrops made about 20 years ago.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:29mm x 22 mm x 16 mm
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Vauxite (TL) - Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, Potosí Department, Bolivia
(#9927b_VAUX_DANI)
Specimen featuring nice medium blue color radiating aggregates of Vauxite xls. In my view this is the best one of the lot I acquired a while ago.
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:85mm x 85 mm x 17 mm
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Lazurite, pyrite and chondrodite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#GM21063)
A big, dark blue colored crystal of lazurite is scattered out the whitish matrix of marble.
Some areas of it have an electric blue color.
Ther are some little, golden colored crystals of pyrite and some others of chondrodite ...
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25 x 22
Overall size:50mm x 32 mm x 53 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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Kulanite and siderite - Big Fish River - Dawson Mining District - Yukon - Canada
(#MINS8412)
Several very lustrous deep blue-green crystals up to 3.5 mm of this rare phosphate are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 mm
Overall size:63mm x 38 mm x 15 mm
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Callaghanite - Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA(Type Locality)
(#MINS8368)
Very colorful intense lustrous rich deep blue Callaghanite in sub millimetric crystals richly covering the dark matrix.
A nice sample of this rare copper magnesium carbonate.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm xls
Overall size:30mm x 32 mm x 29 mm
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Tyrolite - Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
(#MINS8364)
Bright turquoise-blue clusters of tyrolite crystals cover multiple sides of the contrasting matrix on this piece from a classic Austrian locality.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Cornetite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
(#GM21001)
A crust of spherical-shaped, dark blue colored crystals of cornetite covers the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 28 mm
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Fluorite - Su Zurfuru Mine, Fluminimaggiore, Carbonia- Iglesias, Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1540)
Showy single crystal of light blue cubic Fluorite, nearly floater.
Excellent luster and transparence. Edges in perfect conditions.
Specimen weight:95 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:32mm x 30 mm x 27 mm
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Baryte - Moscona mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain
(#10450_BARY_DANI)
Very nice blue baryte crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:208 gr.
Crystal size:18 mm
Overall size:95mm x 60 mm x 30 mm
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Serpierite - Baccu Locci Mine, by Villaputzu, province of Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1528)
Tuffs of thin xls of Serpierite. Showy light blue colour, very brilliant.
Uncommon specie from a very interesting italian locale for selenium minerals.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 20 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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Chalcedony - Appennino Bolognese, Italia
(#FERR1502)
Unusual specimen of blue chalcedony in partial pseudomorphosis of a previous rhombohedral Calcite crystal. The surface looks particularly bright thanks to the presence of numerous microcrystals.
Specimen weight:323 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:105mm x 80 mm x 60 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
(#MINS8246)
Light blue-green Chalcophyllite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:28mm x 26 mm x 17 mm
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Gormanite - Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#FERR1448)
Fine cluster with large coverage of velvety-blue gormanite crystals on matrix, from the type locality.
Rare.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 25 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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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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Veszelyite - Laochang Mine, Gejiu Co., Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
(#FERR1360)
Veszelyite in clean blue rosettes of xls scattered on matrix, from a recent chinese find.
Rare specie, known in only few locales in the world.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:45mm x 44 mm x 33 mm
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Chalcocite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
(#GM15161)
A really new that I presented on my table in Munich !!
A new found of chalcocite from Bouismas, a mineral that is really rare in Morocco.
This specimen is ...
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:28mm x 21 mm x 12 mm
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Plumbogummite - Yangshuo Mine, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
(#FERR1181)
Fantastic cluster of Plumbogummite in thick blue colour encrusting Yellow pyromorphite. Stunning luster.
From a recent find at the mine that set new standards for this showy but rare specie!
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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