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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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9161)
Specimen rich of Gold in wire crystals up to 3 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 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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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9162)
Specimen rich of Gold in wire crystals up to 4 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:18mm x 15 mm x 10 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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Goldhillite -Tripoli Mine, Del Cura Ravine, Huércal de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
(#MINS9155)
Dark green Goldhillite xls with adamantine luster with Conichalcite and Malachite in association.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 28 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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Guimarãesite with Childrenite,/Eosphorite - Piauí valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (TL)
(#MINS9150)
Specimen with Guimarãesite (TL) xls and Eeosphorite/Childrenite up to 1,2 cm in association on albite matrix.Very interesting combo- Former S.Maggia collection.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:36mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Silver var. Kongsbergite - Imiter Mine - Imiter Distr. - Tinghir Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GMA26015)
An evident, sculptural, leaf native Kongsbergite specimen from 2016 finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
It's standing on a black matrix ...
Specimen weight:340 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 45 x 37
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 67 mm
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Fluorite and heulandite - Gibelsbach - Flesch - Goms - Wallis - Switzerland
(#GMA26014)
Druse covered with small whitish heulandite crystals, on which clearly visible green areas are found where fluorite crystals lie, partially covered by heulandite.
An uncommon Alpine specimen ...
Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 26 mm
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Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine - Linxi - Linxi Co. - Ulanhad League - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - China
(#GMA26013)
The olshanskyite is a rare borate and this is a miniature that is futuring long and perfected crystals that are scattering out from a crust of the same olshanskyite ...
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm.
Overall size:47mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Pyrite - Valle Giove Stope - Rio Marina - Rio- Elba Island - Livorno Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GMA26012)
On a pinch of hematite matrix, a virtually perfect pentadodecahedral pyrite.
It actually consists of at least two crystals almost completely interpenetrating each other.
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 53 x 43
Overall size:53mm x 50 mm x 34 mm
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Sulphur var. "Talamone" - Giumentaro mine - Capodarso - Enna Prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GMA26010)
Remarkable specimen of sulfur var. 'Talamone' with a large crystal prominently displayed.
Specimens of this variety are usually non-crystallized; at most, they may exhibit spheroidal shapes.
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:88mm x 55 mm x 47 mm
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Fluorite - Poggio Balate - Termini Imerese - Palermo Prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GMA26009)
A typical fluorite specimen from this well-known Sicilian location.
The crystals are partially intertwined.
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 17
Overall size:76mm x 44 mm x 47 mm
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Pink dolomite and calcite - Zandobbio - Bergamo Prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GMA26008)
Above a carpet of small pinkish dolomite crystals covering the entire piece, numerous yellowish calcite crystals are clearly visible ...
Specimen weight:207 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:78mm x 60 mm x 53 mm
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Arsenopyrite, galena and calcite - Trepča Stan Terg Mine - Trepča complex - Trepča valley - Kosovska Mitrovica - Kosovo
(#GMA26007)
An excellent specimen completely covered with crystals of:
- Arsenopyrite with brilliant, golden-gray pseudocubic crystals (max. 12 mm)
- Opaque gray cubic galenas (max. 10 mm)
- Translucent calcite lenses ...
Specimen weight:1075 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:140mm x 105 mm x 60 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GMA26006)
Historic specimen with large, well-formed cerussite crystals clustered together on a small matrix.
It was surely mined before 1990: the tag reads Southwest Africa,"" the name the region had before it gained independence that year.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:50mm x 42 mm x 37 mm
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Cinnabar - Le Solforate mine - Piancastagnaio - Siena Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GMA26005)
Numerous dark red cherries are visible on the surface of the sample.
They are cinnabar, in the typical crystallization of these areas.
Specimen weight:245 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 45 mm
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Molybdenite - Perda de Pibera mine - Gonnosfanadiga - South Sardinia Prov. - - Sardinia - Italy
(#GMA26004)
A cluster of molybdenite crystals are clearly visible all around the matrix.
A sample so rich in crystals of this species is rare from Sardinia.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 14
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Calcite - Cava di Campomorto - Montalto di Castro - Viterbo Prov. - Lazio - Italy
(#GMA26003)
A field of small golden calcite hemispheres is clearly visible around a very large one, measuring 30 mm in diameter.
