Rutile var. sagenite on hematite - Novo Horizonte - Bahia - Brazil
(#MINS9206)
Specimen with golden rutile needle in "six star" formation up to 1,0 cm wide sticking up off shiny central hematite crystals .
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1,0 cm long
 Overall size:32mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Quartz var. Faden Growth - Dara Ismael Khan District . Waziristan - Pakistan
(#MINS7543)
Cluster of transparent colorless quartz crystals in parallel faden-growth up to 3,3 cm tall.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4,5 cm x 2 cm
Overall size:35mm x 70 mm x 34 mm
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Garnet var. Grossular - Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
(#12923_GROS_DANI)
Very nice classic canadian Grossular xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:137 gr.
Crystal size:up to 6 mm
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 45 mm
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Stilbite, Stellerite - Malmberget, Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden
(#12921_STIL_DANI)
This is a cute swedish classic. Stellerite xx and Stilbite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Adamite (Var: Manganese-bearing Adamite) - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9190)
Sample with Manganoan Adamite crystals up to 7 mm, purple in the terminations, very glossy. on limonitic matrix. Found in the 80's, it's in very good conditions.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:45mm x 44 mm x 37 mm
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Tourmaline var. Elbaite and Quartz - Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9193)
Cluster of green Elbaite xls up to 3,6 cm tall fully terminated with clear biterminated quartz crystal 4,7 cm wide. Showy.
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,6 cm tall
Overall size:43mm x 47 mm x 55 mm
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Andradite var. Melanite - Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
(#MINS9189)
Black Melanites up to 1,0 cm with razor-sharp crystallization and mirror luster.
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:50mm x 33 mm x 36 mm
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Beryl var. Emerald, Pizzo Marcio, Vigezzo Valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#12730a_EMER_DANI)
A classic. Gem quality emerald xx on matrix. Superb..
Specimen weight:174 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 40 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Beryl var. Heliodor - Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast'), Ukraine
(#MINS9119)
Heliodor crystal, gemmy, glassy fully terminated 2,6 cm tall.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:2,4 cm tall
Overall size:5mm x 5 mm x 24 mm
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Rutile var. sagenite on hematite - Novo Horizonte - Bahia - Brazil
(#MINS9116)
Specimen with golden rutile needle in "six star" formation up to 1,5 cm wide sticking up off shiny central hematite crystals .Really showy.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2,0 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 4 mm x 30 mm
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Mimetite on Smithsonite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region - Namibia
(#MINS9088)
Labeled specimen with golden-brown mimetite crystals up to 6 mm scattered on green Smitsonite xls.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:62mm x 55 mm x 34 mm
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) - Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#MINS9085)
Nice beryl aqua perched gently on a sharply microcline crystal decorated with schorl.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 11 mm
Overall size:30mm x 23 mm x 25 mm
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Amazonite (var. of microcline) – Tingir Distr. - Gilgit-Baltistan – Pakistan
(#GM25023)
Large but not well formed green crystal of amazonite, a variety of microcline.
On the crystal there are dark and massive traces of smoky quartz and schorl.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:55mm x 37 mm x 40 mm
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Orthoclase - Cuasso al Monte, Val Ceresio, Varese, Lombardia, Italia
(#MINS9082)
Cluster of sharp pink orthoclase crystal of 2,3 cm tall .A Classic.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm tall
Overall size:23mm x 21 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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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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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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Smithsonite (cobaltoan) - Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9016)
This is a Cobaltian Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Attractive, nicely-colored specimen of Cobaltian Smithsonite with shaped crystals; the Smithsonites have a good pink color, and lustrous, satiny xls.
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 45 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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Inesite - Monte Nero Mine, Rocchetta Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
(#FERR1596)
Fine sample from a not very known italian locale belonging to the Mn district in Liguria. Inesite in individual pink crystals, well defined, spread on matrix.
Excellent locality specimen!
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:63mm x 20 mm x 35 mm
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Jennite - Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Haßberge District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS8974)
Group of rare Jennite in acycular crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Lawsonite var. Chromian Lawsonite - Cape Marmari - Grammata Bay - Syros Island - Cyclade Island - Kykládes Pref. - Aegean Islands deptm. - Greece
(#MINS8976)
Several dark green crystals of this rare sorosilicate are spread over the surface of this specimen.
