Edenite - Mautia Hill Location #4, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
(#MINS9032)
Cluster of reddish, glassy, Edenite xls up 8-10 mm richly set on all side of this specimen.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7-10 mm
 Overall size:48mm x 24 mm x 22 mm
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Phlogopite - Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia
(#MINS9035)
Fine crystal grouping of micaceous brown phlogopite measuring 2.2 cm in height is set on calcite matrix with minor blue apatite in association. Complete all around - very nice for the species/locality.
Specimen weight:109 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm tall
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 55 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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Helvine - Hřrtekollen, Sylling, Buskerud, Norway
(#11538a_HELV_DANI)
Extremely rare for the locality "historical" helvite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:47mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Copper psd after Aragonite - San Agustín Mine, Corocoro, La Paz Department, Bolivia
(#11677_COPP_DANI)
A famous pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite. From a find from over 25 years ago.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Aurichalcite - Buche al Ferro, Coronato Mount, ,Tuscany, Italy
(#11200_AURI_DANI)
Classic deep blue aurichalcite needles on limonite matrix.
Specimen weight:621 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:Italia
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Brianyoungite - Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, England, UK
(#11400a_BRIAN_DAN)
Very nice white to colourless brianyoungite xls on matrix. Specimen very rich.
Specimen weight:7 gr.
Crystal size:< 1mm
Overall size:28mm x 24 mm x 23 mm
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Cornwallite - La Atalaya prospect, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
(#MINS9030)
Specimen rich of bluish-green,Cornwallite spheres up to 2 mm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Bentorite with Portlandite - Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel (Type Locality)
(#MINS9028)
Bentorite is a very rare hydrated sulfate and is a member of the Ettringite Group. The Hatrurim Formation of Israel is the Type Locality. Portlandite is a rare Ca-hydroxide and is a member of the Brucite Group. Combination specimens are extremely ra.
Specimen weight:62 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm (bentorite) - Up t
Overall size:56mm x 35 mm x 45 mm
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Serpierite - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9029)
Specimen with rare blue serpierite xls richly scattered in rosettes on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:85mm x 40 mm x 35 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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Kammererite (Chromian Chlinoclore), Chromite - Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
(#MINS9022)
Sharp reddish purple Kammererite crystals up to 4 mm scattered on a thin layer of Kammererite microcrystals on matrix with Chromite.
Specimen weight:375 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 50 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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Spessartine - Tongbei, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou area, Fujian - East Region - China
(#MINS9027)
Cluster of nicely scattered orange red lustrous spessartine crystals , these averaging 3-4 mm in size.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:67mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Calcite flowers San Giovanni Mine, Bindua, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9025)
Nice cluster of calcite "flower" xls up to 3,0 cm from a classic Sardinia lacality.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm
Overall size:67mm x 55 mm x 70 mm
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Apophyllite- Poona quarries, Poona, Maharashtra, India
(#MINS9024)
Nice cluster of aphophylite crystals up to 4,8 cm with stilbilte in association.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,8 cm
Overall size:43mm x 38 mm x 55 mm
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Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12409_PLAN_DANI)
Rare plancheite globular xxwith a dark brown unidentified mineral (possibly heterogenite).
