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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Baryte - Mibladen mining distr. - Midelt Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM24100)
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 !
Specimen weight:535 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:130mm x 80 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz - Cavnic mine - Cavnic - Maramures Co. - Romania
(#GM24085)
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 !
Specimen weight:1400 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:105mm x 90 mm x 135 mm
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Baryte on Pyrite and Sphalerite - Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
(#BALD0783)
Big Baryte's crystals aggregate, intersected with each other, laid on a matrix rich in sulfides (Pyrite and Sphalerite). Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 45 mm
Overall size:58mm x 44 mm x 40 mm
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Cerussite and baryte - Les Dalles mine – Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt – Draa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23055)
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 ...
Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:82mm x 65 mm x 28 mm
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Chalcedony ps After Fluorite - Trestia, Deva, Hunedoara Co., Romania
(#MINS8683)
A classic , plate of lustrous, pretty pastel-blue chalcedony pseudomorph after sharp fluorite cubes from Romania. Psudos of this quality are uncommon on the market.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:42mm x 32 mm x 10 mm
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Baryte - Bou Nahas, Oumjrane mining area, Morocco
(#MINS8401)
From the moroccan desert nice barite twinned crystals with pyrite and quartz in associacion.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:4,3 cm wide
Overall size:17mm x 12 mm x 43 mm
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Alstonite (TL) - Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England, U.K.
(#9833_ALST_DANI)
A classic. Alstonite xls of textbook shape on matrix with barite and witherite.
Specimen weight:255 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:62mm x 52 mm x 25 mm
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Gold - Rosia Montana, Alba, Romania
(#FERR1439)
Fine cluster featuring several leaf of christalline gold scattered on quartz, from a classic european locale.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 10 mm
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Pyromorphite - S'Ortu Becciu Mine, Donori, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1422)
Fine plate of bright green hexagonal xls of olive green Pyromorphite scattered on barite from one of the few italian locale known for this specie, now closed since a long time.
Specimen weight:243 gr.
Crystal size:0.25
Overall size:87mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Baryte over rhodochrosite - Felsobanya mine - Maramures - Romania
(#GM18055)
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 ...
Specimen weight:1330 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:143mm x 87 mm x 68 mm
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Stibnite - Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramureș Co., Romania
(#MINS7847)
Shiny, well terminated Stibnite's crystals up to 4,0 cm long with minor matrix.Showy.
Specimen weight:49 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,0 cm long
Overall size:30mm x 15 mm x 65 mm
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