The unusual green colour is due because it's the 'Chromian' variety of lawsonite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Cuprian adamite (var. of adamite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mun. de Mapimì - Durango -Mexico
(#MINS8963)
A vuggy, multi layered, ocherous limonite has been filled with rosettes of sparkling, lime green cuproadamite crystals of small size but high sugary brilliance.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:56mm x 35 mm x 28 mm
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Margarite or Lepidolite? var. Mica - Jenipapo district, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8953)
A group of rare yellow Margarite/lepidolite blades up to 1,5 cm on matrix.Ex Daniele Respino collection.
Page 706 encyclopedia "Collezionare Minerali" - Hobby & Work - year 1997.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up 1,5 cm
Overall size:50mm x 32 mm x 40 mm
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Moorhouseite - Svornost mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
(#11825_MOOR_DANI)
Nice light brown vitreous moorhouseite x on matrix.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 17 mm x 17 mm
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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8926)
Fluellite is a rare hydrated phosphate. This active open pit phosphate mine is well-known for a wide variety of rare and unusual phosphates. Specimens of this size and richness are very uncommon from here.....
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 25 mm
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Beryl var. Morganite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8918)
Pale pink, glassy beryl with beautiful patterns 2,8 cm wide,
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:2,8 cm wide
Overall size:28mm x 21 mm x 20 mm
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Smithsonite var. Cadmian - Wenshan, Yunnan, China
(#MINS8903)
Waxy, translucent, yellow, botryoidal, cadmium-rich Smithsonite from a now famous find at Weinan, near Wenshan, that actually happened around 2003-2005.
Specimen weight:142 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 38 mm
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Tilasite - Hartkoppe, Sailauf, Bavaria, Germany
(#11900_TILA_DANI)
Specimen really rich of green tilasite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:53mm x 30 mm x 24 mm
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Phosphoferrite - Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany
(#11887_PHOS_DANI)
Dark brown/blackish phosphoferite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Agate (var. of quartz) – Agouim - Amerzgane Cercle – Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23074)
Sample of agate with incredible colors, arranged in concentric circles on the polished surface.
The colors are absolutely natural.
The back is rough.
Very aesthetic!"
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:'–
Overall size:84mm x 66 mm x 43 mm
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Quartz var. Agate - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
(#BALD0786)
Gorgeous translucent Quartz var. Agate's slice, with different zoning, natural colors, glossy and brilliant on both faces.
Specimen weight:910 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:160mm x 130 mm x 8 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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Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite, Faiallo pass, Liguria , Italy
(#11206_HESS_DANI)
Specimen very rich a dark red hessonite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:597 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:110mm x 75 mm x 50 mm
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Fe-Carpholite - Varaita valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11867_CARP_DANI)
Yellow-green ferro-carpholite masses specimen.
Specimen weight:64 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Dolomite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Dolomite) - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8821)
Specimen rich covered by Cobalt-bearing Dolomite in small super-colorful purple crystals on (sawed) matrix.
Specimen weight:202 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:66mm x 45 mm x 38 mm
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Vanadinite var: Endlichite - Touissit, Oujda-Angad, Oriental region, Morocco
(#10619_VANA_DANI)
Old yellow vanadinte var. endlichite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:193 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 55 mm x 25 mm
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Pickeringite var. Kasparite - Dubník, Červenica, Prešov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8799)
An attractive and very hard-to-find specimen of this uncommon sulfate. Pickeringite is typically white/colorless from various worldwide localities, but the desirable and obscure bright pink "kasparite" is only found at one locality.....
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Sprays up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:53mm x 35 mm x 23 mm
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Hyalophane - Zagradski Potok mine - Zagradski Creek - Busovaca - Zenica-Doboj Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(#GM23028)
Excellent specimen of this microcline variety, which has a large, semitransparent, almost colorless and multi-geminated crystal.
It is a floater, without matrix.
It comes from the famous Bosnian mine, now abandoned and closed, from ...
Specimen weight:130 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:36mm x 47 mm x 37 mm
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Chalcotrichite (var. of cuprite) - Libiola mine– Sestri Levante - Genoa prov. - Liguria - Italy
(#GM23005)
Some areas of the sample are covered by patinas or small granules of reddish-brown chalcotrichite.
The little contrast with the matrix makes them almost invisible in the pictures.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 38 mm
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Quartz var. Hematoide Quartz - Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0766)
Elegant group of Quartz's crystals, some biterminated, up to 40 mm in lenght, partially covered by a second generation of Hematoide Quartz, that gives the sample its reddish appearance. Crystallized on every side, elegant and aesthetic...
Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 40 mm
Overall size:71mm x 73 mm x 54 mm
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Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikot, Namibia
(#MINS8656)
Rare and nice tarnowitzite crystals up to 1,5 cm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Vorobyevite –Diba-Darra - Deo Darrah - Kuran Wa Munjan Distr. - Badakshan – Afghanistan
(#GM22065)
Numerous azur crystals of vorobyevite are seeded over the surface of this big crystal of quartz.
It's a variety of beryl, an alkali-beryl
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:80mm x 58 mm x 30 mm
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Hackmanite (var. of sodalite) - Koksha valley - Badakshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#MINS8590)
Specimen with Hackmanite crystal 3,0 cm tall on bulky quartz matrix. Strong fluorescen of UV.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:3,0 cm tall
Overall size:47mm x 36 mm x 38 mm
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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
(#GM22026)
Excellent big floater of kunzite, without matrix.
It has a nice pink color, is good terminated and is completely transparent.
A high quality specimen !
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:122mm x 37 mm x 5 mm
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Smithsonite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1583)
Fine cluster of white Smithsonite in bothrioidal aggregates, from a well known mine no longer producing since decades.
Super colour and luster.
Excellent sardinian specimen!
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:51mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Smithsonite - Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1582)
Fine cluster of Smithsonite in bothrioidal aggregates, showing a quite unusual green colour, from an italian mine worldwide known for its secondary lead specie.
Super colour and luster.
Excellent sardinian specimen!
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:44mm x 45 mm x 23 mm
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Variscite - Wiśniówka Wielka, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
(#FERR1575)
Several apple green globular aggregates of Variscite are scattered on matrix.
Former Sandro Maggia collection, with label.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:0,5 cm
Overall size:60mm x 25 mm x 12 mm
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Muerigite-k - Sapucaia Mine - Galileia - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS8515)
Specimen rich of Meurigite-k xls in sub-mm yellowish balls scattered with variscite in association.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:25mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Quartz var. Amethyst - Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0730)
Wonderful bi-terminated Amethyst's crystal, with violet zoned color, with another smaller, intense-colored one, on a matrix that has some cuts on the rear. In excellent conditions, very nice and aesthetic.
Specimen weight:89 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 41 mm
Overall size:53mm x 48 mm x 42 mm
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Quartz var. Amethyst on Orthoclase - Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0729)
Group of Amethyst crystals, partially hoppered, with more intense color zones on the upper part, is implanted on Orthoclase's crystals with cream color, up to 12 mm. There's some little damage, not so visible to the naked eye.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 33 mm
Overall size:68mm x 73 mm x 40 mm
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Andradite, var. Topazolite - Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Antetezambato (Tetezambato), Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Diana Region (Northern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
(#BALD0717)
Cluster of glossy Topazolite's crystals. The color is like cognac with warm light, and brown-olive with cool light (between Topazolite and Demantoid). The crystals stand out well on the metamorphosed limestone's matrix.
Specimen weight:165 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:77mm x 62 mm x 25 mm
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Laueite - Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany
(#11925_LAUE_DANI)
A sod of olive-yellow crystals of rare Laueite is covering a vug. The Laueite xx are sharp edged.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 42 mm x 28 mm
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Monheimite - Montevecchio Mines, Arbus, Medio Campidano Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1568)
Rice grain xls of yellowish Monheimite, scattered on massive quartz matrix.
Monheimite is an iron bearing variety of Smithsonite, with Fe replacing Zn in a certain quantity.
Quite rare!
Specimen weight:17 gr.
Crystal size:0.3 cm
Overall size:40mm x 32 mm x 25 mm
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Binnite (var. of Tennantite-(Zn)) -Lengenbach Quarry - Fäld - Binn - Goms - Valais - Switzerland
(#GM21003)
A big crystal of binnite is in good evidence over the whitish matrix of this specimen.
Several minicrystals of pyrites are seeded over all the faces of it.