Specimen weight:41 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:90mm x 55 mm x 20 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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Arseniosiderite - Punta Corna, Usseglio, Piedmont, Italy
(#11643_ARSE_DANI)
Very nice golden brown areseniosiderite micro xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:iNfRONT -mARKET cONNECT
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Pyroaurite, Brucite - Otamo dolomite quarry, Siikainen, Satakunta, Finland
(#11482_PYRO_DANI)
White pyroaurite xx of textbook shape with minor brucite.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:56mm x 48 mm x 35 mm
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Portlandite - Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11479_PORT_DANI)
Colorless to white acicular portlandite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 32 mm x 32 mm
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Palygorskite - Mount Olladri quarries, Monastir, Sardinia, Italy
(#11477_PALY_DANI)
Nice rare globular palygorskyte with a fibrous unidentified mineral.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:68mm x 40 mm x 32 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
(#MINS9000)
Sharp crystals of Boleite up to 5 mm with a nice indigo blue color, on a stabilized matrix, coming from a no longer productive locality.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:52mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Microcline var. Amazonite - Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, USA
(#MINS9001)
Nice blue amazonite crystal 2,3 cm tall, fully terminated on with albite in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,3 cm tall
Overall size:53mm x 27 mm x 38 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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Microlite on Albite - Ipč Mine - Governador Valadares - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS9008)
Cluster of orange octahedric also with corners modified by trapezohedron Microlite crystals up to 2.5 mm set on white contrasting Albite. A nice sample of this rare specie.Showy.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 23 mm
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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9004)
Beautiful, rich salmon-pink color and high luster on this gem vayrynenite crystal from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm wide
Overall size:8mm x 3 mm x 7 mm
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Mimetite - Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand.
(#MINS9021)
Gemmy and lustrous, golden-yellow mimetite crystals up to 4 mm richly and aesthetically cover the matrix. Beautiful the contrasts with the dark matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:68mm x 38 mm x 12 mm
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Erythrite - Sara Alicia Mine, San Bernardo, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
(#MINS9009)
This erythrite is not from Morocco, but from Mexico! Bright pink to magenta fibrous acicular crystal clusters, nicely isolated on matrix. A very uncommon thing on the market, as this is old material from over 20 years ago (or more). seldom seen in s.
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:57mm x 54 mm x 40 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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Natrochalcite with Antlerite - Chuquicamata mine, Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9011)
Specimen rich of darl green Antlerite xls aup to 1,5 mm with emeraldi green Natrochalcite on white contrasting matrix. Natrochalcite is a very rare hydrated sodium, copper sulfate and the Chuquicamata Mine of Chile is the type locality.
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:68mm x 60 mm x 45 mm
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Brucite - Killa Saifullah, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9012)
Yellow botryoidal brucite aggregates of high luster sporting some quite well defined crystal faces and edges.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:47mm x 30 mm x 15 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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Fluorite - Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS9005)
Cluster of glassy, transparent to translucent Fluorite xls up to 8 mm with color changig to green to golden brown with internal iron oxide inclusions.
Specimen weight:178 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 33 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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Meionite - Bear Lake, Litchfield, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9007)
Many sharp, prismatic, well-formed white crystals of Meionite up to 9 mm.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm tall
Overall size:56mm x 31 mm x 40 mm
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Papagoite - New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA (TL)
(#MINS9006)
Deep blue papagoite ftom the type locality.Very hard-to-obtain.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 45 mm x 18 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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Sudoite - Cedec Valley - Gran Zebrů, Valfurva - Sondrio prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#MINS9015)
Several rare hexagonal pearly sudoite crystals up to 6 mm hosted in a porphyritic dyke outcropping along the side of Cima di Pale Rosse at about 3000 m amsl. Alpine mineral.
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:Up to mm. 6
Overall size:65mm x 50 mm x 18 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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Phenakite on Dravite - Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Betafo District, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
(#MINS9019)
Cluster of super gemmy and glassy, colorless phenakite crystals u to 5 mm set on large dravite xl.
Specimen weight:208 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:87mm x 42 mm x 38 mm
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Diopside and grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM24071)
A little Alpine gem from a place famous for the high quality of the samples that were extracted here.
Semi-transparent crystals of greenish diopside are together with brown/reddish garnets ...
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 32 mm
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Ferristrunzite - Mont-des-Groseillers - Blaton - Bernissart - Hainaut - Wallonia - Belgium
(#GM24069)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered with cream-colored needles of ferristrunzite.
Many of them are arranged in a rosette ...
