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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Allanite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9227)
A well shaped 6 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:15 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm tall
Overall size:27mm x 18 mm x 24 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9228)
Crystals of amber yellow Monazite up to 2.5 mm aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm wide
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 18 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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Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb - Otjikoto Region, - Namibia
(#MINS9208)
This is a classic pseudomorph from the 1st oxidation zone offering very nice nice azurite crystals replaced by malachite.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,5 cm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 32 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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Pyrolusite - Montels, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
(#11602_PYRO_DANI)
Very nice bright metallic pyrolusite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Buttgenbachite - Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9164)
Rare eletric blue Buttgenbachite xls up to 2.5 mm on matrix with malachite and cuprite in association.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Goldhillite -Tripoli Mine, Del Cura Ravine, Huércal de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
(#MINS9155)
Dark green Goldhillite xls with adamantine luster with Conichalcite and Malachite in association.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 28 mm
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Dadsonite xx - Saint-Pons area, Provence-Alps, France
(#11315_DADS_DANI)
Rare nice metallic acicular dadsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#MINS9121)
This specimen offer really nice chalcophyllite xls on matrix with eletric blue azurite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:41mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Lanthanite-(Ce) - Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK (TL)
(#MINS9109)
Lanthanite-(Ce) sub-mm clear glassy crystals set on matrix with malachite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:30mm x 18 mm x 12 mm
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Posnjakite - Richtarova - Staré Hory - Slovakia
(#GM25027)
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 ...
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:58mm x 47 mm x 37 mm
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Scheelite on Muscovite - Pingwu beryl mine (Huya W-Sn-Be deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be deposit), Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
(#MINS9092)
Marvelous orange-yellow Scheelite's crystal, very glossy, nicely standing out on the Muscovite's matrix. The sample is very nice, in excellent conditions, and it's natural, absolutely not oiled.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 24 mm
Overall size:68mm x 58 mm x 35 mm
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Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12418_PLAN_DANI)
Very nice light blue plancheite spherules with calcite and malachite.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 52 mm x 50 mm
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Axinite - Bourg d'Oisans,Haute Savoie, France
(#10522a_AXIN_DANI)
A classic. Nice axinite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:17 mm
Overall size:80mm x 25 mm x 45 mm
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Pharmacosiderite, Carminite, Malachite - Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#9947b_PHAR_DANI)
Nice creamy pharmacosiderite cubes with globular malachite and carminite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 23 mm
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Yvonite - Salsigne mine, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS9054)
Specimen richly covered with xls of blue Yvonite up to 1 mm with Geminite in association on decomposing Bismuth matrix, from the type locality of this rare specie.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS9031)
Very sharp cluster of translucet Bastnäsite-(Ce) xls 6 mm wide with orangey color set on contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 26 mm x 34 mm
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Allanite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9039)
Cluster of well shaped up to 9 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:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm tall
Overall size:38mm x 24 mm x 38 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9042)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 mm wide
Overall size:28mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Parisite-(Ce)/Sinchisite-(Ce) - Trimouns - Luzenac - Ariege - France
(#MINS9040)
At Trimouns, Parisite-(Ce) and Synchisite-(Ce) are often present within the same crystal. Analyses on lots of specimen have shown that in sharp terminated crystal parisite-(Ce) is more often the main mineral...
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm tall
Overall size:48mm x 33 mm x 26 mm
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Orthoserpierite - Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (TL)
(#MINS9033)
Cluster of blue xls of Orthoserpirite up to 1 mm from the type locality.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS8997)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:0,2 cm
Overall size:23mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8934)
Very nice glassy slighly reddish colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 3,5 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment. Former Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.Acquired in Chiavenna(SO) show year 1975.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 35 mm x 28 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 28 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS8860)
Very sharp Bastnäsite-(Ce) crystal 5 mm wide, between transparent and translucent, with orangey color set on matrix.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:55mm x 48 mm x 28 mm
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Cyanotrichite - Qinglong Sb-Au deposit - Qinglong Co. - Qianxi'nan Autonomous pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#GM23077)
Beautiful specimen that is partially covered by evident, fibrous spheres made of blue electric needles of cyanotrichite.
They form a very dense carpet ...
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:65mm x 37 mm x 38 mm
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Azurite - Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#BALD0780)
Numerous Azurite's crystals, up to 15 mm, cover the matrix. The color is a very intense blue, with waxy shine. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:211 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 15 mm
Overall size:87mm x 80 mm x 45 mm
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Cuprite, Malachite - Kolwezi Mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#11850_MALA_DANI)
Cuprite xx covered by malachite and primary malachite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Malachite on Copper - Jezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
(#BALD0756)
Superb arborescent Copper's sample, partially crystallized, covered by a Malachite's spherettes patina, that gives it a pleasant appearance. In very good conditiond and really very aesthetic.
