#GM21033 - Actinolite - Habach valley - Bramberg am Wildkogel - Zell am See Distr. - Salzburg - Austria
Several brilliant, dark green and almost black colored crystals of actinolite are inserted in the matrix of this specimen.
Many of them are visible on the surface all around it.
xls size:mm. 16 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :450
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#GM25046 - Adamite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mexico
Several adamite aggregates are visible all around the sample.
Under long-wave UV light they take on a shocking lemon yellow color: in reality the yellow is much more intense than in the photo, taken with neon light on (in the dark the effect was the same).
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :90
price : Euro 17 ~US$ 23 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23074 - Agate (var. of quartz) – Agouim - Amerzgane Cercle – Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
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!
xls size:'– overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :225
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23075 - Agate (var. of quartz) – Agouim - Amerzgane Cercle – Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
Sample of agate with incredible colors, arranged in a mosaic on the polished surface.
The colors are absolutely natural.
The back is rough.
Very aesthetic!
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :170
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24042 - Almandine – Rombo Pass – Moso in Passiria – Bolzano Prov. - Trentino-AltoAdige – Italy
Typical alpine sample of almandine garnets with a beautiful dark brown color.
It is a floater made up of a large crystal with some smaller ones on the edges.
xls size:mm. 50 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :310
price : Euro 48 ~US$ 67 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25023 - Amazonite (var. of microcline) – Tingir Distr. - Gilgit-Baltistan – Pakistan
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.
xls size: overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :145
price : Euro 52 ~US$ 72 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18035 - Amethyst quartz - Su Marralzu quarry - Osilo - Sassari prov. - Sardinia - Italy
A big crystal of amethyst quartz is stunning in the middle of this specimen.
Its top is not fulll, it has some cavities: it seems an aggregate of three crystals that are deeply intergrowth themselves.
Some other minor crystals are visible on a side: they have the typical shape of the quartzes of this famous locality.
xls size:mm. 25 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :565
price : Euro 105 ~US$ 147 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24022 - Amethyst quartz and goethite - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
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 are also present inside some crystals, for a 'ghost' effect.
No damages on the tips.
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :550
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23072 - Analcime - Mount Kahovan - Semnan Distr. - Iran
On a rocky matrix, a group of trapezohedral crystals of analcime.
They are translucent, bright and have very well defined faces and edges.
The color, orange-red, is selectively distributed over some faces with different nuances.
A very nice specimen !
xls size:mm. 12 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :220
price : Euro 58 ~US$ 81 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25006 - Analcime - Siusi Alp - Sciliar -Castelrotto - Bolzano prov. - Trentino-Alto Adige - Italy
A large white crystal of analcime is prominent on the matrix.
A classic specimen from this well-known Alpine location that has given so many specimens to collections around the world.
xls size:mm. 40 x 31 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :80
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24089 - Analcime and epidote - Imilchil - Er Rachidia Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
On a very dark green carpet of crystals of epidote two big withish spheres of analcime are visible, with another minor.
There is a big contrast between the white analcimes and the dark epidotes, it's difficult to photograph this specimen !
xls size:mm. 12 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :420
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18017 - Anatase - La Lauzière massif - Savoie - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - France
Some brown colored crystals of anatase are seeded over the bulky quartzitic matrix, that is covered by a green chloritic crust.
Some of them have an elongated shape.
One is covered by chlorite.
A group of colorless anatases is surely stained of brown color.
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :65
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24105 - Anatase - Miage Glacier - Aosta Valley - Italy
A handful of black, shiny and with metallic reflections anatase crystals, are scattered across the light surface of the piece.
There are white, partially crystallized areas of alvite.
Classic Alpine sample ofrom the Miage Glacier !
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :160
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17017 - Andalusite (var. Chiastolite) - Sangping mine - Xixia Co. - Nanyang pref. - Henan prov. - China
Large sectioned chiastolite crystal with polished faces on both ends, to show the typical cross-formation.
The chiastolite is a variety of andalusite.
xls size:mm. 28 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :24
price : Euro 20 ~US$ 28 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24040 - Aragonite – Coli – Piacenza prov. - Emilia-Romagna – Italy
A vein that is completely covered by white minicristals of aragonite cross the whole sample.
Typical from this locality of Emilia-Romagna.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :680
price : Euro 48 ~US$ 67 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17055 - Augelite, quartz and pyrite - Machacamarca mine - Machacamarca - Machacamarca Distr. - Cornelio Saavedra prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
This specimen features several fine, sharp, lustrous, colourless crystals of augelite up to 4 mm associated with minor quartz and octahedral pyrite on the matrix.
It's typical from this bolivian mine.
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :155
price : Euro 41 ~US$ 57 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25039 - Baryte - La Union - Murcia - Spain
Baryte center of a geode with a whitish/pale grenish color and crystals arranged all around the piece.
Very aesthetic!
xls size:mm.28 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :1340
price : Euro 27 ~US$ 37 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24100 - Baryte - Mibladen mining distr. - Midelt Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
Excellent druse completely covered by lamellar barite crystals.
The color is rather dark orange, with some black dots here and there, probably made up by goethite.
Very aesthetic !
xls size:mm. 20 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :535
price : Euro 48 ~US$ 67 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23007 - Baryte and pyrite - Lubin mine - Lubin Co. - Lower Silesian Voivodeship - Poland
Druse strewn with lamellar ocher crystals of baryte that are capped with a myriad of small shimmering crystals of pyrite
xls size:mm. 16 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :425
price : Euro 52 ~US$ 72 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18055 - Baryte over rhodochrosite - Felsobanya mine - Maramures - Romania
The cluster is covered by pink rhodochrosite: some blades, pale grey-blue colored barytes are grown over it.
Some of them are encrusted by yellow-brown carbonate, some others have several black minidots, probably of goethite.
xls size:mm. 25 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :1330
price : Euro 44 ~US$ 61 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21005 - Bastnaesite, tuperssiatsuaite, apophyllite and makatite - Aris Phonolite quarry - Aris - Windhoek distr. - Khomas Region - Namibia
A little, brown colored crystal of bastnaesite (3 mm.) is featuring on and edge of the vug of this specimen: this species is a rarity for this locality.