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:62mm x 47 mm x 21 mm
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Tinaksite - Malyi Murun Massif - Irkutsk Oblast - Siberia - Russia
(#GM24067)
Brown sheaves of long tinaksite crystals are prominently displayed on the surface of this specimen.
Formerly Sandro Maggia's mineralogical collection: no. T-51.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 13
Overall size:48mm x 34 mm x 15 mm
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Hureaulite, sicklerite, vivianite, rockbridgeite and phosphoferrite - Mangualde - Viseu - Portugal
(#GM24065)
A small encyclopedia of minerals, where however only hureaulite is easily recognizable.
Most of the surface of this specimen is covered with orange/light brown crystals of hureaulite.
To identify the other minerals you need ...
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:56mm x 43 mm x 22 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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Inesite - Monte Nero Mine, Rocchetta Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy
(#FERR1596)
Fine sample from a not very known italian locale belonging to the Mn district in Liguria. Inesite in individual pink crystals, well defined, spread on matrix.
Excellent locality specimen!
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:63mm x 20 mm x 35 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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Phillipsite - Roncŕ, Verona Province, Veneto, Italy
(#FERR1592)
Rich specimen featuring lots of bright orange spherical aggregates of phillipsite, scattered on basaltic matrix.
Classic italian zeolite, from a locale that is today unfortunately gone.
Specimen weight:84 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:72mm x 6 mm x 25 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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Mimetite - Su Zurfuru mine, Fluminimaggiore, Sardinia, Italy
(#11159_MIME_DANI)
Superb mimetite xx on matrix.ls.
Specimen weight:342 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:110mm x 70 mm x 30 mm
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Calcite - Pallaflat mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England, UK
(#11116_CALC_DANI)
Very nice classic gemmy calctie xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 20 mm x 45 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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Creedite - Colquiri mine, Inquisivi, La Paz, Bolivia
(#10997_CREE_DANI)
Rare creamy creedite xx. Old bolivian stuff.
Specimen weight:482 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:98mm x 85 mm x 55 mm
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Lavendulane - Alice Mary mine - Kundip - Ravensthorpe Shire - Western Australia - Australia
(#GM24062)
Several areas with dark azur crusts of lavendulan are visible on the surface of this sample.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. L-65.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:31mm x 31 mm x 36 mm
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Spinel - Pamir - Tajikistan
(#GM24060)
Some large black spinels are stunning on the surface of this specimen: one is perfectly formed and intact, the others are not.
The original tag lists the provenance as CIS ...
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. S-70.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 22
Overall size:43mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Beudantite and scorodite - Gold Hill mine - Gold Hill Mining Distr. - Tooele Count - Utah - United States
(#GM24057)
he surface of the specimen is completely covered with brown/orange crystals of beudantite.
Among them there are crystals of scorodite with ...
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. B-158
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:55mm x 42 mm x 32 mm
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Forsterite - Quebec - Canada
(#GM24056)
Some large and well-formed forsterite crystals are stunning over the matrix of this specimen.
The black and incomplete crystals that can be seen are almost ...
Formerly Sandro Maggia's mineralogical collection: no. F-68.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 13
Overall size:52mm x 30 mm x 24 mm
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Pascoite and metarossite - Sunday #2 mine - Carnation mine Group - Slick Rock Mining Distr. - San Miguel County - Colorado - United States
(#GM24054)
A crust of mini granules covers the surface of this specimen.
The orange colored areas are pascoite, the yellow-green ones are metarossite.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. P-85.
