Wulfenite - Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
(#MINS9314)
A very nice specimen full of tabular orange wulfenite crystals up to 2,2 cm on edge on matrix Self-explaining.Former dr. Francesco Bedognè coll. with original label (year 1993).
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,2 cm
 Overall size:44mm x 42 mm x 22 mm
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Veszelyite - Laochang Mine, Gejiu Co., Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
(#MINS9312)
Veszelyite in bright eletric blue crystals up to 2.5 mm scattered on matrix.
Rare specie, known in only few locales in the world.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Glaucocerinite (TL) - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9308)
Bright sky-blue waxy botryoidal Glaucocerinite xls on matrix. A rare complex hydrated sulfate from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Cobaltaustinite - Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifte Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#MINS9310)
Suberb bright green rare Cobaltaustinite xls up to 1.5 mm richly set on matrix with dolomite in association.Showy.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:1.5 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Ludlamite - Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
(#MINS9295)
A sharp apple-green crystal 10 mm wide set nicely on matrix. Classic material from this noted locale.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Newberyite - Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Victoria, Australia (TL)
(#MINS9307)
Newberyite is a rare hydrated magnesium phosphate, found first in a series of lava caves deposited as bat guano in Australia, the Type Locality.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:52mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Santarosaite - Santa Rosa mine - Santa Rosa-Huantajaya Distr. - Iquique Prov. - Tarapacá - Chile TYPE LOCALITY
(#MINS9305)
Several blue colored sub-mmi spheres of Santarosaite are arranged on the surface of this sample.
The santarosaite is a very rare copper borate, found for now only in this locality, which is therefore the type locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 11 mm
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Tapiolite-(Fe) – Quixaba, Frei Martinho, Borborema mineral province, Paraíba, Brazil
(#MINS9306)
An evident black crystals of tapiolite-(Fe) up to 7 mm in good evidence outside the matrix, with a nice color contrast.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:60mm x 36 mm x 40 mm
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Tyuyamunite - Salnova Quarry, Saltrio, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#MINS9304)
Group of tiny yellow crystals of Tyuyamunite up to 1 mm on matrix. Former coll. Dr.Francesco Bedognè #2021 with original label.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:37mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9303)
Specimen with Gold in blades up to 2 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Native Sylver - Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9294)
Native wire Sylver xls up to 2-3 mm on Acanthite matrix with Stephanite in association.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:47mm x 18 mm x 23 mm
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Hubnerite and quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine - Pasto Bueno - Pampas Distr. - Pallasca Prov. - Ancash - Perù
(#MINS9301)
Nice black Hubnerite crystals up to 3,4 cm tall with reddish reflections set nicely on quartz xl.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 cm
Overall size:35mm x 28 mm x 38 mm
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Rockbridgeite - Leonie Mine, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Amberg-Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS9299)
Old German.Black Rockbridgeite xls up to 1.5 mm richly set on matrix. Former coll. Dr. Francesco Bedognè #1043 with original label.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 18 mm x 45 mm
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Cuprite - Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
(#MINS9300)
A european classic! This is an old sample, collected in the end of the 19 th century consisting only of cuprite crystals on matrix up to 2 mm.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:37mm x 17 mm x 17 mm
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Fluoro-edenite (TL) - Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Sicily, Italy
(#17395_FLUO_DANI)
Specimen full of light green-yellow vitreous Fluoro-Edenite xx on matrix. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Meneghinite (TL) - Bottino Mine, Tuscany, Italy
(#17392_MENE_DANI)
Very rare bright metallic acicular Meneghinite xx on matrix. From type locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 40 mm
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Stibnite, Cinnabar, Quartz - Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
(#15794_STIB_DANI)
Superb trio from an unsual locality. Very nice stibnite xx, with cinnaber xx and quartz xx.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Cinnabar, Dolomite - Tongren mine, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
(#14566_CINN_DANI)
Nice deep red Cinnabar xx on matrix with Dolomite xx.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Acanthite on Copper - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#13730_COPP_DANI)
Specimen offering tiny acanthite xx on top of copper xx.