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 34 mm
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Campylite - Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK
(#FERR1539)
Cluster featuring several orange barrel shaped crystals of campylite, variety of mimetite, spread over matrix from the classic british locality in the Caldbeck Fells district.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:0.8 cm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 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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Beryl var. Aquamarine - Jequitinhonha valley - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS8209)
Well shaped Aquamarine xl 5,4 cm tall with rare hollow crystallisation on the top and over total lenght of the crystal. Showy.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:5,4 cm tall
Overall size:12mm x 12 mm x 55 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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Quartz var. Amethyst, Calcite, "Apophyllite" - Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China
(#BALD0694)
Wonderful group of Amethyst's crystals, very shiny and translucent, with a big Calcite's crystal (50 mm) and small "Apophyllite"'s crystals (4 mm). A classic for the locality. The Calcite is slightly damaged, but in a barely visible way.
Specimen weight:438 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 54 mm
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 78 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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Smithsonite perimorph on Calcite - San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#BALD0669)
From a very recent find in the abandoned mine of San Giovanni, this interesting sample of Smithsonite perimorph on pre-existent Calcite. From the unique geode discovered, only a few dozens of good quality samples has been collected. Rare.
Specimen weight:728 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 98 mm
Overall size:98mm x 85 mm x 73 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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Quartz var. Chalcedony - Sidi Rahal, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco
(#8719_CHAL_DANI)
Nice chalcedony with the shape of twin balls.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:55mm x 38 mm x 42 mm
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Quartz var. "Tiger Eye" - Cape Prov. - Southafrica
(#GM18062)
"Tiger eye" is a mixture of quartz and anphibole and is chatoyant because of parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that mostly turned ...
Specimen weight:520 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:82mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
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Andradite var. Demantoid - Antetezambato Demantoid-Topazolite Mine, Antetezambato (Tetezambato), Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Diana Region (Northern Region), Antsiranana Province, Madagascar
(#BALD0597)
Nice group of glossy, gemmy Demantoid's crystals, with complex habit. One crystal has an irregular accretion, having been covered by a thin layer of matrix, but it's not damaged.
Specimen weight:164 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 11 mm
Overall size:71mm x 60 mm x 52 mm
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Quartz ver. Herkimer Diamond - Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York, USA
(#BALD0594)
Probably, the Herkimer Diamond is the most known Quartz's variety in the world. This sample is a group of biterminated, very shiny, translucent and well formed crystals, with insignificant ruptures, almost invisible to the naked eye.
Specimen weight:183 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 50 mm
Overall size:100mm x 34 mm x 50 mm
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Smithsonite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(#8946_SMIT_DANI)
Creamy coloured elongated smithsomite crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:18 mm
Overall size:28mm x 25 mm x 27 mm
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Hyalophane and siderite - Zagradski Potok mine - Zagradski Creek - Busovaca - Zenica-Doboj Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (with VIDEO !)
(#GM17090)
Fantastic specimen of this variety af albite, that has the typical 'knee' crystallization.
The main crystals are almost transparent and of gem quality ...
Specimen weight:660 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:105mm x 93 mm x 43 mm
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Andalusite (var. Chiastolite) - Sangping mine - Xixia Co. - Nanyang pref. - Henan prov. - China
(#GM17017)
Large sectioned chiastolite crystal with polished faces on both ends, to show the typical cross-formation.
The chiastolite is a variety of andalusite.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 9 mm
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Quartz var. Hyaline Quartz - Tibet Autonomous Region, China
(#BALD0358)
Floating group of hyaline Quartz's crystals, compenetrated, extremely shiny, almost all biterminated and with black inclusions. Truly beautiful, in excellent conditions.
Specimen weight:144 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 109 mm
Overall size:77mm x 109 mm x 72 mm
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Quartz var. Prase - Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Toscana, Italy
(#FERR1220)
Classic cluster featuring several prismatic xls of quartz, showing a bright green colour (var. Prase).
The Xls are spread over a skarn matrix, with hedembergite.
Specimen weight:296 gr.
Crystal size:to 2 cm
Overall size:100mm x 60 mm x 90 mm
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Pyromorphite - Tanzfleck, Freihung, Bavaria, Germany
(#FERR0937)
Nice plate featuring lots of bright green hexagonal prisms of Pyromorphite, scattered all over the display surface.
Old german stuff, in a pretty good shape and quality.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:to 0.8 cm
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 45 mm
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Olivenite - Mine du Cap Garonne, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#FERR0363)
Nice miniature, with rich coverage of sharp Olivenite xls showing the characteristic olive-green color.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:0,15 cm
Overall size:4 x 3,7 x 1,3 cm
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