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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Pyrargirite with Proustite on Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#MINS9197)
Pyrargirite xl 1, 0 cm in size with Proustite xl of 5 mm on Rhodochrosite on matrix.
Specimen weight:187 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:80mm x 42 mm x 40 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS9156)
Cluster of apple-green Agardite-(Ce) with dark green Cornwallite in association on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:37mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Baryte - Barega Mine, Villamassargia (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1604)
Showy druse, covered by brilliant, perfect xls of green Baryte with excellent transparence too.
From a unique historical finding dating about 50 years ago.
Classic!
Specimen weight:1556 gr.
Crystal size:4 cm
Overall size:160mm x 100 mm x 70 mm
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Baryte - La Union - Murcia - Spain
(#GM25039)
Baryte center of a geode with a whitish/pale grenish color and crystals arranged all around the piece.
Very aesthetic!
Specimen weight:1340 gr.
Crystal size:mm.28
Overall size:127mm x 75 mm x 110 mm
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Rhodochrosite - Huayllapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru
(#MINS9078)
Rhodochrosite xls up to 5 mm in quartz. Well crystallized sample.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 23 mm x 18 mm
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Sphalerite, Silver, Galena - Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru
(#12351_SPHA_DANI)
Most interesting specimen offering Sphalerite xx, Galena xx and dendritic Silver. A classic trio.
Specimen weight:410 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:85mm x 60 mm x 50 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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Bismuth - Tazna mine - Cerro Tazna - Atocha-Quechisla Distr. - Nor Chichas prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#MINS9051)
Cluster on Bismuth xls up to 2,8 cm showing a metalic white-grey luster. An uncommin native specie.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.8 cm long
Overall size:25mm x 14 mm x 47 mm
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Arsenopyrite - Julcani distr. - Angaraes prov. - Huancavelica depatm. - Peru
(#MINS9026)
Cluster of sharp Arsenopyrite xls up to 1,3 cm tall.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,3 cm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 33 mm
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Cerussite, Baryte - Touissit, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#12388_CERU_DANI)
Nice specimen offering transparent cerussite xx and pink baryte blades. Classic combo.
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm on edge
Overall size:50mm x 43 mm x 36 mm
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Enargite - Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
(#MINS9014)
Gorgeous old specimen with several tabular grey metallic crystals of enargite up to 3,0 cm tall set on matrix with pyrite in association.
Specimen weight:188 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:73mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Chalcopyrite with Quartz - Animón Mine, Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
(#MINS9018)
A nice, small cabinet specimen,with brassy Chalcopyrite xls up to 1,1 cm wide with water-clear quartz crystals in association.Specimens such as this came out in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Specimen weight:156 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:78mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Bismuth - Tazna mine - Cerro Tazna - Atocha-Quechisla Distr. - Nor Chichas prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#MINS9020)
Cluster on Bismuth xls up to 3,5 cm showing a metalic white-grey luster. An uncommin native specie.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,5 cm long
Overall size:41mm x 28 mm x 35 mm
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Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon - Lima Deptm. - Peru
(#MINS9010)
Several red colored and brilliant crystals of rhodochrosite
up to 5 mm are spread over the manganese matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:41mm x 23 mm x 31 mm
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Acanthite, Pearceite, Rhodochrosite, Calcite - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#11097_ACAN_DANI)
Nice acanthite xx on light pink rhodochroite and calcite xx on matrix with some pearceite xx.
Specimen weight:380 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (a)
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS8992)
Cluster of apple-green radiating sprays of Agardite-(Ce) on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 mm
Overall size:20mm x 12 mm x 15 mm
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Manganite - Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
(#MINS8988)
Here we see sharp and lustrous crystals of steel gray Manganite xls up to 1,2 cm. a nice specimen with well developed and sharp edged crystals. They are excellent striated as well, mostly superbly terminated.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 12 mm
Overall size:53mm x 25 mm x 35 mm
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Pyrite - Huanzala mine - Huallanca Distr. - Bolognesi Prov. - Ancash - Perù
(#GM23082)
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 ...
Specimen weight:570 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 35 x 35
Overall size:90mm x 67 mm x 66 mm
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Acanthite, Quartz - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#11088_ACAN_DANI)
By now a classic. This specimen offer very nice metallic acantihte xx with quartz xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:485 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 60 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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Dundasite, Baryte - San Giovanni mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
(#11276_DUND_DANI)
Very nice white dundasite xx on a baryte xx.
