Aikinite altered to Bismutite with Gold - Ekateringburg, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9154)
Aikinite xls partly altered to Bismutite up to 5 mm with native gold xls up to 1 mm in association on quartz matrix. A rarely seen specimen.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 5 mm
 Overall size:42mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Chalcopyrite - Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1612)
Stunning sample featuring two perfect bisphenoidal chrystals of Chalcopyrite froma famous italian locality.
Textbook old sample!
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:0.8 cm
Overall size:34mm x 17 mm x 12 mm
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Cobaltite - Traversella Mine, lev. 860, Val Chiusella, Torino, Italy
(#FERR1609)
Specimen rich in Cobaltite, featuring also clean christals with evident shape and faces.
From a unique finding occurred at the mine almost 30 years after its closure.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:0.2 cm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Cinnabar - San Martino sul Fiora Mine, San Martino sul Fiora, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1608)
Oldtimer of Cinnabar featuring clean red aggregates of micro crystals scattered on matrix, associated with white Dolomite in distorted rombohedra and colourless Quartz.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:72mm x 37 mm x 22 mm
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Uvarovite - Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit - Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field - North Karelia - Finland
(#MINS9152)
This old specimen comes from the legendary Outokumpu Uvarovite Garnet locality.
It shows a dark green colored crystal of uvarovite 6 mm wide on quartz matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:17mm x 14 mm x 15 mm
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Geocronite - Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1599)
A mass of lead grey Geocronite is set in a vug among clear Quartz xls. In the front side of the specimen, The Geocronite is well shaped showing the faces of the Xl.
Extremely rare!
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:60mm x 30 mm x 42 mm
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Sphalerite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1595)
Fine individual Xl of Sphalerite, deep green to grey in colur, well shaped, aesthetically set on a matrix of dolomia.
Classic italian specimen, from a loclality now closed.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:1.1 cm
Overall size:68mm x 37 mm x 35 mm
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Magnesite and Quartz - Dosso dei Cristalli. Lanzada, Sondrio, Malenco Valley, Lombardia, Italy
(#FERR1597)
Fine druse featuring pale yellowish well defined hexagonal xls of Magnesite up to 1 cm, scattered atop colourless Quartz.
Oldtimer from a famous italian locality now definitely gone!
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:magnesites to 1 cm
Overall size:65mm x 32 mm x 25 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12322_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Fenster quartz - Porretta Terme - Alto Reno Terme - Bolgna Prov, - - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
(#GM25044)
Typical fenster quartz from this famopus italian locality.
It's composed by some crystals that are embraced together.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:56mm x 33 mm x 33 mm
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Fluorapatite - Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
(#MINS9126)
Sample with well-exposed hexagonal crystals of fluorapatite on matrix with muscovite and quartz xls in association. The crystals has a very good luster and a green color.
Specimen weight:78 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm wide
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 33 mm
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Fluorite with quartz - Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences - Kakamas - ZF Mgcawu distr. - Northern Cape prov. - South Africa
(#MINS9114)
intense green colored and semitransparent Fluorite crystal with quartz xls in association
A classic specimen from this south african locality.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:2,7 x 2,3 cm
Overall size:38mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Eclarite - Bärenbad Mine (Bärnbad Mine), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9110)
Shiny,whitish-grey Eclarite blades on quartz matrix from the Type Locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 23 mm x 12 mm
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Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12724_FLUO_DANI)
This specimen offer many very nice pink fluorite xx of very high luster. As a bonus the fluorite xx are associate to nice quartz xx.
Specimen weight:190 gr.
Crystal size:20mm (q), 2 mm (f)
Overall size:75mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Quartz - Porretta Terme, Emilia Romagna, Italy
(#12524_QUAR_DANI)
Fantastic fenster quartz floater. Free from damage.
Specimen weight:273 gr.
Crystal size:50 mm biterminated
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Cobalto-Austinite, Roselite - Aghbar mine, Bou Azzer district,,Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
(#12494_COBA_DANI)
Suberb bright green rare Cobalto_Austinite xx with nice magenta Roselite xx.
Specimen weight:337 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:88mm x 85 mm x 35 mm
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Quartz - Scrava mine, Statale, Liguria, Italy
(#12483_QUAR_DANI)
Nice pink red quartz crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Genthelvite, Quartz - Huanggang mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
(#12472_GENT_DANI)
Very nice darrk brown huge Genthelvite xx on phrase Quartz.