Specimen weight:62 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:53mm x 35 mm x 29 mm
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Graeserite - Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8998)
Extremely rare Graeserite xls up to 1.5 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:74 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:33mm x 30 mm x 26 mm
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Stibivanite - Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy (TL)
(#MINS8996)
Olive green stibivanite needles up to 1 mm on matrix.A good specimen from the co-type locality.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 28 mm x 27 mm
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Cuprodongchuanite - Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (TL)
(#MINS8995)
Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Vinogradoite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS8994)
Acicular crystals of vinogradovite well terminated up to 1 mm in a vug of matrix with yellow leucosphenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:37mm x 33 mm x 20 mm
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Lengenbachite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9160)
Metallic, steel-gray Lengenbachite needles up to 1 mm in a vug of white contrasting dolomia matrix with Dufrénoysite xl 5 mm wide and Realgar in association, from the famous Swiss and type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:42mm x 28 mm x 15 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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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Aričge, 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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Geocronite - Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8991)
Stout dipyramidal crystal of gray metallic geocronite, up to 0.5 mm in length on marble matrix.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:0.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 33 mm x 38 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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Dioptase with Mottramite -Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8979)
Cluster of bright xls of Dioptase up to 5 mm with adamantine luster on matrix with green Mottramite in association. Very nice combo from Tsumeb mine.
Specimen weight:106 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:95mm x 80 mm x 27 mm
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Coquimbite - Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8975)
Superb cocuimbite xx 2,7 cm long on matrix with splendid lilac colour .White spays of alotrichite and reddish Roemerite in association.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:2,7 cm long
Overall size:38mm x 32 mm x 27 mm
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Linarite - Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
(#MINS8986)
Electric Blue Linarite crystals up to 2-3 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 28 mm x 35 mm
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Goudeyite - Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA (TL)
(#MINS8984)
Very rare rounded green aggregates of goudeyite on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Langite - Podlipa deposit - Lubietová - Banská Bystrica Co. - Banská Bystrica reg. - Slovakia
(#MINS8987)
Cluster of dark azure Langite xls up to 1 mm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Glaukosphaerite - Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
(#MINS8981)
Specimen rich of bright green xls of Glaukosphaerite with lime green Galpeite in association.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Syngenite - Holyn - Kalusa Salt deposit - Ivano-Frankivs'k Oblast' - Ukraine (Type Locality)
(#MINS8989)
Nice specimen of this rare potassium sulfate.
Semitransparent crystals up to 2,5 cm set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 cm wide
Overall size:48mm x 25 mm x 43 mm
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Sarabauite - Sarabau Mine - Bau Sarawak - Malaysia (Type Loc.)
(#MINS8983)
Vivid red Sarabauite crystals up to 3 mm wide on matrix from type loc.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:33mm x 20 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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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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Bayleyite - Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
(#MINS8985)
Specimen with vivid yellow sub-mm Bayleyite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:24mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Valentinite - Nová Alexander adit, Kolársky vrch deposit, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8968)
White radial aggregates of valentinite xls to 10 mm on grainy gray stibnite.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10 mm
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Perovskite - Akhmatovskaya Kop' - Nazyamskie Mountains - Zlatoust - Chelyabinsk Oblast - Russia (TL)
(#MINS8972)
Black colored Perovskite xl 7 mm wide on minor matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7 mm
Overall size:22mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Jennite - Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Haßberge District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS8974)
Group of rare Jennite in acycular crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Woodwardite - West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS8973)
Royal blue Woodwardite from this classic Cornish locality..A rare hydrated copper sulfate from an old find.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:22mm x 15 mm x 6 mm
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Lawsonite var. Chromian Lawsonite - Cape Marmari - Grammata Bay - Syros Island - Cyclade Island - Kykládes Pref. - Aegean Islands deptm. - Greece
(#MINS8976)
Several dark green crystals of this rare sorosilicate are spread over the surface of this specimen.
The unusual green colour is due because it's the 'Chromian' variety of lawsonite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Weloganite with Dresserite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS8969)
Sharp, bright yellow Weloganite xl 9 mm set nicely on matrix with the typical layered prismatic shape with rare white Dresserite crystals in ballsup to 3 mm in association set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:9 mm
Overall size:50mm x 47 mm x 32 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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Pyrophyllite - Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
(#MINS8964)
Radial sprays of iridescent, golden-yellow and cream colored pyrophyllite blades cover all sides of this striking and very nice specimen from Graves Mountain.
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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