The almost golden color makes it a particularly aesthetic piece.
Specimen weight:955 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 30
Overall size:110mm x 83 mm x 63 mm
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Fuchsite - Jacobina Gold District - Bahia - Brazil
(#GMA26002)
The surface of the specimen is almost completely covered with dark green fuchsite flakes.
It is also partially crystallized on the reverse side.
Fuchsite is a greenish, Cr-bearing variety of muscovite
Specimen weight:183 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:80mm x 67 mm x 41 mm
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Iranite - Santa Ana mine, Tocopilla District, Antofagasta Region
(#MINS9151)
Sharp rare bladed brown Iranite xl 5 mm wide with orange small orange Wulfenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 35 mm
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Lorandite (TL) and Realgar - Crven Dol Mine, Allchar, Kavadarci, Macedonia
(#MINS9159)
Specimen with bloody red xls of Lorandite up to 1 mm in size from the Lorandite type locale.
Rare tallium specie !!
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:32mm x 21 mm x 17 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS9156)
Cluster of apple-green Agardite-(Ce) with dark green Cornwallite in association on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:37mm x 28 mm x 25 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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Romanechite ps. after helvite and quartz - Jinlong hill -Longchuan Co. - Heyuan Pref. - Guangdong prov. - China
(#GMA26001)
Around a clear quartz crystal rising straight from the matrix (50 mm) is a crown of large black romanechite crystals.
The largest is 19 mm on a side.
These crystals are pseudomorphs ...
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 19
Overall size:100mm x 60 mm x 85 mm
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Bixbyite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS9158)
Group of very sharp Bixbyite crystals, of cubic habit, very bright to 4 mm in Manganese matrix.
Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:to 4 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 18 mm
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Braunite - Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Bavaria, Germany
(#11413_BRAU_DANI)
Nice tiny braunite xx on matrix. The specimen offer hundreds of tiny xx.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Braunite (TL) - Oehrenstock, Langewiesen, Ilmenau, Ilm District, Thuringia, Germany
(#11409_BRAU_DANI)
Rare! Well shaped braunite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:69 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Barstowite - Baratti, Piombino, Tuscany, Italy
(#11406_BARS_DANI)
Rare! Yellow acicular barstowite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:< 1mm
Overall size:15mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Boulangerite - Brosso mine, Brosso,Piedmont, Italy
(#11388_BOUL_DANI)
Nice tiny metallic acicular boulangerite xx on matrix
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Chabazite-Na (TL) (aka Herschelite),Aci Castello, Sicily, Italy
(#11349_HERS_DANI)
Nice colorless herschelite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:61 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Heterosite - Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
(#11328_HETE_DANI)
Nice purple heterosite on matrix.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Ecdemite, unknown,Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11282_ECDE_DANI)
Nice tiny ecdemite xx witn orange uknown mineral.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Slavikite (TL) - Valachov hill, Rakovnìk district, Central Bohemian, Czech Rep.
(#11228_SLAV_DANI)
Rare pale yellow-green slavikite xx on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 10 mm
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Babingtonite and Quartz, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
(#9969b_BABI_DANI)
Rare indian babingtonite on matrix.
Specimen weight:108 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 45 mm
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Aikinite altered to Bismutite with Gold - Ekateringburg, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9154)
Aikinite xls partly altered to Bismutite up to 5 mm with native gold xls up to 1 mm in association on quartz matrix. A rarely seen specimen.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Gold - Brusson Mine, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#FERR1611)
A mass of native Gold is very well exposed on a chunk of matrix.
The Gold spot covers an area of around 2 cm.
Native gold is not that common in Italy and the Brusson mone is the best known locale for it.
Excellent locality sample!
