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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Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#MINS9315)
This piece features a well-formed, sharp, translucent, soft blue color cube of this hard-to-find species on matrix. The cube measures 6x7 mm. A rare Mg-borate found in evaporite deposits.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:6x7 mm
Overall size:18mm x 14 mm x 16 mm
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Challacolloite - Challacollatite with Galenobismutite - La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
(#MINS9316)
Excellent Challacolloite specimen rich of transslucent yellow xls set on vulcanic matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:64mm x 42 mm x 30 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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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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Azzurrite - Touissit - Bou beker Distr. - Jerada Prov. - Marocco
(#GMA26058)
Long, dark blue Azurite crystals are clustered in a sheaf-like formation.
Patches of green malachite are present here and there.
Very aesthetic!
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40
Overall size:55mm x 55 mm x 67 mm
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Tetrahedrite - Casapalca - Chicla Distr. - Huarochiri prov. - Lima - Perù
(#GMA26055)
A dense carpet of large black Tetrahedrite crystals entirely covers the surface of this specimen.
A few small brown Pyrite crystals peek through here and there.
Numerous small colored by brownish oxides Calcite crystals,, scatter over ...
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:105mm x 80 mm x 38 mm
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Titanite - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GMA26053)
Two twinned Titanite crystals with a beautiful green color are prominently displayed on the surface of this specimen.
There are also traces of other small titanites.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 16
Overall size:56mm x 46 mm x 27 mm
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Clinoclase xx - Majuba Hill mine, Antelope Mining District, Nevada, USA
(#17397_CLIN_DANI)
Specimen full of deep blue Clinoclase xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:126 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 40 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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Dioptase xx (TL) - Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit,Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
(#17047_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice deep green Dioptase xx on matrix. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:64 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm
Overall size:51mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Vesuvianite, Clinochlore - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#13905_VESU_DANI)
Rare green (chromian-rich) Vesuvianite with Clinochlore on matrix.
Specimen weight:176 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 65 mm x 35 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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Libethenite - Miguel Vacas mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
(#10563b_LIBE_DANI)
Superb olive green libethenite xls of textbook shape on matrix.
Specimen weight:197 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:75mm x 75 mm x 65 mm
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Langite - Podlipa dep. - Ľubietová - Banská Bystrica Distr. - Slovacchia
(#GMA26050)
A myriad of small Langite crystals with a beautiful, deep azur color almost entirely covers the surface of the specimen.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1
Overall size:72mm x 22 mm x 21 mm
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Adamite var. cuprian, emimorfite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Durango - Mexico
(#GMA26049)
On the reddish matrix of this sample, green crystals of Cupro-adamite and white crystals of Hemimorphite are clearly visible ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:72mm x 65 mm x 55 mm
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Anorthite - Complesso Somma-Vesuvio - Napoli - Campania
(#GMA26048)
A prominent cluster of whitish Anorthite crystals is clearly visible in the geode of this specimen.
It comes from the Type Locality for this tectosilicate.
Specimen weight:325 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:70mm x 68 mm x 60 mm
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Baryte - Sa' Corona e Sa' Craba - Barbusi -Carbonia (SU) - Sardegna
(#GMA26047)
Large, pale blue, lamellar Baryte crystals rise from the matrix of this specimen.
They are dotted with white calcite bubbles ...
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40
Overall size:75mm x 63 mm x 70 mm
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Neotocite - Min. di Gambatesa - Val Graveglia - Ne (GE) - Liguria
(#GMA26046)
A black, mamelon-like crust of Neotocite covers the entire surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:64mm x 51 mm x 28 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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Thortveitite - Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9297)
Blue Thorveitite xls of this very rare scandium mineral.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 20 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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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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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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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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Descloizite - Berg Aukas mine - Grootfontein Constituency - Otjozondjupa Region - Namibia
(#GMA26044)
Numerous tufts of dark Descloizite crystals cover the surface of this specimen.
There is little color contrast with the matrix, which is nearly the same color ...