In a corner of the vug ther is a fibrous terminated crystal of tuperssiatsuaite (10 mm.).
Inside the vug there are some transparent crystals of apophyllite and some white of makatite.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :140
price : Euro 53 ~US$ 74 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24088 - Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Zagi Mountain - Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri - Peshawar Distr. - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov. - Pakistan
A floater of bastnäsite-(Ce) from a classic locality from Pakistan.
It has the typical brown color, with orange-yellow reflections.
It's brilliant and well defined in some sides.
The pictures are a little overlightened to show the details, the real color is darker.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :7
price : Euro 47 ~US$ 65 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24047 - Beryl - Nagar mine – Hunza Valley - Gilgit Distr. - Baltistan - Pakistan
A large, semi-transparent crystal of beryl is stunnong on the matrix of this specimen.
The top is perfectly terminated, the bottom has some parallel growth.
Other small crystals are placed alongsidethe main one.
Traces of black schorl are visible.
xls size:mm. 41 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :110
price : Euro 115 ~US$ 161 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17097 - Beryllonite - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
A thumbnail of this sodium, beryllium phosphate with a classic crystallization.
It's a floater, no matrix.
The weight of the crystal is 8 gr.
xls size:mm. 18 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :22
price : Euro 107 ~US$ 149 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24057 - Beudantite and scorodite - Gold Hill mine - Gold Hill Mining Distr. - Tooele Count - Utah - United States
The surface of the specimen is completely covered with brown/orange crystals of beudantite.
Among them there are crystals of scorodite with a light lilac color, that are visible only with a lens.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. B-158
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :47
price : Euro 55 ~US$ 77 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21003 - Binnite (var. of Tennantite-(Zn)) -Lengenbach Quarry - Fäld - Binn - Goms - Valais - Switzerland
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.
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :175
price : Euro 71 ~US$ 99 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23027 - Bornite over pyrite - Milpillas mine - Cuitaca - santa Cruz Municipality - Sonora - Mexico
A thin dark layer of bornite covers the surface of the pyrites visible on this specimen.
On the main one (18 mm.) there are some small areas where the golden yellow color of the underlying pyrite can be seen.
The matrix is made by white clay and provides a stark color contrast.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :120
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19054 - Boulangerite over quartz - Bottino Mine - Stazzema - Apuan Alps - Lucca Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
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.
xls size:mm. 15 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :305
price : Euro 42 ~US$ 58 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24015 - Bournonite - Machacamarca Distr. - Cornelio Saavedra prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
Aggregate aesthetics of absolute quality.
It is composed of large and small dark gray bournonite crystals, placed side by side on a pinch of matrix.
Former collection of Sandro Maggia, with the original ticket.
xls size:mm. 29 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :135
price : Euro 163 ~US$ 228 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM14097 - Bournonite - Saint-Pons - Ubaye valley - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
Some black crystals of bournonite are visible inside the vug of this specimen: this specie is not common in this alpine locality, but it's classic !
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xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :48
price : Euro 24 ~US$ 33 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18006 - Bournonite, quartz and pyrite - Machacamarca - Machacamarca distr. - Cornelio Saavedra prov. - Potosí deptm - Bolivia
A big 'cogwheel' shaped, dark grey colored crystal of bournonite is in good evidence over the surface of this specimen.
Some other minors are visible all around.
Some colorless crystals of quartz and goldish crystals of pyrite are spread somewhere.
xls size:mm. 26 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :155
price : Euro 78 ~US$ 109 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20061 - Bultfonteinite and ettringite - N'Chwaning mines - Kuruman - Northern Cape - South Africa
This floater is completely made by evident, lilac colored crystals of bultfonteinite.
There are some colorless, little crystals of ettringite too, which are difficult to distinguish from the former.
This specimen was in the collection of S.Maggia that bought it from A. & R. Pagano: the original labels are available with it.
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :80
price : Euro 47 ~US$ 65 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23021 - Calcite, sphalerite and pyrite – Baccu Arrodas mine – Muravera - Sarrabus - South Sardinia Prov. - Sardinia - Italy
Historic sample from the former Stoppani collection with original label.
It's an aggregate of parallel, whitish calcite crystals.
The dark areas are covered by microcrystals of pyrite and by larger ones of sphalerite.
xls size:mm. 63 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :145
price : Euro 62 ~US$ 86 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18069 - Calcite, willemite and franklinite - Franklin mine - Sussex Co. - New Jersey
Typical specimen from Frankiln mine !
Several black minicrystals of franklinite that are floaded in the bulky withish calcite.
Some traces of brick red colored calcite that is partially crystallized.
Some areas of yellow-green willemite appear at the U.V. Long Light: they are not visibile at the normal light.
At the U.V. Short Light, the white calcite becomes fire red and the yellow-green of the willemite remains the same.
These reactions vary with the variation of the intensity of the UV light.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :27
price : Euro 32 ~US$ 44 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24045 - Canavesite - Salvere level - Brosso mine - Cálea - Léssolo - Canavese distr. - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
The surface of this specimen is almost completely covered by rosettes of snow-white needles of canavesite.
It's an extremely rare borate and this isthe
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xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :295
price : Euro 32 ~US$ 44 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24076 - Cassiterite and quartz - Viloco mine - Loayza Prov. - La Paz Deptm. - Bolivia
Numerous black and brilliant crystals of cassiterite cover the surface of this specimen.
They are mixed with several milky quartzes, for a nice contrast of color.
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :240
price : Euro 44 ~US$ 61 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23050 - Celestite and sulphur - Floristella mine - Enna prov. - Sicily - Italy
Gorgeous cluster of long, colorless, brilliant, almost gem quality big crystal of celestite.
Some dark orange colore crystals of 'talamone'sulphur are seeded among them for a strong contrast of color.
It's glued to the plastic base.
A high quality sicilian specimen !
xls size:mm. 20 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :390
price : Euro 113 ~US$ 158 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23049 - Celestite and sulphur - La Grasta mine - Caltanissetta - Sicily - Italy
Gorgeous cluster of big, colorless, brilliant, almost gem quality big crystal of celestite.
They are stunning over a matrix of 'talamone' sulphur.