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Silver - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Province of Sud Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1610)
Wonderful sample of native Silver in sturdy wires with top patina inside a vug in the dolomia. From a unique occurrence at this famous mine just before its closure at the end of XX century.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Atacamite - Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Pernatty, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS9145)
This specimen features incredibly rich forest/emerald green, sparkling aggregates of fine quality atacamite xls up to 5 mm.Classic and excellent material from this mine, that closed in 1985. Ex Sandro Maggia Collection.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 20 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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Awaruite (Josephinite) - Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine County, Oregon, USA
(#MINS9149)
silvery-bright, flattened alluvial thumbnail Awaruite nugget from the Josephine Creek placers of Oregon (Arlson & Co. placers). Awariute is an intermetallic alloy of Nickel and Iron.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm wide
Overall size:22mm x 8 mm x 12 mm
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Cinnabar - San Martino sul Fiora Mine, San Martino sul Fiora, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1608)
Oldtimer of Cinnabar featuring clean red aggregates of micro crystals scattered on matrix, associated with white Dolomite in distorted rombohedra and colourless Quartz.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:72mm x 37 mm x 22 mm
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Cuprian Austinite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9143)
Superb rare cuprian austinite with vivid green color on limonitic matrix.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:57mm x 57 mm x 37 mm
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Georgiadesite with Paralaurionite - Vrysaki Point slag locality, Velatouri, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece (TL)
(#MINS9148)
Very rare monoclinic georgiadesite crystal 1.5 mm wide with paralaurionite xls in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1.5
Overall size:32mm x 14 mm x 22 mm
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Uvarovite - Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit - Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field - North Karelia - Finland
(#MINS9152)
This old specimen comes from the legendary Outokumpu Uvarovite Garnet locality.
It shows a dark green colored crystal of uvarovite 6 mm wide on quartz matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:17mm x 14 mm x 15 mm
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Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9144)
Very well crystallized and extremely representative Coquimbite xls up to 5 mm with classic association for this locale.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 46 mm x 30 mm
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Harmotome - St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany (TL)
(#MINS9138)
A classic (it's from the Type Locality), old-time specimen of lustrous, pearlescent harmotome crystals to , on matrix, from St Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm wide
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 28 mm
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Ludlamite - Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
(#MINS9153)
A sharp apple-green crystal 10 mm wide set nicely on matrix. Classic material from this noted locale.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 12 mm
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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9141)
Salmon-pink color vayrynenite crystal 1,4 cm tall from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:1,4 cm tall
Overall size:3mm x 1 mm x 14 mm
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Sturmanite - N' Chwaining II Mine - Kuruman - South Africa
(#MINS9147)
Cluster of big hexagonal prismatic pagoda-like brown xls of Sturmanite up to 2,0 cm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 cm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Senarmontite - Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9146)
Cluster of rare Senarmontite in octahedral crystals up to 4 mm richly set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:26mm x 23 mm x 25 mm
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Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Inner Mongolia, China
(#12062_OLSH_DANI)
Superb yet large very rare Olshanskyite crystals on matrix. This is a good as it can get.
Specimen weight:264 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Rhodizite - Antsongombato gem mine, Betafo district, Antananarivo, Madagascar
(#12427_RHOD_DANI)
Superb gemmy rare Rhodizite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:284 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:60mm x 55 mm x 50 mm
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Metavoltine - Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
(#11977_META_DANI)
Specimen sporting yellowish-brown metavoltine xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:42mm x 38 mm x 30 mm
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Sudoite - Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Lombardy, Italy
(#11975_SUDO_DANI)
Mica-like hexagons on matrix
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:Italia
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Denisovite (TL) - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, Murmansk, Russia
(#11324_DENI_DANI)
Nice fiborous denisovite on matrx from type locality.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 10 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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Destinezite, Copiapite - Coronel Manuel Rodríguez, Mejillones, ,Antofagasta, Chile
(#11317_DEST_DANI)
Red-brown destinezite xx with yellow copiapite xx.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 10 mm
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Löllingite - Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Aut. Region, China
(#11104_LOLL_DANI)
Very nice metallic lollingite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:678 gr.
Crystal size:25 mm
Overall size:86mm x 60 mm x 60 mm
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Delhayelite - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, ,Murmansk, Russia
(#11321_DELH_DANI)
Very nice metallic lollingite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:40 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Sulphur - Niccioletta mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Toscana, Italia
(#FERR1607)
Sulphurs in Italy are surely first associated with Sicily, but there are also others less known localities where good specimens have been found. In this case, an excellent oldtimer from the "colline metallifere" in Tuscany, featuring ...
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 25 mm
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Gold - Is Concas, Furtei mine, Furtei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1606)
Micro cristalline spongy mass of native Gold well set in small vugs in the enargite matrix.