Specimen weight:395 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:95mm x 43 mm x 70 mm
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Opale jalite - Hosszú Hill - Megyaszó - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co. - Ungheria
(#GMA26043)
Several colorless clusters of Jalite Opal stand out from the matrix of this specimen.
They are massive, with more or less mammillary shapes, and react with UV light to a beautiful lemon yellow color.
The effect is virtually identical ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 27
Overall size:67mm x 47 mm x 51 mm
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Dolomite over mesitina - Min. di Traversella - Val Chiusella (TO) - Piemonte
(#GMA26042)
Historic druse covered with large Mesitin crystals.
These are covered with a crust of small Dolomite crystals, some of which are light brown due to oxidation ...
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:Mes. mm. 18
Overall size:84mm x 62 mm x 27 mm
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Sulphur - Min. Cozzo Disi - Casteltermini (AG) - Sicilia
(#GMA26040)
Some Sulphur crystals with a beautiful intense yellow color are beautifully displayed on a carpet of aragonites.
These turn bright pink under long-wave UV light.
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:73mm x 62 mm x 45 mm
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Clinoclase xx - Majuba Hill mine, Antelope Mining District, Nevada, USA
(#17610_CLIN_DANI)
Specimen full of deep blue Clinoclase xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:82 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 40 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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Greifensteinite xx, Eosphorite xx - Ponte do Piauí claim, Piauí valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#17444_GREI_DANI)
Nice combo offering rare Greifensteinite xx with less rare Eosphorite xx.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (e)
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Thomsonite - Deshgaon - Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GMA26038)
From a new find in India, an excellent specimen featuring intense orange spheres of Thomsonite made of very fine, compact needles ...
Specimen weight:245 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 23
Overall size:57mm x 50 mm x 78 mm
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Thomsonite - Deshgaon - Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GMA26037)
From a new find in India, an excellent specimen featuring intense orange spheres of Thomsonite made of very fine, compact needles ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 22
Overall size:64mm x 45 mm x 53 mm
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Thomsonite - Deshgaon - Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GMA26036)
From a new find in India, an excellent specimen featuring intense orange spheres of Thomsonite made of very fine, compact needles ...
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 33
Overall size:36mm x 38 mm x 57 mm
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Thomsonite - Deshgaon - Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GMA26035)
From a new find in India, an excellent specimen featuring intense orange spheres of Thomsonite made of very fine, compact needles. ...
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 16
Overall size:63mm x 48 mm x 46 mm
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Magnetite xx, Lizardite - Monte dei Tre Abati, Coli, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(#15072_MAGN_DANI)
Nice tiny very shiny Magnetite xx on yellow-green Lizardite.
Specimen weight:205 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 30 mm
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Proustite xx - Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany
(#14556_PROU_DANI)
Historical sample offering a myriad of tiny proustite xx on matrix. Some are still red but most are oxidized by air & time.
Specimen weight:71 gr.
Crystal size:2 m
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 25 mm
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Calcite xx, Pyrite xx, Arsenopyrite xx - Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
(#13887_CALC_DANI)
Classic trio from the locale. Of note the pyrite xx scattered on the calcite xx surfaces.
Specimen weight:118 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm on edge
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12339_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:162 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
(#MINS9269)
Sparkly, bright orange balls of arsenian pyromorphite from Bunker Hill.This is a superb small cabinet specimen with yellow to orange color.
Specimen weight:256 gr.