Some little crystals of yellow sulphur are visible too.
A high quality sicilian specimen !
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :230
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22020 - Cerussite - Touissit - Touissit-Bou Beker Distr. - Jerada prov. - L'Oriental Region - Morocco
The surface of this sample is dressed by numerous and well-formed crystals of cerussite.
They are stunning from the matrix and are clearly visible.
xls size:mm. 9 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :490
price : Euro 47 ~US$ 65 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23055 - Cerussite and baryte - Les Dalles mine – Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt – Draa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
Graceful druse completely covered by small and large, almost botryoidal crystals of cerussite.
They have a honey color and are partially transparent too.
Some aggregates of thin lamellar pink barite crystals are present on the edges.
Cerussites partially turn a beautiful yellow color under long-wave UV light.
xls size:mm. 12 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :300
price : Euro 55 ~US$ 77 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM15161 - Chalcocite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
A really new that I presented on my table in Munich !!
A new found of chalcocite from Bouismas, a mineral that is really rare in Morocco.
This specimen is a floater of typical dark grey colored, opaque and good terminated crystals of chalcocite.
The blue iridescence is probably due to a coating of bornite.
xls size:mm. 20 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :20
price : Euro 52 ~US$ 72 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18066 - Chalcocite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azzer Distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
Several dark grey colored crystals of chalcocite are in good evidence all around this specimen: they have metallic reflections too.
Some of them have a perfect shape but not all: in anycase it's an high quality specimen for this specie.
Big crystals are not common !
It was etched to show the chalcocite crystals from the bulky calcite.
From a found in Morocco of some years ago.
xls size:mm. 16 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :315
price : Euro 170 ~US$ 237 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22060 - Chalcocite and calcite - Idaho Springs Distr. - Clear Creek Co - Colorado
Some dark grey crystals of chalcocite are stunning over the matrix that is covered by greyish crystals of calcite.
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :75
price : Euro 44 ~US$ 61 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23005 - Chalcotrichite (var. of cuprite) - Libiola mine– Sestri Levante - Genoa prov. - Liguria - Italy
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.
xls size:mm. 25 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :115
price : Euro 29 ~US$ 40 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25038 - Colemanite - Bigadiç - Balikesir Prov. - Marmara Region - Turkey
The surface of this specimen is covered with whitish, translucent crystals of colemanite, an uncommon borate.
Traces of this mineral are also in the underlying part of the specimen.
xls size:mm. 27 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :700
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25021 - Corkite on goethite - Serra da Mina mine - Cercal - Santiago do Cacém - Setúbal distr. - Portugal
Several yellow-brown minicrystals of corkite are spread over the matrix of black goethite.
The pictures are overligthened to show the details.
Ex Bruno Cerato collection with original label.
xls size:mm. 1 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :44
price : Euro 45 ~US$ 62 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21001 - Cornetite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
A crust of spherical-shaped, dark blue colored crystals of cornetite covers the surface of this specimen.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :155
price : Euro 35 ~US$ 49 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23054 - Cuprian adamite (var. of adamite) and hemimorfite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mun. de Mapimì - Durango -Mexico
Excellent cluster almost completely covered by almost colorless crystals of hemimorphite.
Here and there several blue-green crystals of cuprian adamite are in good evidence.
Very aesthetic, with a clear contrast of colors !
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :160
price : Euro 80 ~US$ 112 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23076 - Cyanotrichite - Qinglong Sb-Au deposit - Qinglong Co. - Qianxi'nan Autonomous pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
Beautiful specimen that is partially covered by evident, fibrous spheres made of blue electric needles of cyanotrichite.
They form a very dense carpet on the surface of this specimen.
Very showy !
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :90
price : Euro 102 ~US$ 142 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24016 - Cylindrite - Poopò - Poopò prov. - Oruro - Bolivia
Numerous long acicular crystals of cylindrite are arranged all around the sample, some even forming small fans.
It is one of the very few minerals that crystallizes in round needles and is a rather rare sulphate.
Former collection of Sandro Maggia, with the original ticket.
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xls size:mm. 20 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :205
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#GM25033 - Danburite - Charcas - San Luis Potosì - Mexico
A large floater of danburite, very transparent at the tip and slightly pink in color.
It is made up of two twinned crystals, as can be seen from the separation mark.
The other mark is a small damage.
It's glued to the plastic base.
xls size:mm. 82 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :120
price : Euro 52 ~US$ 72 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24112 - Demantoid grenat (var. of andradite) - Belqeys Mountain - Takab County - West Azerbaijan Prov. - Iran
Remarkable druse of well defined demantoid crystals that are clearly visible outside the matrix.
The not completely finished back was of contact.
This kind of demantoid was analyzed: they also contain a mixture of rare earths that gives this incredible dark green color .
From the findings of a few years ago in an unknown location in Iran that came on the market producing world quality specimens for the species.
xls size:mm. 25 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :120
price : Euro 85 ~US$ 118 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM16103 - Descloizite - Berg Aukas mine - Grootfontein Distr. - Otjozondjupa Region - Namibia
This fine, well crystallized, high quality descloizite specimen is from the locality that is the undisputed world champion for this mineral species.
The pictures are a little overligthened to show the details.
xls size:mm. 19 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :80
price : Euro 30 ~US$ 42 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24071 - Diopside and grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
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.
A truly remarkable quality sample.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. D-96.
xls size:mm. 12 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :12
price : Euro 63 ~US$ 88 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18095 - Dioptase - Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit - Altyn-Tyube area - Kirghiz Steppes - Karagandy prov. - Kazakhstan
The surface of this miniature is completely covered by dark green and brilliant crystals of dioptase.
A group of big crystals are perched on the top.
It's very difficult to make the pictures, because it's very brilliant and reflexes the lights.
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xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :38
price : Euro 105 ~US$ 147 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21037 - Duftite e coronadite - Sabine's Shaft - Mount Bonnie mine - Grove Hill - Victoria-Daly Region - Northern Territory - Australia
The surface of this cluster is covered by little, blak colored spheres of coronadite.
