Cobaltite - Traversella Mine, lev. 860, Val Chiusella, Torino, Italy
(#FERR1609)
Specimen rich in Cobaltite, featuring also clean christals with evident shape and faces.
From a unique finding occurred at the mine almost 30 years after its closure.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:0.2 cm
 Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Bariopharmacosiderite with Agardite- Grube Clara, Oberwolfach, Baden Wuerttenberg, Germany
(#MINS9142)
Excellent sample of Bariofarmocaosiderite in clean, lustrous pseudocubic reddish-brown xls, scattered on matrix.
Classic german stuff!
Former Klaus Petitjean collection, year 1985
Specimen weight:123 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:56mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Diopside - Miount Vesuvius, ,Campania, Italy
(#11325_DIOP_DANI)
Gorgeous gemmy diopside xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:Piedmont
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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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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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Diopside, Clinochlore - Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11298_DIOP_DANI)
Gorgeous gemmy diopside xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:258 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Fluorite with quartz - Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences - Kakamas - ZF Mgcawu distr. - Northern Cape prov. - South Africa
(#MINS9114)
intense green colored and semitransparent Fluorite crystal with quartz xls in association
A classic specimen from this south african locality.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:2,7 x 2,3 cm
Overall size:38mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12724_FLUO_DANI)
This specimen offer many very nice pink fluorite xx of very high luster. As a bonus the fluorite xx are associate to nice quartz xx.
Specimen weight:190 gr.
Crystal size:20mm (q), 2 mm (f)
Overall size:75mm x 30 mm x 20 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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Faujasite-Na, phillipsite and offretite - Limberg quarries - Sasbach - Kaiserstuhl - Baden-Württemberg - Germany (TL)
(#MINS9102)
The surfaceof the vugs of this specimen are covered by several octahedrycal minicrystals of Faujasite-Na, a rare zeolite.
Several crystals ... (TL)
St.Marie 2015 SPECIAL
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 31 mm x 24 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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Calcite psd Aragonite - Cozzo Disi mine, Casteltermini, Sicily, Italy
(#12476_ARAG_DANI)
Classic sicilian combo belonging to the past. This specimen offer nice and large calcite psd aragonite.
Specimen weight:1180 gr.
Crystal size:26 mm on edge
Overall size:190mm x 155 mm x 65 mm
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Silver - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12296_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 5 mm
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Fluorite - Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
(#MINS9086)
Really nice group of lustrous, translucent, dark purple Fluorite crystals measuring 44x42x30 mm with well defined deep red Sphalerite xls in association on matrix.
Specimen weight:185 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 44 mm wide
Overall size:68mm x 67 mm x 38 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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Silver, Pyrargiryte? - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12291_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver with Pyrargiryte?
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Fluorite - Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
(#MINS9061)
Specimen with twin fluorite xls up to 1,2 cm showing the classic yellow colour typic of the Hilton Mine.Classic!
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:To 1,2 cm
Overall size:51mm x 38 mm x 30 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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Fluorite - Is Murvonis mine, Domusnovas, Sardiinia, Italy
(#12593a_FLUO_DANI)
Gorgeous light purple geminated gemmy fluorite xx cluster. Very rare colour shape.
Specimen weight:354 gr.
Crystal size:31 mm on edge
Overall size:75mm x 80 mm x 68 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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Ecdemite (Heliophyllite) - Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11336_ECDE_DANI)
Glassy transparent Ecdemite pseudoexhagonal xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 15 mm
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Fluorite - Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Aut. Region, China
(#12105a_FLUO_DANI)
Transparent cubo-octahedric Fluorite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:229 gr.
Crystal size:28 mm on edge
Overall size:125mm x 90 mm x 25 mm
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Diopside - Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#MINS9074)
Cluster of sculptural gemmy diopside xls up to 1,1 cm from the famous, nowadays closed locality.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:3mm x 9 mm x 23 mm
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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM25003)
A large, semi-transparent, octahedral crystal of intense green color is flanked by another smaller one.