From workings done over a very short period around 1990 at this small sardinian mine.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:27mm x 25 mm x 12 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 - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1601)
Fine druse with bothryoidal bubbles of pearl white Smithsonite, very brilliant and well contrasting against the gossan matrix.
From some recent limited findings at this classic mine, closed since decades.
Showy!
Specimen weight:283 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Perowskite and Magnetite - Rocca Sella, Rubiana, Prov. of Torino, Piemone, Italia
(#FERR1600)
Fine druse lined with black metallic xls of Magnetite, among which there are clean, brilliant cubes of brown Perowskite to 0,4 cm on edge.
Oldtimer from a classic italian locale, now gone.
Specimen weight:192 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm on edge
Overall size:85mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Geocronite - Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1599)
A mass of lead grey Geocronite is set in a vug among clear Quartz xls. In the front side of the specimen, The Geocronite is well shaped showing the faces of the Xl.
Extremely rare!
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:60mm x 30 mm x 42 mm
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Sphalerite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1595)
Fine individual Xl of Sphalerite, deep green to grey in colur, well shaped, aesthetically set on a matrix of dolomia.
Classic italian specimen, from a loclality now closed.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:1.1 cm
Overall size:68mm x 37 mm x 35 mm
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Magnesite and Quartz - Dosso dei Cristalli. Lanzada, Sondrio, Malenco Valley, Lombardia, Italy
(#FERR1597)
Fine druse featuring pale yellowish well defined hexagonal xls of Magnesite up to 1 cm, scattered atop colourless Quartz.
Oldtimer from a famous italian locality now definitely gone!
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:magnesites to 1 cm
Overall size:65mm x 32 mm x 25 mm
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Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#12028_BORA_DANI)
Rare huge (for the species) boracite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:14 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Tetranatrolite - Schoellkopf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11907_TETR_DANI)
Nice brigth white tetranatrolite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Tiragalloite - Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Italy
(#11901_TIRA_DANI)
Bright orange tiragalloite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:25mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Barytolamprophyllite - Üdersdorf, Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11713_BARY_DANI)
Rare dark brown vitrous barytolamprophyllite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Aeschinite-(Y) (TL) - Urstad Feldspar mine, Hidra, Flekkefjord, ,Vest-Agder, Norway
(#11711_AESC_DANY)
Historic Aeschnite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Rinkite-Ce - Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., ,Arkansas, USA
(#11692_RINK_DANI)
Gorgeouis yellow brown acicular rinkite xx on matrix with black aegirine.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 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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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
(#MINS9136)
An aesthetic plate covered with lustrous, translucent, sunflower-yellow pyromorphite crystals up to 3-4 mm from the famous Bunker Hill mine.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 10 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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Prehnite - Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
(#MINS9135)
Spheroidal growth of Prehnite crystals with perfect terminations, translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense yellow color, on graphite matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Upto 2,6 cm
Overall size:36mm x 25 mm x 40 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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Sideronatrite - Barranca del Cobre, Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8889)
Specimen filled with deep yellow-orange sideronatrite xls up to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:48mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Montgomeryite - Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
(#MINS8912)
Cluster of Montogomeryite crystals up to 1-1.5 mm richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to1.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 18 mm
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Silver on Arsenic - Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9127)
East German classics.Dendritic growths of strongly elongated native Silver twinned crystals that conserve very fresh surfaces contrasting with the black Arsenic matrix. ....
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm long
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Dioptase - Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS9125)
A fine thumb of Dioptase crystals representative of this classic locality. The crystals , up to 1,0 cm long, have superb luster and a rich deep green color.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:25mm x 16 mm x 15 mm
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Fluorapatite - Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
(#MINS9126)
Sample with well-exposed hexagonal crystals of fluorapatite on matrix with muscovite and quartz xls in association. The crystals has a very good luster and a green color.
Specimen weight:78 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm wide
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 33 mm
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Villiaumite - Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9134)
Cluster of deep wine-red Villiaumite crystals up to 1,6 cm with pectolite in association.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 1,6 cm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 38 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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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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Franklinite - Sterling Mine -Sterling Hill - Ogdensburg - Franklin Mining distr. - Sussex Co. - New Jersey - USA
(#MINS9133)
Cluster of octahedral xls of Franklinite up to 1,7 cm with on calcite matrix. A classic from the type locality.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,7 cm
Overall size:35mm x 15 mm x 35 mm
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