Among them there are some areas with greenish duftite: some of them are crystallized, others with a thin crust.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :390
price : Euro 46 ~US$ 64 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20052 - Emerald (var. of beryl) - Muzo - Boyacà - Colombia
A twinned aggregate made with four crystals of emerald is in good evidence over the whitish calcite that cover this specimens.
It has a deep green color and is partially transparent, as in the pictures.
Its top is not brilliant: the pictures show the real details of it.
A litlle vug is settled on the edge of the top and emphasized in the pictures: it's very little, visible with a loupe, but with difficulty to the naked eyes.
xls size:mm. 12 x 7 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :300
price : Euro 1120 ~US$ 1568 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21009 - Epidote - Epidote occurrence - Escales reservoir - Ribagorça - Huesca - Aragón - Spain
Several fans are made by long, dark green colored crystals of epidote anda are seeded over a large area of the matrix.
They are partially intersecting with each other.
These specimens were in the market some years ago, now they are almost disappeared.
xls size:mm. 15 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :800
price : Euro 85 ~US$ 118 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19048 - Epidote - Margone - Usseglio - Viù Valley - Lanzo valley - Torino prov. - Piemonte - Italia
A big, brilliant and dark green colored crystal of epidote is stunning over the matrix.
It's not perfectly terminated 'cause it was in contact in its upper top.
Some other minor crystals are visible too.
From a found of almost 30 years ago.
xls size:mm. 37 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :295
price : Euro 89 ~US$ 124 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17101 - Epidote - Pampa Blanca Distr. - Castrovirreyna prov. - Huancavelica Deptm. - Peru
Two elegant intersected fans of highly lustrous deep-olive green crystals of epidote with fantastic flashes of gemmy yellow-green color.
This elegant two-sided piece is complete all round.
xls size:mm. 73 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :100
price : Euro 43 ~US$ 60 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24107 - Epidote - Tormiq valley - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
A jemmy floater of epidote !
It's an aggregate of transparent crystals of epidote, without matrix.
The crystals are up to 37 mm long, have a beautiful dark green color with yellow reflections and are very transparent.
A little jewel of Mother Nature.
xls size:mm. 37 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :10
price : Euro 85 ~US$ 118 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24086 - Epidote and calcite - Tormiq Valley - Pakistan
A big epidote crystal (28 mm.) is clearly visible on the surface of this cluster.
It is surrounded by numerous other smaller epidotes and white areas with calcite crystals.
A nice color contrast.
Very aesthetic!
xls size:mm. 28 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :760
price : Euro 39 ~US$ 54 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20031 - Faden quartz - Stura Valley - Cuneo prov. - Piedmont - Italy
From an uncommon alpine locality, an aggregate of faden, partially transparent quartzes.
The crystals are arranged parallel to each other.
It's a floater, no matrix.
Ex V. Lago collection.
xls size:mm. 68 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :350
price : Euro 96 ~US$ 134 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25044 - Fenster quartz - Porretta Terme - Alto Reno Terme - Bolgna Prov, - - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
Typical fenster quartz from this famopus italian locality.
It's composed by some crystals that are embraced together.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :55
price : Euro 24 ~US$ 33 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24111 - Ferrierite - Albero Bassi - Santorso - Vicenza prov. - Veneto - Italy
Typical ferrierite specimen with spheroidal and felted crystals.
It comes from a classic locality in Veneto for this species.
Incidentally, it would be the 'Type Locality' for heulandite-K
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :160
price : Euro 40 ~US$ 56 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24069 - Ferristrunzite - Mont-des-Groseillers - Blaton - Bernissart - Hainaut - Wallonia - Belgium
The surface of this specimen is completely covered with cream-colored needles of ferristrunzite.
Many of them are arranged in a rosette, a typical format for this species.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. F-80.
It is a rather rare phosphate and this specimen comes from TYPE LOCATION.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :43
price : Euro 63 ~US$ 88 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23079 - Fluorite – The Hidden Forest Pocket - Diana Maria mine - Frosterley - Weardale - Co. Durham – England – United Kingdom
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.
The pictures are a little overlightened to better show the details of the crystals.
xls size:mm. 21 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :180
price : Euro 47 ~US$ 65 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19066 - Fluorite - Works of the Motorway - Baveno - Verbania-Cusio-ossola prov. - Piedmont - Italy
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: a specimen that was found in the debris of the works of the Motorway.
xls size:mm. 7 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :135
price : Euro 37 ~US$ 51 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19055 - Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
A big, octahedric, green colored and semitransparent crystal of fluorite is flanked by a bulky whitish quartzite.
They have a strong chromatic contrast.
xls size:mm.58 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :215
price : Euro 42 ~US$ 58 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25003 - Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
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.
xls size:mm. 75 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :400
price : Euro 64 ~US$ 89 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20056 - Fluorite over chalcedony - Mahodari - Nasik distr. - Maharastra - India
A big, yellow-brown colored sphere of fluorite is stunning in the center of a cluster of chalcedony.
Typical from this classic indian location.
xls size:mm. 42 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :665
price : Euro 56 ~US$ 78 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24097 - Fluorite, calcite and pyrite - Sant Cugat del Vallès - El Papiol - Baix Llobregat - Barcelona - Catalonia - Spain
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 calcite crystals are seen among the fluorites.
There are also small brown pyrite crystals.
Very aesthetic!
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :750
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22057 - Fluorite, calcite and quartz - Camissinone mine - Zogno - Brembana Valley - Bergamo prov. - Lombardy - Italy
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 quartz, with some little violet cubes of fluorite over it (mm. 27 x 18 x 26)
- hyalin quartzes (mm. 45 x 36 x 32)
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :150
price : Euro 29 ~US$ 40 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24056 - Forsterite - Quebec - Canada
Some large and well-formed forsterite crystals are stunning over the matrix of this specimen.
The black and incomplete crystals that can be seen are almost certainly spinel residues.