The main crystal is 75 mm. of size
They are placed on a white quartzite matrix, for a nice chromatic contrast.
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 75
Overall size:88mm x 80 mm x 58 mm
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Marcasite, Fluorite, Galena - Moscadroxius-Genna Tres Montis mine, Silius, Sardinia, Italy
(#12516_MARC_DANI)
A classic trio. Shiny Marcasite with super nice Galena xx and Fluorite xx.
Specimen weight:2200 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm (marc), 40 mm (f)
Overall size:140mm x 100 mm x 65 mm
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Diopside - Betroka district, Anosy, Madagascar
(#10776s_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice diopside crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:110mm x 65 mm x 45 mm
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Zinclipsocombite (TL) with Perhamite - Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
(#MINS9059)
Spherules of yellow- green zinclipscombite (TL) with white pearly Perhamite in association.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Phillipsite - Calvarina Mt. - Roncà - Verona prov. - Veneto - Italy
(#GM24108)
Nice specimen with several pale orange spheres of phillipsite that are spread all over the surface.
Some of them are broken and show a small red heart for a nice contrast of color.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:105mm x 85 mm x 38 mm
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Fluorite, calcite and pyrite - Sant Cugat del Vallès - El Papiol - Baix Llobregat - Barcelona - Catalonia - Spain
(#GM24097)
Numerous small fluorite crystals are seeded across the surface of this sample.
They have a beautiful bright green color and are semi-transparent.
Some squat, translucent ...
Specimen weight:750 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:110mm x 100 mm x 58 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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Multicolored chalcedony - Monterufoli - Pomarance - Pisa prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM24081)
Half of a typical large chalcedony nodule which is hollow inside and variously colored with bluish and ochre shades
Specimen weight:995 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:147mm x 97 mm x 75 mm
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Yuanfuliite - Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia lamproite outcrops, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
(#MINS9036)
Several groups of radial golden brown needles of rare Yuanfuliite up to 1-1.5 mm, with dull black Hematite in association.
Specimen weight:9 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5 mm
Overall size:23mm x 22 mm x 15 mm
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Copper psd after Aragonite - San Agustín Mine, Corocoro, La Paz Department, Bolivia
(#11677_COPP_DANI)
A famous pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite. From a find from over 25 years ago.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Fluorite - Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS9005)
Cluster of glassy, transparent to translucent Fluorite xls up to 8 mm with color changig to green to golden brown with internal iron oxide inclusions.
Specimen weight:178 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 33 mm
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Diopside and grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM24071)
A little Alpine gem from a place famous for the high quality of the samples that were extracted here.
Semi-transparent crystals of greenish diopside are together with brown/reddish garnets ...
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 32 mm
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Hureaulite, sicklerite, vivianite, rockbridgeite and phosphoferrite - Mangualde - Viseu - Portugal
(#GM24065)
A small encyclopedia of minerals, where however only hureaulite is easily recognizable.
Most of the surface of this specimen is covered with orange/light brown crystals of hureaulite.
To identify the other minerals you need ...
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:56mm x 43 mm x 22 mm
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Phillipsite - Roncà, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
(#FERR1592)
Rich specimen featuring lots of bright orange spherical aggregates of phillipsite, scattered on basaltic matrix.
Classic italian zeolite, from a locale that is today unfortunately gone.
Specimen weight:84 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:72mm x 6 mm x 25 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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Iowaite - Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
(#MINS8961)
Hexagonal yellow crystals of Iowaite up to 5 mm on transparent gypsum.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 9 mm x 28 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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Fluorite with Anhydrite - Campiano Mine, Montieri. Grosseto Province, Tuscany Italy.
(#MINS8924)
Cluster of pale green fluorite cubocthaedrons up to 1,8 cm with adamantine luster and Anhydrite in associaton purchased in the early 80.
Specimen weight:800 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,8 cm
Overall size:120mm x 80 mm x 100 mm
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Goyazite - Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#MINS8937)
Rich specimen covered with sharp goyazite crystals to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 32 mm x 33 mm
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Augite var. Fassaite - Monzoni Mountains, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy
(#10989_AUGI_DANI)
This is a really nice specimen offering several green fassaite crystals groups in vugs.