Crystal size:Ball up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:90mm x 70 mm x 40 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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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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Wurtzite - Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thraki Department , Greece
(#MINS9273)
Lustrous, well-developed pagoda shaped orange-brown crystals of Wurtzite to 2 mm. richly scattered on matrix
Specimen weight:270 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:100mm x 55 mm x 42 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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Devilline - Devilline - Kaum, Sauerland, Germany
(#MINS9255)
A truly attractive thumbnail with turquoise Devillina crystals up to 2-3 mm in size, richly scattered throughout the matrix. This specimen comes from the collection of Dr. Francesco Bedognè, no. 1715, and was published in the encyclopedia "Collezion.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:25mm x 18 mm x 11 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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Fluorite - Gibelsbach - Flesch - Goms - Wallis - Switzerland
(#MINS9270)
Nice specimen with octahedral crystals up to 5 mm igreen in color, from a classic Swiss Alpine location. (See: https://www.mindat.org/loc-29199.html)
Specimen weight:470 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:115mm x 70 mm x 70 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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Kammererite (var. of clinocloro) - Kop Krom mine - Kop Daglari - Aşkale Distr. - Erzurum Prov. - Turkey
(#GMA26034)
A typical specimen of this variety of chrome-bearing clinochlore, with some dark purple kammererite crystals clearly visible in the matrix ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:78mm x 35 mm x 30 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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Datolite - 2nd Sovietskii mine - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GMA26031)
A floater that is made by a large pseudocubic Datolite crystal.
The yellow-green color is typical of specimens from this famous global location!
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:88mm x 42 mm x 54 mm
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Pectolite - Jeffrey Mine - Asbestos - Les Sources RCM - Estrie - Québec - Canada
(#GMA26030)
Delightful thumbnail made up of only colourless and very transparent Pectolite crystals,
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 27
Overall size:27mm x 4 mm x 4 mm
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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) -Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Aghanistan
(#GMA26028)
A completely transparent Kunzite floater with a pale pink-orange color.
The color varies depending on the type and intensity of light, whether solar or artificial.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:68mm x 18 mm x 60 mm
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Roselite, Calcite - Agoudal, Bou Azer district, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
(#14992_ROSE_DANI)
Beatifull combo offering deep magenta nice roselite xx with water clear calcite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 40 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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Calcite - Wessels mine, KMF - South Africa
(#13240_CALC_DANI)
Tiny but wonderfull geminate double terminated calcite xx of superb luster.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:10mm x 10 mm x 10 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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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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Bultfonteinite with Olmiite - N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS9231)
Silky tufts of Bultfonteinite up to 3 mm richly set on matrix with beige Olmiite xls up to 4 mm. Rare combo difficult to find nowadays on the market.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Vaesite - Ca' dei Ladri, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(#MINS9240)
Classic minute, metallic, bronze, geminated crystal of Vaesite 1 mm wide on white matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 27 mm
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Arsentsumebite - Tsumeb Mine - Otjikoto Region - Namibia
(#MINS9233)
Bright green Arsentsumebite in microcrystals aggregates on matrix. A rare arsenates.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:aggregates micro-xls
Overall size:31mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Brochanite xx - Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
(#14011_BROC_DANI)
Historical mexican brochanite specimen of the classic dark green colour.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Hematite - Cavradi gorge - Grischun, Switzerland
(#12804_HEMA_DANI)
Classic hematite xx of high luster on matrix. 1980 find.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:12mm
Overall size:65mm x 38 mm x 30 mm
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Smoky gwindel Quartz - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#12731_QUAR_DANI)
Superb smoky quartz gwindel with a nice light green chlorite patina.
Specimen weight:326 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:120mm x 80 mm x 40 mm
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Gold xx - Fenillaz mine, Brusson, ,Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12717_GOLD_DANI)
This native gold specimen offer an aggregate exceptionally sporting a few crystals. A really cute cabinet. Ex my own collection.
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:114mm x 92 mm x 42 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12342_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 15 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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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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Tetrahedrite - Wildermann Mine, Ferndorf, Kreuztal, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
(#MINS9223)
Cluster of metallic-bright tetrahedrite crystals richly set on matrix from an old german mine with original label of "Staatl Mineralien-Niederlage Frieberg, SA".
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:73mm x 46 mm x 27 mm
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Onoratoite - Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine - Rosia-Chiusdino - Siena Prov. - Tuscany - Italy (Type Locality)
(#MINS9221)
Acicular xls of Onoratoite up to 2 mm richly set on on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 23 mm
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Elbaite - Beni Bouzra, Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco
(#MINS9219)
Nice prismatic xsl of Elbaite up to 6 mm tall, green-brownish, well terminated and vertically striated, set on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:67mm x 30 mm x 57 mm
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