Formerly Sandro Maggia's mineralogical collection: no. F-68.
xls size:mm. 13 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :36
price : Euro 92 ~US$ 128 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24103 - Galena, sphalerite and quartz - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
A complex aggregate of grey crystals of galena and dark crystals of sphalerite, that are intergrowth together. Some colourless crystals of quarts are visbile at its bottom.
xls size:mm. 25 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :101
price : Euro 35 ~US$ 49 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM12051 - Gersdorffite - Ait Hamane - Bou Azzer distr. - Tazenakht - Ourzazate prov. - Souss-Massa Draa reg. - Morocco
Typical partially cristallized specimen of this rare sulphide of cobalt, from a classic worldwide locality. RARE MINERAL
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :203
price : Euro 45 ~US$ 62 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22031 - Graphite - Ollano - Mallare - Savona prov. - Liguria - Italy
Massive specimen of this interesting native element.
From a classic italian locality for this specie.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :140
price : Euro 24 ~US$ 33 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23058 - Grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
Excellent alpine specimen of grossular/hessonite garnet.
Numerous crystals with a beautiful dark red to orange color cover the surface.
All of them are shiny and semi-transparent, some are almost of gem quality.
In the sunlight they shine even more
An alpine jewel!
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :135
price : Euro 65 ~US$ 91 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25036 - Halite - Swakopmind Constituency - Erongo region - Namibia
This druse composed of numerous very large, pale pink colored halite crystals.
They are many parallelepipeds placed side by side not orthogonally, whose composition resembles a 'dovetail' crystallization.
Very aesthetic !!
xls size:mm. 56 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :600
price : Euro 135 ~US$ 189 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18087 - Hausmannite ps. after manganite - Ilfeld - Nordhausen - Hartz Mts - Thuringia - Germany
Several black and brilliant crystals of hausmannite ps. after manganite are visible over the surface of this specimen.
The pictures are a little overlightened to show the details, the color is black.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :200
price : Euro 30 ~US$ 42 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18082 - Heterogenite and malachite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
The surface of this specimen is covered by several brilliant and dark black crystals of heterogenite.
They are in strong contrast with the green of the malachite.
The picctures are a little overlightened to show the details.
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :43
price : Euro 30 ~US$ 42 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25026 - Humite - San Vito quarry - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania – Italy
Signifint sample where there are some dark amber in color and semi-transparent crystals of humite.
Vesuvius is now declared a Park and it is impossible to do new research.
This specimen comes from TYPE LOCALITY.
xls size:mm 1,5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :200
price : Euro 41 ~US$ 57 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24065 - Hureaulite, sicklerite, vivianite, rockbridgeite and phosphoferrite - Mangualde - Viseu - Portugal
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 a magnifying glass and a lot of patience, perhaps using the captions on Mindat of the specimens from this locality.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. H-6.
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :50
price : Euro 46 ~US$ 64 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23028 - Hyalophane - Zagradski Potok mine - Zagradski Creek - Busovaca - Zenica-Doboj Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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 which exceptional samples of hyalophane have been extracted.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :130
price : Euro 131 ~US$ 183 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17090 - Hyalophane and siderite - Zagradski Potok mine - Zagradski Creek - Busovaca - Zenica-Doboj Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (with VIDEO !)
Fantastic specimen of this variety af albite, that has the typical 'knee' crystallization.
The main crystals are almost transparent and of gem quality.
Several little dark brown crystals of siderite make a strong contrast with the hyalophanes.
Very rare to find a specimen with so many crystals on the matrix, usually they are floaters.
It becomes from the famous bosnian mine that is now closed.
xls size:mm. 28 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :660
price : Euro 469 ~US$ 656 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24002 - Hydroxylherderite - Alto do Chaga claim - Quixaba - Frei Martinho - Paraíba - Brazil
A floater made of a pair of hydroxylherderite crystals.
The main one is semi-transparent.
xls size:mm. 31 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :70
price : Euro 46 ~US$ 64 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22026 - Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
Excellent big floater of kunzite, without matrix.
It has a nice pink color, is good terminated and is completely transparent.
A high quality specimen !
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :72
price : Euro 432 ~US$ 604 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25048 - Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
A floater of pale pink col,ored crystal of kuinzite, a variety of spodumene.
It's typical from this Afghan locality.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :66
price : Euro 24 ~US$ 33 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24062 - Lavendulane - Alice Mary mine - Kundip - Ravensthorpe Shire - Western Australia - Australia
Several areas with dark azur crusts of lavendulan are visible on the surface of this sample.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. L-65.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :32
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21062 - Lazurite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
A well formed, dark blue colored crystal of lazurite is scattered out of the white matrix.
There is a strong contrast of color.
xls size:mm. 16 x 13 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :215
price : Euro 64 ~US$ 89 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21061 - Lazurite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
Two dark blue colored crystals of lazurite are in good evidence over the white marble of the matrix.
There is a strong contrast of color.
xls size:mm. 15 x 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :230
price : Euro 46 ~US$ 64 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21063 - Lazurite, pyrite and chondrodite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
A big, dark blue colored crystal of lazurite is scattered out the whitish matrix of marble.
Some areas of it have an electric blue color.
Ther are some little, golden colored crystals of pyrite and some others of chondrodite that are pale brown colored.
xls size:mm. 25 x 22 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :175
price : Euro 113 ~US$ 158 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18045 - Libethenite - Podlipa deposit - Lubietová - Banská Bystrica Co. - Banská Bystrica Region - Slovakia
A specimen where several little, brilliant, green dark colored crystals of Liebethenite are in strong contrast with the whitish matrix.
The pictures are a little overligthened to show the details, the real color is darker.
TYPE LOCALITY.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :40
price : Euro 32 ~US$ 44 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20024 - Malachite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
A carpet of soft felted thin crystals of malachite covers the surface of this specimen.
The color is dark green: when you move the specimen under a light, it changes to pale, it seems a meadow of grass stirred by the wind.
The pictures are a little overlightened to show the details.
Ex Sandro Maggia Collection with the original label.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :230
price : Euro 67 ~US$ 93 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25022 - Millerite - Ca' dei Ladri (Silla) - Gaggio Montano - Bologna prov. - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
A 20 mm long millerite needle is clearly visible on the surface of this sample.
It emerges from a crystal of hyaline quartz, which includes other smaller crystals of millerite, the tip of which is visible next to the base of the main one.
It's glued to the plastic bottom.
xls size:mm. 20 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :105
price : Euro 56 ~US$ 78 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25047 - Mordenite - Montresta - Oristano prov. - Sardinia - Italy
Several cottony tufts of white mordenite cover almost entirely, but in a chaotic manner, the surface of this Sardinian specimen.