Specimen weight:78 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:75mm x 48 mm x 45 mm
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Amethyst quartz and goethite - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
(#GM24022)
A large druse completely covered by quartz crystals with a beautiful amethyst color.
Most crystal tips are darker.
The black traces that can be seen are of goethite and ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:125mm x 110 mm x 43 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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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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Pseudobrookite with Topaz- Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS8824)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xls up to 7 mm with topaz in association on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm wide
Overall size:48mm x 38 mm x 23 mm
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Pseudocotunnite and challacolloite - La Fossa crater - Vulcano Island - Lipari - Eolie Islands - Messina prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GM23051)
Two rare volcanic fumarole minerals are present on the surface of this sample.
It is scattered with numerous acicular crystals of pseudocotunnite ...
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:58mm x 50 mm x 38 mm
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Diopside - Val d'Ala, Piedmont, Italy
(#11985_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice green diopside xx.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:25 mm
Overall size:25mm x 9 mm x 7 mm
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Phillipsite - Fittà, Soave, Veneto, Italy
(#12056_PHIL_DANI)
Tiny but very nice orange phillipsite spherules on matrix.
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Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:10mm x 10 mm x 5 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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Chalcedony - Mali
(#BALD0775)
Chalcedony's geode, with a marvelous, intense azure color, translucent, coming from an unknown locality in Mali. Collected in the early 2000's. Photographed undder strong light.
Specimen weight:182 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 64 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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Chalcedony pseudomorph after unknown mineral - Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
(#BALD0764)
Chalcedony's microcrystals have completely replaced another mineral, whose identification isn't possible. Very brilliant and aesthetic, photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:576 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:98mm x 88 mm x 75 mm
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Selenite - Alabaster quarries, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain
(#BALD0753)
Extremely transparent Selenite's crystals up to 30 mm are scattered on a matrix of massive gypsum/alabaster, that has a cut at the base. The Selenite's crystals coming from this locality are considered among the best in the world. Aesthetic...
Specimen weight:726 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 30 mm
Overall size:111mm x 100 mm x 103 mm
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Fluorite, calcite and quartz - Camissinone mine - Zogno - Brembana Valley - Bergamo prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GM22057)
Three specimens from this famous alpine italian mine:
- a cube of violet fluorite with internal 'ghost' (mm. 30 x 27 x 23)
- orange calcite over quartzes ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:30mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Pseudobrookite - Thomas Range, Utah, USA
(#11090_PSEU_DANI)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xx on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 65 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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Fluorite - Heights quarry, Durham Co., England, UK
(#11202_FLUO_DANI)
Superb geminated deep aqua green fluorite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:548 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:120mm x 90 mm x 55 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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Pharmacosiderite - Perda Niedda Mine, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1585)
Olive green pseudocubic xls of Farmacosiderite scattered on matrix. Quite uncommon specie for Sardinia, well represented, though in micro xls.
Specimen weight:152 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 35 mm
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Rhodochrosite with Fluorite, Quartz, Pyrite and Galena - Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
(#BALD0735)
Numerous, well defined Rhodochrosite's crystals up to 19 mm, with a gorgeous pink color, lay on the matrix and come with crystals of Fluorite, Quartz, Pyrite and Galena. A small, real jewel, very aesthetic.
Specimen weight:206 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 19 mm
Overall size:85mm x 52 mm x 43 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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Topaz - Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#MINS8425)
Radiating groups of long clear prismatic Topaz crystals in the cavity of a clay xenolith. Ex coll. Francesco Bedognè.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 21 mm x 19 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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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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Pearceite - Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
(#FERR1553)
Metallic, pseudohexagonal, brillant chrystal of Pearceite, well exposed on the matrix.
Very well represented for the specie.