Specimen weight:195 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm on edge
Overall size:75mm x 60 mm x 40 mm
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Hematite roses and Quartz - Galmihorn, Reckingen, Goms, ,Valais, Switzerland
(#12815_HEMA_DANI)
Classic super nice hamatite rosetes. A swiss alps classic. 1978 find.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm (e), 20 mm (q)
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Spessartine garnet - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - Zhangzhou pref. - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM25032)
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 ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:100mm x 100 mm x 52 mm
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Fluorite - Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
(#MINS9086)
Really nice group of lustrous, translucent, dark purple Fluorite crystals measuring 44x42x30 mm with well defined deep red Sphalerite xls in association on matrix.
Specimen weight:185 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 44 mm wide
Overall size:68mm x 67 mm x 38 mm
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Linarite - King Arthur Mine, Arriana, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
(#MINS9090)
Aggregates of very sharp, brilliant, acicular Linarite crystals with very bright color. In a limonite matrix with Quartz, Brochantite growths, and an unknown light blue species, probably Caledonite.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:37mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Amazonite (var. of microcline) – Tingir Distr. - Gilgit-Baltistan – Pakistan
(#GM25023)
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.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:55mm x 37 mm x 40 mm
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Millerite - Ca' dei Ladri (Silla) - Gaggio Montano - Bologna prov. - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
(#GM25022)
20 mm long millerite needle is clearly visible on the surface of this sample.
It emerges from a crystal of hyaline quartz ...
Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:62mm x 30 mm x 50 mm
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Natrolite, Rhodochrosite - Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#12829_NATR_DANI)
Very nice combo offering gemmy Natrolite with a nice Rhodochrosite rosett
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm (n)
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12720_FLUO_DANI)
Very nice pink fluorite xx with quartz xx
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 36 mm
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Rhodochrosite and goethite in fossil shell - Kamysh-Burun Trough - Kerchenskoe deposit - Kerchenskyi (Fe) ore basin - Kerch Peninsula - Crimea - Russia
(#GM25019)
This specimen consists of a fossil shell that has partially transformed into rhodochrosite through pseudomorphosis.
There are large dark gray areas of goethite.
Specimen weight:76 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:48mm x 42 mm x 47 mm
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Colusite, Sphalerite - Striniato B quarry, Fantiscritti, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy
(#12571a_COLU_DANI)
This is a superb geminated colusite xx with sphalerite on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Heyrovskite (TL), Pyrite - Hůrky, Čistá, Rakovník, Bohemia, Czech Republic
(#11331a_HEYR_DANI)
Nice metallic grey Heyrovskite xx from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Shattuckite on quartz - Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region - Namibia
(#MINS9068)
Deep blue needles of Shattuckite on quartz contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:143 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:78mm x 42 mm x 42 mm
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Quartz and fuchsite - Ihovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
(#MINS9062)
Very nice small cabinet with transparent hyalin quartz xls up to 3,0 cm tall with green 'phantom' intrusions of fuchsite.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 33 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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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM25003)
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.
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 75
Overall size:88mm x 80 mm x 58 mm
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Spessartine and smoky quartz - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM24116)
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.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:41mm x 32 mm x 38 mm
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Galena, sphalerite and quartz - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GM24103)
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.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 53 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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Fluorite, calcite and pyrite - Sant Cugat del Vallès - El Papiol - Baix Llobregat - Barcelona - Catalonia - Spain
(#GM24097)
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 ...
Specimen weight:750 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:110mm x 100 mm x 58 mm
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Ferberite and Quartz - Huayllapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru
(#11093_FERB_DANI)
Nice ferberite crystals with quartz crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:227 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm (f)
Overall size:80mm x 75 mm x 55 mm
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Dolomite, Quartz - Traveresella mine, Traversella, ,Piedmont, Italy
(#11057_DOLO_DANI)
An Italian classic. Dolomitex xx on matrix with minor quartz xx.
Specimen weight:363 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm (q), 10 mm (d)
Overall size:115mm x 70 mm x 55 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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Cinnabar on dolomite - Tongren pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#MINS9044)
Evident dark red crystals of cinnabar are in good evidence over the white matrix of dolomite with quartz in association. Very aestethic !
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:55mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Vauxite with Metavauxite- Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
(#MINS9050)
Specimen with blue Vauxite and Metavauxite xls set on matrix with quartz. A fairly rare iron phosphate (and one of the very few blue iron-containing minerals)
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 23 mm
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Cassiterite and quartz - Viloco mine - Loayza Prov. - La Paz Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM24076)
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.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:65mm x 43 mm x 37 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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Liddicoatite tourmaline - Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
(#MINS9023)
Cluster of red Liddicoatite crystals up to 2,7 cm tall.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,7 cm tall
Overall size:34mm x 24 mm x 30 mm
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Smithsonite (cobaltoan) - Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9016)
This is a Cobaltian Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Attractive, nicely-colored specimen of Cobaltian Smithsonite with shaped crystals; the Smithsonites have a good pink color, and lustrous, satiny xls.