From a find in the last century.
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :700
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24081 - Multicolored chalcedony - Monterufoli - Pomarance - Pisa prov. - Tuscany - Italy
Half of a typical large chalcedony nodule which is hollow inside and variously colored with bluish and ochre shades
xls size: overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :995
price : Euro 40 ~US$ 56 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17106 - Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine - Linxi - Linxi Co. - Ulanhad League - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - China
The olshanskyite is the unique new from Munich Mineralshow of this year.
It's 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.
It's a very difficult material to photograph because it's white without contrast: to show the details the pictures are a little underexposed and some of them are made with a polarizer filter.
It's glued to the plastic bottom.
xls size:15 mm. overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :57
price : Euro 110 ~US$ 154 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19015 - Opal - Fornaccia - Fornovolasco - Vergemoli - Apuan Alps - Lucca Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
Interesting specimen of brilliant white opal, that becomes yellow-lemon at the U.V. SHORT wave
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :223
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17093 - Paravauxite - Siglo Veinte mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí dept - Bolivia
Several whitish crystals of paravauxite, a not common phosphate, are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
TYPE LOCALITY.
xls size:mm. 9 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :190
price : Euro 43 ~US$ 60 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM17054 - Paravauxite - Siglo Veinte mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
Several crystals of paravauxite are scattering out the crust of the same material that covers the surface of this specimen.
TYPE LOCALITY.
xls size:mm. 43 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :140
price : Euro 30 ~US$ 42 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25008 - Pargasite - Luc Yen - Yen Bai - Vietnam
Some green pargasite crystals are clearly visible on the white matrix of saccharoid marble.
On the back you can see a large brown crystal of hydroxylclinohumite, of which a tip can also be seen in front.
The sample was etched to highlight the crystals that were completely surrounded by the matrix.
From a found of many years ago.
The mountain in Vietnam from which were extracted so many splendid specimens that have filled collections all over the world is now completely destroyed from years, so nothing new will reach the market: only specimens from collections that are being sold.
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :260
price : Euro 40 ~US$ 56 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24054 - Pascoite and metarossite - Sunday #2 mine - Carnation mine Group - Slick Rock Mining Distr. - San Miguel County - Colorado - United States
A crust of mini granules covers the surface of this specimen.
The orange colored areas are pascoite, the yellow-green ones are metarossite.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. P-85.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :62
price : Euro 55 ~US$ 77 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19074 - Pearceite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
On the surface of this specimen there are some pearceite crystals with a thin-tabular shape and very well defined hexagonal outline.
They are very bright and with a metallic grey colour.
A nice group is placed under the main surface too.
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :295
price : Euro 96 ~US$ 134 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21054 - Pectolite - Upper New Street Quarry - Paterson - Passaic Co. - New Jersey - USA
A typical and representative example of the pectolite species: whitish radial aggregates fillings within calcite veins in the matrix.
Ex Sandro Maggia collection with the original label.
xls size:mm. 15 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :155
price : Euro 30 ~US$ 42 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24108 - Phillipsite - Calvarina Mt. - Roncà - Verona prov. - Veneto - Italy
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.
From a classic italian locality for this specie.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :240
price : Euro 31 ~US$ 43 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24055 - Piemontite and zoisite - Campo Valley - Campo Blenio - Camadra Valley Blenio Valley - Blenio - Ticino - Switzerland
A lovely miniature dotted with small elongated crystals of piemontite: they are transparent and have a pinkish color with a red head.
The dark green crystals are of zoisite: the latter is present here and there in the matrix also in massive form.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. P-124.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :32
price : Euro 40 ~US$ 56 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24012 - Pollucite - Skardu Area - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
An aggregate completely made up of pollucite crystals, to a small extent covered by a white patina of carbonates.
The crystals are well formed and visible, colorless and have an almost glassy appearance.
It is quite rare to find pollucites that have well-defined crystal boundaries.
A high quality specimen for this species !
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :70
price : Euro 107 ~US$ 149 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25027 - Posnjakite - Richtarova - Staré Hory - Slovakia
A partly mammillary crust of a light and dark blue color partially covers the surface of this specimen.
It is posnjakite, an uncommon copper sulfate and is mixed with devilline and langite.
The green crust is of malachite.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :85
price : Euro 34 ~US$ 47 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23003 - Potosite (var. di franckeite) – San Josè mine – Oruro – Cercado Prov. - Bolivia
The surface of this specimen is completely covered with needles and blades of potosite, a variety of franckeite.
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :190
price : Euro 95 ~US$ 133 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23025 - Proustite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
Numerous shiny and dark red proustite crystals are scattered practically over the entire internal surface of this specimen.
The whitish residues of quartzite help to highlight a nice color contrast.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :410
price : Euro 98 ~US$ 137 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18004 - Proustite and pyrargirite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
Two evident aggregates of reddish proustite are featuring over this cluster.
Some other minor reddish smaller crystals are seeded somewhere.
A group of grey methallic with reddish reflections crystals of pyrargirite are visibile too on the surface, with some other minors.
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :130
price : Euro 65 ~US$ 91 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23051 - Pseudocotunnite and challacolloite - La Fossa crater - Vulcano Island - Lipari - Eolie Islands - Messina prov. - Sicily - Italy
Two rare volcanic fumarole minerals are present on the surface of this sample.
It is scattered with numerous acicular crystals of pseudocotunnite, which in some areas are covered with a yellow patina of challacolloite.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :100
price : Euro 91 ~US$ 127 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23082 - Pyrite - Huanzala mine - Huallanca Distr. - Bolognesi Prov. - Ancash - Perù
From a new discovery in Peru.
A stunning aggregate of octahedral pyrites, an uncommon kind of crystallization.
The crystals are big, perfect, with well-defined edges, rounded corners and are partly interpenetrated with each other.
Very shiny and brilliant, with a mirror surface.
A sample of the highest quality!
xls size:mm. 35 x 35 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :570
price : Euro 237 ~US$ 331 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22018 - Pyrophyllite - Cotton Stone Mountain - Troy - Montgomery Co. - North Carolina - USA
Some big rosettes of brown colored crystals of pyrophyllite are in good evidence over the bulky, whitish matrix.