Specimen weight:380 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm (a), 3 mm (c)
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Marioantofillite - Monte Copello-Reppia mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy (TL)
(#MINS9296)
Specimen rich of blue Marioantofilliite crystals forming a sphere associated with pale green malachite sprays and Allophane from the type locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:55mm x 34 mm x 20 mm
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Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9287)
Sharp crystals of Boleite 6 mm with a nice indigo blue color, on a stabilized matrix, coming from a no longer productive locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm wide
Overall size:45mm x 26 mm x 18 mm
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Bakhchisaraitsevite - Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9290)
Micaceous pale yellow / cream crystals of Bakhchisaraitsevite up to 1.5 mm set on dolomite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:48mm x 27 mm x 24 mm
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Loparite - N'orkpakhk Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9288)
Loparite-(Ce): cubes in a cluster twinned by interpenetration with black colour and submetallic lustre.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 20 mm x 23 mm
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Falkmanite - Bayerland mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9292)
Dark gray-metallic fibrous crystals of Falkmanite up to 8 mm wide on quartz matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Dufrenoysite - Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9285)
An elongated gray-metallic crystals of Dufrenoysite 5 mm wide on dolomite matrix.A classic.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Ludlamite - Cabeça de Cachorro claim – Sao Gabriel de Cahoeira – Amazonas Brazil
(#MINS9286)
Cluster of gemmy, semitransparent and vivid green colored of Ludlamite xls up to 0,7 cm wide on matrix with sharp Vivianite xls in association.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.7 cm
Overall size:38mm x 18 mm x 30 mm
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Covellite - Bor Mine, Bor, Bor District, Central Serbia, Serbia
(#MINS9293)
Covellite forming violet-blue, fatty to shiny, leafy and scaly aggregates that grow throughout the sample.Very uncommon, two-sided material from Serbia.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:35mm x 12 mm x 32 mm
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Bariopharmacosiderite - Grube Clara, Oberwolfach, Baden Wuerttenberg, Germany
(#MINS9291)
Nice sample of Bariofarmocaosiderite in clean, lustrous pseudocubic reddish-brown xls, scattered on matrix.
Classic german stuff!
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 20 mm
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Tuperssuatsiaite - Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
(#MINS9284)
A very nice specimen with green acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals spray up to 2.5 mm in a vug of matrix.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 30 mm
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Salammoniac - Carola Mine, Döhlen, Freital, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9289)
Showy specimen of the uncommon halide, sal ammoniac, from an old find. The white, translucent and lustrous crystals form are set richly on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 20 mm x 35 mm
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Sphalerite - Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
(#MINS9283)
A single xls honey translucent tetrahedra of Sphalerite is perched on a matrix of white granular dolomia. A classic from the swiss Alps!
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 28 mm x 40 mm
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Sodalite with Cancrinite - Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
(#MINS9282)
Dark blue Sodalite with yellow Cancrinite in association. Old find from from the classic locality in the Bancroft area. Ex coll. Dr. Francesco Bedognè #1018.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:50mm x 28 mm x 38 mm
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Fluorite - Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9281)
Dark purple fluorite crystals up to 6 mm with sparkling reflections under transmitted light.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:35mm x 26 mm x 18 mm
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Cummingtonite - Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9298)
Cluster of Cummingtonite xls up to 4 cm long on matrix.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,0 cm
Overall size:48mm x 47 mm x 30 mm
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Vanadinite - Mibladen mining district, Meknès-Tafilalet, Morocco
(#17683_VANA_DANI)
Stunning double-sided vanadinite xx cluster. Superb for aesthetic shape.
Specimen weight:17 gr.
Crystal size:17 mm
Overall size:32mm x 20 mm x 16 mm
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Thorite var. Orangite xx - Vorondolo massif, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
(#17648_THOR_DANI)
Very nice quite large crystal cluster.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Orpiment - Quiruvilca mine, Quiruvilca, La Libertad, Peru
(#17646_ORPI_DANI)
A classic. Nice deep orange orpiment xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 10 mm
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Klebelsbergite xx,. Stibnite xx- Pereta Mine, Pereta, Italy
(#17606_KLEB_DANI)
Class! Gorgeous Klebelsbergite needles on a Stibnite xx in a vug.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Rockbridgeite - Leonie I mine, Schleichershof, Bavaria, Germany
(#17471_ROCK_DANI)
Dark green Rockbridgeite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Osumilite-(Mg) - Hiji, Hayami District, Oita Prefecture, Japan
(#13659_OSUM_DANI)
Nice classic jet black osumilite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Pezzottaite - Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (TL)
(#MINS9276)
Pezzottaite hexagonal xls up to 2.5 mm long with good color on albite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 35 mm x 14 mm
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Lefontite - João Teodoro claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (type locality)
(#MINS9279)
Extremely rare Lefontite in brown crystals from the type locality. Formula : Fe2Al2Be(PO4)2(OH)6
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:18mm x 10 mm x 42 mm
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Olivine, humite - San Vito quarry - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania – Italy
(#MINS9272)
Excellent sample with yellow Olivine xl 5 mm wide with amber in color and semi-transparent crystals of humite. Vesuvius is now declared a Park and it is impossible to do new research.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Allanite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9271)
A well shaped 4 mm crystals of this REE , perched in contrasting matrix from this classic locality. All former Allanites-Ce from Trimouns seem to be Dissakisite-Ce.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm tall
Overall size:31mm x 30 mm x 27 mm
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Fluornatromicrolite - Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
(#MINS9278)
Honey-yellow fluornatromicrolite octahedra with adamantine luster up to 5 mm on muscovite xls matrix. Fluornatromicrolite is a rare tantalum oxide with fluorine redefined from "microlite" in 1998 and is typically found in pegmatites.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 27 mm
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Hessonite garnet with Diopside - Saulera, Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9267)
Nice specimen featuring red hessonite crystals, very brilliant up to 10 mm, on rodingite matrix, associated to greenish Diopside up to 6 mm . Classic garnet sample from one of the most famous locales in the italian Alps.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:50mm x 44 mm x 20 mm
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Roscoelite in quartz - Brazil
(#MINS9275)
Pearly Roscoelite inclusions in smocky quartz. Roscoelite is a valid Ima specie that belongs to the mica group. Ex. F. Bedognè collection with label.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:40x27x57 mm
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 57 mm
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Glauberite - Consuelo mine - Chinchón - Madrid - Spain
(#MINS9244)
Aggregate of nice Glauberite crystals up to 1,2 cm.