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 45 mm
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Luinaite-(OH) - Bald Hornet Prospect, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
(#MINS9003)
Sprays of Luinaite-(OH) in/on a nice quartz xl.Luinaite-(OH) is a very rare Tourmaline Group species, only found in about nine places in the world. The only reported locality for this species in North America is the Bald Hornet Claim.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:3-4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 14 mm x 37 mm
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Tinzenite - Molinello Mine - Graveglia Valley - Genoa Province - Ligury - Italy
(#MINS9002)
Specimen with orange lenticular crystals up to 4 mm wide with quartz xl in association.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 18 mm x 20 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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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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Braunite - Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#FERR1598)
Well defined jet black crystals of braunite embedded in the massive quartz matrix but well exposed, whch is quite rare for this locale that represents one of the few where good braunite crystals have been found in Italy.
Specimen weight:245 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:80mm x 70 mm x 32 mm
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Sphalerite - Campo di Sasso, Bibbona, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1594)
Oldtimer featuring honey-yellow Sphalerite crystals on matrix, well defined and of good size.
From a classic italian locality!
Specimen weight:89 gr.
Crystal size:20mm - group
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 22 mm
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Elbaite - Forcel Rosso Gully, Mt. Foppa, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
(#FERR1593)
Nice prismatic xl of Elbaite, green-brownish, well terminated and vertically striated, set on a xl of Quartz.
Very unusual italian locality!
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:5mm
Overall size:26mm x 12 mm x 12 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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Lanthanite-(Nd) - Niikoba, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan
(#MINS8994)
Cluster of pink clear tabuar crystal of lanthanite-(Nd)up to 2 mm in a vug of basalt matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:27mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Quartz (phantom) with Hematite - Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
(#MINS8980)
Water clear parallel quartz with very nice and well defined hematite topped phantoms.
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 cm tall
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 35 mm
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Fluorite - Mahodari quarry, Sinnar, Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
(#MINS8982)
Translucent, yellow fluorite ball 2,2 cm wide aesthetically set on crust of sparkly quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 38 mm x 35 mm
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Cobaltite - Tunaberg skarns, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
(#MINS8954)
A distinct lustrous metallic cobaltite crystal in matrix 6 mm in size well exposed.A rare Sulphides from the clasic swedish locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm
Overall size:35mm x 18 mm x 16 mm
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Andalusite - Bregaglia Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#MINS8971)
Very well represented prismatic Xls of Andalusite on quartzite 2,8 cm tall.
The Andalusite shows an intense colour and a good luster.
Classic old italian Alpine stuff.
Classic italian stuff.
Specimen weight:310 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm
Overall size:105mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Fuchsite, Quartz - Linopolis, Divino das Laranjerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#11196_FUCH_DANI)
Splendid fucsite xx with ialine quartz xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:435 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm rosettes
Overall size:105mm x 110 mm x 40 mm
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Acanthite, Quartz - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#10792_SILV_DANI)
A classic combo offering massive and crystallized silver with acanthite xx.
Specimen weight:131 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (a)
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Sphalerite with native arsen- Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
(#MINS8962)
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:68 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Rhodocrosite - Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
(#MINS8956)
Interesting specimen featuring pink spherical aggregates of Rhodochrosite, scattered on braunite matrix matrix.
Showy specimen from a not very known italian locale.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 40 mm
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Amethyst quartz and goethite - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
(#GM24022)
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 ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:125mm x 110 mm x 43 mm
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Datolite - 2nd Sovietskii mine - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#MINS8909)
Cluster of glassy, sghaped Datolite xls up to 2,0 cm wide with classi green color that is typical for the specie from this famous localitty, with microcrystal of quartz in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,0 cm wide
Overall size:45mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Sartorite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS8876)
Cluster of Sartorite crystals up to 1,4 cm long set in dolomia matrix with sphalerite and pyrite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,4 cm long
Overall size:65mm x 45 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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Agate (var. of quartz) – Agouim - Amerzgane Cercle – Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23075)
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!
Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:82mm x 65 mm x 25 mm
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Agate (var. of quartz) – Agouim - Amerzgane Cercle – Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23074)
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!"
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:'–
Overall size:84mm x 66 mm x 43 mm
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Galena, Sphalerite, Quartz - Casapalca mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri, Lima
(#11140_GALE_DANI)
Very nice galena xx, with sphalerite xx and with quartz xx.