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :230
price : Euro 33 ~US$ 46 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24085 - Quartz - Cavnic mine - Cavnic - Maramures Co. - Romania
A large crystal of very bright quartz is flanked by a smaller one.
On one side other mini-quartzes are grown and are partly covered by yellowish calcites.
The tip of the main quartz is perfect.
Very aesthetic specimen !
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :1400
price : Euro 40 ~US$ 56 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19014 - Quartz and ortochlase - Madagascar
Two long crystals of quartz have the 'fenster' top, with some windows and are partially growth as an 'artichoke', for a curious effect.
Their surface is partially pseudomorphed in ortochlase.
It becomes from an old collection and is dated 1975, but there was not the exact locality.
xls size:mm. 175 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :990
price : Euro 48 ~US$ 67 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM18062 - Quartz var. "Tiger Eye" - Cape Prov. - Southafrica
"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 into limonite.
In this specimen is visible in two veins between the riolitic matrix.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :520
price : Euro 20 ~US$ 28 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20020 - Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine - Sam Powell Peak - Box Canyon Mining Distr. - Yavapai Co. - Arizona - USA
The surface of this specimen is covered by a grey crust of ramsdellite, that is an oxyde of manganese.
Several cleraly visible crystals are scattering over the crust.
Ex Sandro Maggia Collection with the original label.
xls size:mm. 4 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :170
price : Euro 44 ~US$ 61 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23053 - Rapidcreekite - Rapid Creek - Dawson mining Distr. - Yukon - Canada
This specimen is partially covered by a white patina of rapidcreekite.
In an area there are some minicurls of this rare sulfate.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :170
price : Euro 131 ~US$ 183 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25019 - Rhodochrosite and goethite in fossil shell - Kamysh-Burun Trough - Kerchenskoe deposit - Kerchenskyi (Fe) ore basin - Kerch Peninsula - Crimea - Russia
This specimen consists of a fossil shell that has partially transformed into rhodochrosite through pseudomorphosis.
There are large dark gray areas of goethite.
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :76
price : Euro 60 ~US$ 84 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24043 - Romanechite ps. after helvite and quartz - Jinlong hill -Longchuan Co. - Heyuan Pref. - Guangdong prov. - China
Large druze completely lined with long hyaline quartz crystals, with an icy effect.
The largest one measures mm. 50.
A long black romanechite crystal (16 mm) is set in a niche on its surface.
Another black crystal with the classic tetrahedron shape is visible in another area.
They are both pseudomorphs from the helvite.
xls size:mm. 16 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :870
price : Euro 133 ~US$ 186 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM13098 - Scapolite - Yates mine - Otter Lake - Pontiac RCM - Outaouais - Québec - Canada
Some big crystals of scapolite are in good evidence, with traces of some other minors. Classic from this locality ! It becomes from an old collection.
xls size:mm. 75 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :165
price : Euro 110 ~US$ 154 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20073 - Silver var. Kongsbergite - Imiter Mine - Imiter Distr. - Tinghir Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
An evident, sculptural, leaf native Kongsbergite specimen from 2016 finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
It's standing on a black matrix for a strong contrast, with the typical luster of this material.
Kongsbergite is the mercurian variety of silver (max 5 %).
The specimen is glued to the plastic bottom.
xls size:mm. 45 x 37 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :340
price : Euro 133 ~US$ 186 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24116 - Spessartine and smoky quartz - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Fujian prov. - China
Several small, bright, orange-red spessartine crystals are visible at the tip of the specimen.
A black, bright smoky quartz crystal is present near them.
A few spessartine crystals have grown on them.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :55
price : Euro 35 ~US$ 49 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19011 - Spessartine garnet - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - ZhangZhou - Fujian - China
The surface of this excellent cluster is completely dressed by brilliant and dark red colored crystals of spessartine garnet.
The faces of the crystals are absolutely natural mirror polished and reflect the light.
An high quality specimen that becomes from an old collection and is very aesthetic !
xls size:mm. 6 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :600
price : Euro 131 ~US$ 183 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25032 - Spessartine garnet - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - Zhangzhou pref. - Fujian prov. - China
The surface of this druse is densely covered with large and small spessartine garnets, that have a very dark brown color.
Some are so dark that they look like small smoky quartz.
When illuminated closely they become semi-transparent and turn red in color.
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :550
price : Euro 100 ~US$ 140 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM22010 - Spessartine, orthoclase and smoky quartz - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Fujian prov. - China
A big cluster of orthoclase with whitish crystals till 13 mm. of size.
Here and there some grey colored crystals of smoky quartz are stunning.
The main has 25 mm of lenght.
Several little, orange colored and brilliant crystals of spessartine are spread all over.
Strong contrast of colors for a good quality specimen.
xls size:mm. 7 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :260
price : Euro 39 ~US$ 54 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20083 - Spinel - Luc Yen - Yen Bai Prov. - Vietnam
Big dark violet colored crystals of spinel are in good evidence over the whitish matrix.
The specimen was etched to eliminate the calcite that covered the crystals.
xls size:mm. 36 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :350
price : Euro 50 ~US$ 70 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24060 - Spinel - Pamir - Tajikistan
Some large black spinels are stunning on the surface of this specimen: one is perfectly formed and intact, the others are not.
The original tag lists the provenance as CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), an organization created in the 1990s following the dissolution of the USSR: given that the Pamir extends into Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and China, on Mindat the spinels are only mentioned from the first Nation.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. S-70.
xls size:mm. 22 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :65
price : Euro 69 ~US$ 96 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24003 - Staurolite - Semiostrov'e - Keivy Mountains - Lovozersky Distr. - Murmansk Oblast - Russia
Some dark brown crystals of staurolite stand out against the light matrix.
Two of them are overlapping in the typical 'cross' formation of this species.
xls size:mm. 27 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :80
price : Euro 43 ~US$ 60 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM21039 - Strengite on goethite - Leveäniemi mine - Svappavaara - Kiruna - Norrbotten County - Sweden
Excellent cluster that has several little, lillac colored spheres of strengite.
They are sedded over a carpet of dark brown colored gothite.