Former collection Bruno Cerato, with label.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:45mm x 47 mm x 20 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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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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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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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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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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Silver - Kongsberg Silver Mines, Kongsberg, Viken, Norway
(#FERR1501)
Oldtimer of native Silver from one of the most famous locales for this highly sought after specie. This specimen consists of thick wires of Silver, with very nice ancient patine, on a matrix of massive Calcite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:40mm x 25 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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Fluorite over chalcedony - Mahodari - Nasik distr. - Maharastra - India
(#GM20056)
A big, yellow-brown colored sphere of fluorite is stunning in the center of a cluster of chalcedony.
Typical from this classic indian location.
Specimen weight:665 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 42
Overall size:130mm x 125 mm x 50 mm
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Galena - Montevecchio mines, Arbus, Sardinia, Italy
(#11034_GALE_DANI)
Perphaps not very aesthetic but certainly uncommon specimen of small galena xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:115mm x 70 mm x 45 mm
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Grossular, var. Hessonite with Diopside and "Chlorite" - Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#BALD0699)
A very glossy and very brilliant carpet of Hessonite's crystals up to 7 mm, covers the sample almost completely. The red color of the garnet makes a good contrast with the green "Chlorite". There are also a few Diopside's crystals up to 6 mm.
Specimen weight:303 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:150mm x 72 mm x 70 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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Smithsonite pseudomorph after Calcite - San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#BALD0671)
From a very recent find in the abandoned mine of San Giovanni, this interesting pseudomorphosis of two-color Smithsonite after Calcite. From the unique geode discovered, only a few dozens of good quality samples has been collected. Rare and...
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 58 mm
Overall size:58mm x 43 mm x 52 mm
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Fluorite - Works of the Motorway - Baveno - Verbania-Cusio-ossola prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM19066)
The surface of this specimen is seeded by several octahedral, semitransparent and pale grey colored crystals of fluorite.
A curiosity from the locality of Baveno ...
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:62mm x 58 mm x 24 mm
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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM19055)
A big, octahedric, green colored and semitransparent crystal of fluorite is flanked by a bulky whitish quartzite.
They have a strong chromatic contrast.
Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:mm.58
Overall size:94mm x 47 mm x 44 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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Puflerite (var. of Stilbite) and Chabazite - Pufler Lake, Seiser Alm, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
(#FERR1415)
Stilbite (puflerite var.) in lustruous spheric aggregates of crystals associated with colourless chabazite pseudocubic crystals.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 37 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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Opal - Fornaccia - Fornovolasco - Vergemoli - Apuan Alps - Lucca Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM19015)
Interesting specimen of brilliant white opal, that becomes yellow-lemon at the U.V. SHORT wave
Specimen weight:223 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:125mm x 60 mm x 38 mm
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Green Anglesite - Montevecchio Mines, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1407)
Emerald green anglesite xls on gossan matrix.
Quite unusual colour, typical of the Montevecchio Mine.
Classic italian specimen.
Specimen weight:430 gr.
Crystal size:0,5 cm
Overall size:90mm x 75 mm x 60 mm
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Fluorite - Camissinone mine, Zogno, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardia, Italy
(#FERR1399)
Single cubic xl of purple Fluorite, from a classic pre-alpine locale recently re-discovered with some limited collectors dedicated workings.
Specimen weight:270 gr.
Crystal size:55 mm on edge
Overall size:70mm x 65 mm x 50 mm
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Bertrandite, Quartz, Fluorite, Pyrite, Ferberite - Kara-Oba W deposit, Karazhal, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
(#BALD0615)
On a group of milky Quartz's ctystals up to 66 mm, hundreds of white Bertrandite's crystals up to 5 mm are laid down, with two nice octahedral green Fluorite's crystals (22 mm), Ferberite (10 mm) and a myriad of extremely shiny Pyrite's…
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:100mm x 70 mm x 78 mm
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Phillipsite - Contrada Bagattei, Vestenanuova, Verona province, Veneto, Italy
(#FERR1389)
Clean orange xls of Phillipsite aesthetically set inside a vug in the basaltic matrix.
Classic italian zeolite.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:0,3 cm
Overall size:38mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Owner : Ferrero 's (Torino-Italy) 