Specimen weight:1120 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:130mm x 80 mm x 60 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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Sphalerite, Galena - Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru
(#11014_SPHA_DANI)
Quartz crystals cluster covered by calcite or aragonite.
Specimen weight:540 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:110mm x 90 mm x 45 mm
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Dumortierite in Quartz - Vaca Morta quarry, Serra da Vereda, Boquira, Bahia, Brazil
(#BALD0789)
A myriad of Dumortierite's crystals with a nice intense blue color are included in the Quartz and cover it partially. Sample coming from an inactive locality, therefore rare on the market by now. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:96 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 41 mm
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Rose Quartz "Pink Amethyst" with Calcite - El Choique mine, Pehuenches Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
(#BALD0788)
Geode of Quartz's crystals, with an unusual pink-orangey color, with scalenohedral Calcite's crystals laid on the Quartz itself, with a nice aesthetic result. This Quartz is usually commercially labeled as "Pink Amethyst", even if the name…
Specimen weight:293 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:84mm x 92 mm x 63 mm
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Quartz var. Agate - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
(#BALD0786)
Gorgeous translucent Quartz var. Agate's slice, with different zoning, natural colors, glossy and brilliant on both faces.
Specimen weight:910 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:160mm x 130 mm x 8 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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Dolomite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Dolomite) - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8821)
Specimen rich covered by Cobalt-bearing Dolomite in small super-colorful purple crystals on (sawed) matrix.
Specimen weight:202 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:66mm x 45 mm x 38 mm
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Quartz - Torre di Rio, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
(#10514a_QUAR_DANI)
Historical quarzt crystals cluster specimen. Quartz is coloured yellow by limonite.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:30 mm
Overall size:75mm x 55 mm x 30 mm
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Pickeringite var. Kasparite - Dubník, Červenica, Prešov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8799)
An attractive and very hard-to-find specimen of this uncommon sulfate. Pickeringite is typically white/colorless from various worldwide localities, but the desirable and obscure bright pink "kasparite" is only found at one locality.....
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Sprays up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:53mm x 35 mm x 23 mm
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Bornite over pyrite - Milpillas mine - Cuitaca - santa Cruz Municipality - Sonora - Mexico
(#GM23027)
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 ...
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:57mm x 34 mm x 48 mm
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Proustite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
(#GM23025)
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.
Specimen weight:410 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:73mm x 53 mm x 72 mm
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Arsenopyrite on Lollingite - Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
(#MINS8734)
A very attractive specimen with hundreds bright, sharp silvery xls of Arsenopyrite up to 7-8 mm on Lollingite matrix.
Specimen weight:360 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7-8 mm
Overall size:67mm x 55 mm x 60 mm
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Calcite, sphalerite and pyrite – Baccu Arrodas mine – Muravera - Sarrabus - South Sardinia Prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM23021)
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.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 63
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 63 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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Cobalt-bearing Calcite - Mashamba West Mine, Sicomines copper-cobalt project, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#BALD0774)
Cobalt-bearing Calcite's crystals up to 12 mm, with a nice pink color, in very good conditions, completely cover the matrix. Very aesthetic sample, photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:292 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 12 mm
Overall size:106mm x 86 mm x 35 mm
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Stellerite on Chabazite - Sarbai Deposit, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
(#BALD0771)
Marvelous sample of Stellerite with amber color, in 16 mm spheroidal aggregates, glossy and elegantly laid on a carpet of small pink Chabazite's crystals. Very aesthetic, photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 16 mm
Overall size:53mm x 41 mm x 33 mm
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Quartz var. Hematoide Quartz - Brandberg Area, Dâures Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#BALD0766)
Elegant group of Quartz's crystals, some biterminated, up to 40 mm in lenght, partially covered by a second generation of Hematoide Quartz, that gives the sample its reddish appearance. Crystallized on every side, elegant and aesthetic...
Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 40 mm
Overall size:71mm x 73 mm x 54 mm
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Epidote - Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#MINS8657)
A very attractive specimen of sharp, lustrous, translucent, prismatic Epidote crystals up to 1,0 cm wide in "fan"-shaped aggregates on Quartz matrix.
Specimen weight:251 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1,0 cm wide
Overall size:110mm x 35 mm x 50 mm
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Analcime with Natrolite, Rhodochrosite and Aegirine - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#BALD0757)
Analcime's crystals, the biggest of 50 mm, are partially covered by 22 mm Natrolite's crystals, also biterminated, nice well formed Rhodochrosite's rosettes up to 15 mm and Aegirine, both in big crystals up to 38 mm and in small, slender...
Specimen weight:945 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 50 mm
Overall size:170mm x 130 mm x 82 mm
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