Specimen weight:124 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:97mm x 82 mm x 15 mm
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Azurite with Malachite - Bou Beker, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#BALD0752)
Numerous Azurite's crystals with an intense blue color, with needle-like Malachite, completely cover the limonitic matrix. The sample is partially crystallized also on the rear.
Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:90mm x 64 mm x 58 mm
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Lazurite, pyrite and chondrodite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#GM21063)
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 ...
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25 x 22
Overall size:50mm x 32 mm x 53 mm
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Sterryite - Pollone mine - Valdicastello Carducci - Pietrasanta - Apuan Alps - Lucca Province - Tuscany - Italy
(#MINS8439)
Several black thin needles of Sterryite are grown into quartz crystal in parallel formation.Probabily from the best find in the world of this rare sulphosalt !!
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Anapaite - Santa Barbara Mine, Santa Barbara lignite district, Upper Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8390)
A good rare sample, with green small crystals on the classic matrix. Ex Francesco Bedognè coll.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Sub-mm
Overall size:22mm x 22 mm x 19 mm
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Topaz - Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#MINS8425)
Radiating groups of long clear prismatic Topaz crystals in the cavity of a clay xenolith. Ex coll. Francesco Bedognè.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 21 mm x 19 mm
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Kulanite and siderite - Big Fish River - Dawson Mining District - Yukon - Canada
(#MINS8412)
Several very lustrous deep blue-green crystals up to 3.5 mm of this rare phosphate are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 mm
Overall size:63mm x 38 mm x 15 mm
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Callaghanite - Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA(Type Locality)
(#MINS8368)
Very colorful intense lustrous rich deep blue Callaghanite in sub millimetric crystals richly covering the dark matrix.
A nice sample of this rare copper magnesium carbonate.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm xls
Overall size:30mm x 32 mm x 29 mm
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Tyrolite - Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
(#MINS8364)
Bright turquoise-blue clusters of tyrolite crystals cover multiple sides of the contrasting matrix on this piece from a classic Austrian locality.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) with Anatase - Karavannce deposit, Urals, sub Polar Region, Russian Federation
(#MINS8362)
A Monazite-(Ce) crystal with adamantine luster 4,5 mm wide is set nicely on matrix with Anatase 6 mm tall in assocation. Nice combo from a remote location. Ex Francesco Bedognè coll. n. 2003 with label.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:4,5 mm
Overall size:47mm x 37 mm x 25 mm
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Cuprite - Okandawasi, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS7750)
Specimen with well formed Cuprite crystal up to 1,6 cm wide aesthetically covered by Malachite on a bed of bluish-green Chrysocolla.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 wide
Overall size:37mm x 18 mm x 40 mm
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Fluorite and Quartz - Les Droites, Glacier de L'Argentier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
(#FERR1473)
Specimen featuring a rich coverage of clean octahedra of pink Fluorite, associated with some prismatic Quartz very transparent and slightly smoked.
A true classic from Alps!
Specimen weight:391 gr.
Crystal size:0,7 cm
Overall size:90mm x 80 mm x 55 mm
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Malachite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GM20024)
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
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:67mm x 32 mm x 31 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#9802_CHAL_DANI)
This specimen offer really superb chalcophyllite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 34 mm
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Azurite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8020)
This is a very nice specimen offering splendid eletric blue Azurite crystals up to 3,0 cm tall.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm long
Overall size:30mm x 16 mm x 45 mm
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Heterogenite and malachite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
(#GM18082)
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 ...
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:54mm x 32 mm x 20 mm
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Anatase - Plan-du-Lac, Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#FERR1386)
Sharp xl of brown Anatase, well exposed on matrix.
Excellent luster and tranparence. A classic alpine specimen.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:54mm x 52 mm x 25 mm
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Axinite with Epidote - Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#BALD0575)
Group of nice, well formed and shiny crystals, with light pink color, in paragenesis with 8 mm Epidote. Classic Alpine's fissure mineral.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:52mm x 53 mm x 19 mm
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Anatase - La Lauzière massif - Savoie - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - France
(#GM18017)
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 ...
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:52mm x 37 mm x 32 mm
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Fluorite - Les Rocs Quarry, Buxieres-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne, France
(#FERR1282)
Good cluster of purple fluorite from a classic french locale, pretty well known for its "almost round" fluorite crystals. Limited production... Not easy to be found on the market.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 22 mm
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Bournonite - Saint-Pons - Ubaye valley - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
(#GM14097)
Some black crystals of bournonite are visible inside the vug of this specimen: this specie is not ...
Gmineral - Discount Gallery
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:21mm x 18 mm x 31 mm
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Olivenite - Mine du Cap Garonne, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#FERR0363)
Nice miniature, with rich coverage of sharp Olivenite xls showing the characteristic olive-green color.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:0,15 cm
Overall size:4 x 3,7 x 1,3 cm
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