Probably this mine is the unique in the world where were found transparent crystals of glauberite.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,2 cm
Overall size:40mm x 32 mm x 28 mm
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Enargite - Furtei mine, Cantiere Is Concas, Furtei, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9245)
A classic of Italian mineralogy. A group of striated metallic Enargite crystals up to 3 mm in matrix cavities. Ex. Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 18 mm
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Cavansite and stilbite - Wagholi quarry - Poona distr. - Maharastra state - India
(#GMA26033)
A twinned double crystal of electric blue Cavansite lies on a carpet of whitish Stilbites.
This species is increasingly rare to find on the market ...
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 24
Overall size:35mm x 41 mm x 30 mm
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Hubnerite and quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine - Pasto Bueno - Pampas Distr. - Pallasca Prov. - Ancash - Perù
(#GMA26032)
Numerous black Hubnerite crystals are randomly arranged on this specimen, along with several clear Quartz crystals.
A high quality, rare and aestethic !
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 17
Overall size:46mm x 33 mm x 31 mm
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Grossular, Diopside, Clinochlore - Testa Ciarva, Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#14528_GROS_DANI)
Nice red grossular xx with light green diopside xx and clinochlore xx. A classic.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Pyrite - Huanzala mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Ancash, Peru
(#14527_PYRI_DANI)
Nice pyrite striated xx cluster. Note the complex habit of the xx.
Specimen weight:159 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Kulanite - Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining district, Yukon, Canada
(#13919_KULA_DANI)
Rare, nice and large, for the species kulanite xx matrix.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 10 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#13829_CHAL_DANI)
Superb bright blue-greeen chalcophyllite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12279_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Barrerite - Roky Pass - Kuju Island - Sitka Borough - Alaska - USA
(#MINS9230)
Very nice sample of Barrerite, with pearly, shiny and well-defined crystals, in excellent conditions. Mineral by now almost impossible to find, once it was collected on the seashore, in the few hours when the tide lowered enough to allow the…
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm long
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 18 mm
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Slavikite - Valachov Hill, Skřivaň, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic (Type Locality)
(#MINS9234)
Slavikite is a rare hydrated Sodium, Magnesium, Iron Sulfate, and specimens from the type locality are certainly not commonly available. This piece features classic yellow color Slavikite masses on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:2-3 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Leightonite, Salvadora mine, Caracoles, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9238)
Nice crystals cluster of light blu leightonite crystals up to 1.5 mm on porphyric matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:32mm x 20 mm x 23 mm
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Tarbuttite- Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Zambia (TL)
(#MINS9237)
Cluster featuring pearl white Tarbuttite xls, quite well defined up to 2 mm.
Tarbuttite is a rare zinc phosphate, and this specimen is from the type Locality.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:42mm x 26 mm x 15 mm
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Gartrellite - Hohenstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
(#MINS9235)
Yellow-green crystals aggregate of Gartrellite on Quartz with malachite in association.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:45mm x 33 mm x 18 mm
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Kinoite xx, Ruizite xx (TL), Aphophylite - Christmas mine, Christmas, Arizona, USA
(#13409_KINO_DANI)
Very nice deep blue kinoite xx with very rare orange-brown ruizite xx on the classic apophyllite xx matrix.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Zinkenite, Stannite, Andorite - San José mine, Oruro City, Bolivia
(#12246_JAME_DANI)
Superb trio offwering Stannite xx, Andorite xx and Zinkenite elongated xx.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 70 mm x 10 mm
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Legrandite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9224)
Group of prismatic yellow crystals of legrandite up to 7 mm on limonitic matrix. Rare and showy.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:32mm x 8 mm x 26 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS9226)
Cluster of very sharp Bastnäsite-(Ce) crystals 8 mm in width between transparent and translucent, with orangey color set on contrasting dolomite matrix.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 20 mm x 24 mm
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Armenite - Isenwegg, Wasen Alp, Ganter valley, Simplon pass area, Brig, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
(#MINS9220)
This piece has glassy, lustrous, white crystals of Armenite up to 3 mm. This is a rare hydrated, barium, calcium, aluminum silicate from the famous from the famous Simplon Pass, in Switzerland (1995)
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:56mm x 36 mm x 28 mm
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Spinel - Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9222)
Deep blue Spinel octahedron crystals up to 6 mm on white Calcite matrix.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:37mm x 26 mm x 26 mm
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Columbite-(Fe) - Analalava District, Sofia Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province, Madagascar
(#MINS9211)
Interesting specimen with black metallic columbite crystals up to 3,0 cm long.