Specimen weight:67 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 55 mm x 10 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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Baryte - Grube Clara - Oder Wolfach - Schwarzwald - Germany
(#MINS8675)
Cluster of Baryte xls up to 1,8 cm tall.
Specimen weight:136 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1,8 cm tall
Overall size:73mm x 50 mm x 38 mm
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Baryte and pyrite - Lubin mine - Lubin Co. - Lower Silesian Voivodeship - Poland
(#GM23007)
Druse strewn with lamellar ocher crystals of baryte that are capped with a myriad of small shimmering crystals of pyrite
Specimen weight:425 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 16
Overall size:83mm x 70 mm x 42 mm
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Azure Baryte - Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
(#BALD0758)
Nice Azure Baryte's sample, in crystals with intense azure color, shiny and intertwined with each other. Very aesthetic.
Specimen weight:114 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 52 mm
Overall size:71mm x 65 mm x 42 mm
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Hutchinsonite, Baryte - Quiruvilca mine, Santiago de Chuco, La Libertad, Peru
(#MINS8620)
Very fresh bright metallic Hutchinsonite crystals up to 5 mm with Baryte xls in association.
Specimen weight:174 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:80mm x 56 mm x 25 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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Baryte - Lavrion District Mines, Attiki Prefecture, Greece
(#FERR1581)
Floater featuring some white, chisel shaped Baryte crystals on the front side and calcite cristalized on the rear side. Internal phantoms are a nice ad to the sample aesthetics.
Nice combo piece from Greece.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 cm.
Overall size:75mm x 50 mm x 25 mm
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Pearceite - Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
(#FERR1553)
Metallic, pseudohexagonal, brillant chrystal of Pearceite, well exposed on the matrix.
Very well represented for the specie.
Former collection Bruno Cerato, with label.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:45mm x 47 mm x 20 mm
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Baryte - Moscona mine, Villabona, Asturias, Spain
(#10450_BARY_DANI)
Very nice blue baryte crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:208 gr.
Crystal size:18 mm
Overall size:95mm x 60 mm x 30 mm
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Clinozoisite - Cerro San Cristobal, San Vincente de Cañete, Cañete Province, Lima, Peru
(#BALD0702)
Group of really nice crystals, well distributed on the matrix, to form a pleasant geode. The green crystals are shiny, well terminated and with good dimensions. The sample is in very good conditions.
Specimen weight:220 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 18 mm
Overall size:73mm x 48 mm x 56 mm
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Ferberite and Quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, La Libertad, Peru
(#10223_FERB_DANI)
This is a very nice ferberite specimen offering dark black xls with quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:23 mm (f), 40 mm (q)
Overall size:72mm x 65 mm x 52 mm
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Pearceite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#GM19074)
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 ...
Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:63mm x 67 mm x 43 mm
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Baryte - Niccioletta Mine, Grosseto, Toscana, Italy
(#FERR1408)
Nice plate withe several clean well terminated colorless xls of Baryte scattered all atop.
Nice oldtimer from a classic italian locale now closed since decades.
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:1.2 cm
Overall size:125mm x 80 mm x 43 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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Wulfenite with Baryte and Mimetite - San Francisco Mine (Cerro Prieto Mine), Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Mun. de Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
(#BALD0564)
Up to 13 mm yellow Wulfenite, with white Baryte's crystals and orange Mimetite. Aesthetic sample from this locality, with classical paragenesis.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 13 mm
Overall size:44mm x 36 mm x 31 mm
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Proustite and pyrargirite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#GM18017)
.Two evident aggregates of reddish proustite are featuring over this cluster.
Some other minor reddish smaller crystals are seeded somewhere.
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Specimen weight:130 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:67mm x 59 mm x 22 mm
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Hutchinsonite - La Libertad Mine, Quiruvilca, Peru
(#FERR1225)
On a flattish sulphide/pyrite matrix are scattered several crystals of hutchinsonite, with crystals to around half cm. A very good example of this rare and classic sulphosalt from Quiruvilca. Formerly in the M. Motta collection.
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:to 0.5 cm
Overall size:80mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
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Owner : Rolando Minerals (Torino - Italy) 