Some of them are broken to show the typical spoking.
xls size:mm. 5 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :430
price : Euro 269 ~US$ 376 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23066 - Sturmanite - N'Chwaning Mines - KMF - Northern Cape Prov. - South Africa
Over this sample, several areas are visible: they are completely covered by small shiny sturmanite crystals with a dark yellow-green color.
Sturmanite is an uncommon sulphate, that in the world was find only in some localities of the South Africa and in one of the Russia.
Pictures and video are a little overlightened to show the details: the real colors are darker.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :600
price : Euro 62 ~US$ 86 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM23046 - Sulphur with bitumen - Cozzo Disi mine - Casteltermini - Agrigento prov.. - Sicily - Italy
A floater that is completely made up by big crystals of sulphur.
They have partial inclusions of bitumen.
A classic sample from this famous Sicilian mine, nowadays increasingly rare to find on the market.
xls size:mm. 50 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :330
price : Euro 110 ~US$ 154 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24079 - Thomsonite and mesolite - Deshgaon – Burhanpur – Madhya Pradesh - India
Very nice specimen of thomsonite and mesolite from a recent find in India.
Big and dark orange coloured hemispheres of thomsonite are stunning over it.
They are covered by radial, delicate and white colored sprays of mesolite.
It displays a strong contrast of colors.
It's glued to the plastic base.
Very showy !
xls size:mm. 7 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :85
price : Euro 36 ~US$ 50 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24067 - Tinaksite - Malyi Murun Massif - Irkutsk Oblast - Siberia - Russia
Brown sheaves of long tinaksite crystals are prominently displayed on the surface of this specimen.
Formerly Sandro Maggia's mineralogical collection: no. T-51.
xls size:mm. 13 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :36
price : Euro 49 ~US$ 68 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25013 - Titanite - Tormiq valley - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
Several transparent, brilliant and brown coloured crystals of titanite are spread all over the white surface of this specimen for a strong contrast.
xls size:mm. 9 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :105
price : Euro 41 ~US$ 57 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24011 - Vanadinite - Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt – Draa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
Four gorgeous thumbnails of vanadinte from a classic locality in Morocco.
The biggest is 32 mm. of width, the smallest 17 mm.
All crystals are shiny and perfect.
In the biggest specimen their color is dark red-brownish.
The other specimens have a bright red color and the crystals are almost gemmy.
In the pictures they are absolutely dry, not wet.
They are glued to hte plastic bottom.
Some little jewels !
xls size:-- overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :60
price : Euro 84 ~US$ 117 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24052 - Vanadinite - Mibladen mine - Midelt - Khénifra prov. - Meknès-Tafilalet reg. - Morocco
Gorgeous cluster that is covered by very big, brilliant,dark red colored and perfect crystals of vanadinite.
No damages.
From a recent find in the classic locality of Mibladen in Morocco.
xls size:mm. 19 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :610
price : Euro 555 ~US$ 777 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25037 - Vanadinite - Mibladen mine - Midelt - Khenifra Prov. - Meknès-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
A beautiful druse covered with brilliant and perfect crystals of fiery red vanadinite, which are mostly arranged on one side.
The back of the specimen is light brown colored and shows the natural process of transformation into endlichite.
Some crystals on the border between the two areas are bicolor.
From a recent find in a classic location in Morocco.
It is glued to the plastic base.
xls size:mm. 10 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :230
price : Euro 240 ~US$ 336 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM20060 - Vauxite - Siglo XX mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí deptm - Bolivia
The surface of this specimen is covered by pale azur colored crystals of vauxite.
Some of them are colorless and transparent.
From the ex collection of S.Maggia, with the original label.
TYPE LOCALITY.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :110
price : Euro 40 ~US$ 56 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19049 - Vesuvianite - Bellecombe - Aosta Valley - Italy
Several small and brilliant crystals of vesuvianite are seeded over the surface of this specimen.
The green color is due because they are rich in chromium.
From a found of almost 30 years ago.
xls size:mm. 37 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :140
price : Euro 69 ~US$ 96 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19098 - Vesuvianite - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania - Italy
A big, well-formed, brilliant and dark brown colored crystal of vesuvianite is visible in the vug of this specimen.
The back is layed to the matrix.
It was found almost 30 years ago.
TYPE LOCALITY.
xls size:mm. 20 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :220
price : Euro 93 ~US$ 130 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM24050 - Vivianite - Cabeça de Cachorro claim - Sao Gabriel de Cahoeira - Amazonas - Brazil
From a recent find in Amazonas, a sample of remarkable quality.
Long and shiny crystals of vivianite with a very dark blue-green petrolium color are arranged over the surface of this sample.
The matrix is consolidated to prevent it from continuing to produce dust.
It's glued to the plastic base.
Very showy !
xls size:mm. 38 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :195
price : Euro 51 ~US$ 71 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM25016 - Vivianite in fossil shell - Kamysh-Burun Trough - Kerchenskoe deposit - Kerchenskyi (Fe) ore basin - Kerch Peninsula - Crimea - Russia
In an aggregate of small fossil shells one of them shows an opening.
You can see the interior, which is filled with bundles of vivianite crystals.
It is glued to the plastic base.
xls size:mm. 8 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :37
price : Euro 41 ~US$ 57 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM19053 - Voltaite and pickeringite - La Fossa Crater - Faraglione Nico - Porto Levante -Vulcano Island - Eolie Islands - Messina Prov. - Sicily - Italy
The surface of this specimen is covered by black and brilliant cristals of Voltaite, that is an uncommon sulphate of K + Fe + Al.
Some white areas of pickeringite are visible and gives an evident contrast.
The item is glued to the plastic bottom.
xls size:mm. 2 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :93
price : Euro 75 ~US$ 105 (plus shipping cost)
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#GM15167 - Wavellite over quartz - Siglo XX mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí deptm - Bolivia
Classic specimen of wavellite from this bolivian mine: the botryoidal creamy coloured crystals of wavellite are grown over the long hyalin quartzes.
It's typical from this location.
xls size:mm. 3 overall size of mineral specimen: specimen weight gr. :100
price : Euro 47 ~US$ 65 (plus shipping cost)
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