Specimen weight:205 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 48 mm
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Kutnohorite with Manganoan Calcite, N'Chwaning III mine, KMF, North Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9229)
Very nice kutnohorite crystals with pink fluorescent manganoan calcite.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Fluorite - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#MINS9207)
This specimen offer very nice pink fluorite xls up to 4 mm on albite matrix with smoky quartz in associaton.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 27 mm
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Fluorite - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#MINS9216)
This specimen offer very nice pink fluorite xls up to 3 mm on albite matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:36mm x 34 mm x 21 mm
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Manganogrunerite - Razoare, Maramureș Co., Romania
(#MINS9214)
Specimen with fibrous Manganogrunerite xls richly set on matrix. A very rare magnesium-iron-manganese Amphibole.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm long
Overall size:45mm x 42 mm x 30 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9205)
Very nice glassy slighly colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 2,8 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment.
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 33 mm
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Vesuvianite - Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
(#MINS9204)
Cluster of bright "root beer" Vesuvianite xls up to 1,8 cm long set on rodingite matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,8 cm long
Overall size:44mm x 22 mm x 30 mm
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Spessartine - Praborna Mine, Servette-Chuc mining complex, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#MINS9209)
Orange spessartine up to 3 mm on quartz matrix from this old alpine manganese deposit locality.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:up to 3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 37 mm
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Quartz, Epidote - San Felipe, Cascas, La Libertad, Peru
(#12924_QUAR_DANI)
Superb combo! Red Quartz crystals cluster and green epidote.
Specimen weight:67 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 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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Eudidymite - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9188)
Eudidymite is a rare hydrated Na-Be silicate. This is a striking, splayed book of pearlescent, tan blades. An aesthetic and excellent example of this uncommon species.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,5 cm tall
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 14 mm
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Brewsterite-Sr - Strontian, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
(#MINS9200)
Cluster featuring hundreds of pearl white monoclinic crystals of Ba-Brewsterite, from a classic scotch locality.
Nice specimen for this uncommon zeolite.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:53mm x 42 mm x 14 mm
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Aschamalmite - Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
(#MINS9194)
Aschamalmite xls in Quartz.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:44mm x 22 mm x 18 mm
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Fluorapatite - Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
(#MINS9199)
Cluster of very nice lavender Fluorapatite crystals up to 1,6 cm wide without matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 cm wide
Overall size:33mm x 27 mm x 23 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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Sideronatrite - Barranca del Cobre, Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9202)
Specimen filled with deep yellow-orange sideronatrite xls up to 1-2 mm.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 25 mm
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Columbite-(Fe) - Piano del Lavonchio, Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9198)
Prismatic elongated black crystals of columbite-(Fe) 7 mm long on pegmatite matrix.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm long
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Rosasite with Aurichalcite - Sounion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9192)
Azure spheres of Rosasite with many green Aurichalcite crystals in association.
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:57mm x 50 mm x 27 mm
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Colemanite - Mustafakemalpasha Mine - Bursa Province - Marmara Region - Turkey
(#MINS7816)
An excellent group of twinned crystals up to 8 mm, very bright and with a notable zonation of its color between its center, of burned-honey color, and the zones near the edges, completely clear.
Specimen weight:69 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:47mm x 37 mm x 30 mm
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Senarmontite (TL) - Djebel Hammimat mine, Ain Babouche, Constantine Province, Algerien
(#13255_SENA_DANI)
Very nice rare and historical senarmontite xx cluster.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Vesuvianite - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12822a_VESU_DANI)
Gemmy bicolored vesuvianite xx cluster.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:33mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Gaidonnayite (TL), Quartz - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#11797_GAID_DANI)
Rare colorless gaidonnayite xx on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm (g) 40 mm (q)
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Gibbsite - Saga Pearl quarry, Tvedalen, Vestfold, Norway
(#11792_GIBS_DANI)
Very nice gibbsite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:29 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 25 mm
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