Atacamite - Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Pernatty, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS9145)
This specimen features incredibly rich forest/emerald green, sparkling aggregates of fine quality atacamite xls up to 5 mm.Classic and excellent material from this mine, that closed in 1985. Ex Sandro Maggia Collection.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
 Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 20 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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Harmotome - St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany (TL)
(#MINS9138)
A classic (it's from the Type Locality), old-time specimen of lustrous, pearlescent harmotome crystals to , on matrix, from St Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm wide
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 28 mm
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Senarmontite - Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9146)
Cluster of rare Senarmontite in octahedral crystals up to 4 mm richly set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:26mm x 23 mm x 25 mm
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Destinezite, Copiapite - Coronel Manuel Rodríguez, Mejillones, ,Antofagasta, Chile
(#11317_DEST_DANI)
Red-brown destinezite xx with yellow copiapite xx.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 10 mm
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Baryte - Barega Mine, Villamassargia (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1604)
Showy druse, covered by brilliant, perfect xls of green Baryte with excellent transparence too.
From a unique historical finding dating about 50 years ago.
Classic!
Specimen weight:1556 gr.
Crystal size:4 cm
Overall size:160mm x 100 mm x 70 mm
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Fluorite - Su Zurfuru Mine, Fluminimaggiore, Iglesias (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1602)
Stunning, perfect, light blue cube of Fluorite, esthetically set on deep brown Ankerite rombohedra.
A very nice classic from this famous mine.
Former G. Largiu collection.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:1.2 cm on edge
Overall size:57mm x 40 mm x 50 mm
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Smithsonite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1601)
Fine druse with bothryoidal bubbles of pearl white Smithsonite, very brilliant and well contrasting against the gossan matrix.
From some recent limited findings at this classic mine, closed since decades.
Showy!
Specimen weight:283 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Perowskite and Magnetite - Rocca Sella, Rubiana, Prov. of Torino, Piemone, Italia
(#FERR1600)
Fine druse lined with black metallic xls of Magnetite, among which there are clean, brilliant cubes of brown Perowskite to 0,4 cm on edge.
Oldtimer from a classic italian locale, now gone.
Specimen weight:192 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm on edge
Overall size:85mm x 50 mm x 40 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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Calcite var Cobaltoan Calcite and Kolvezite - Tenke mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Luabala, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12399_COBA_DANI)
Superb Cobaltoan Calcite xx and rare Kolwezite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (ca), 1 mm (k)
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 40 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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Aeschinite-(Y) (TL) - Urstad Feldspar mine, Hidra, Flekkefjord, ,Vest-Agder, Norway
(#11711_AESC_DANY)
Historic Aeschnite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Malachite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lumumbashi - Haut Katanga - Zaire
(#GM25041)
Beautiful and shiny dark green zoned malachite plate with lighter stripes.
Only the front is polished, the other faces are natural.
On the back there is ...
Specimen weight:220 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:110mm x 37 mm x 25 mm
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Gilmarite - Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8904)
Gilmarite in blue rosettes xls up to 1 mm scattered in vugs of matrix with green Conicalcite in association .A rare copper arsenate. Ex Sandro Maggia coll.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 28 mm
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Silver on Arsenic - Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9127)
East German classics.Dendritic growths of strongly elongated native Silver twinned crystals that conserve very fresh surfaces contrasting with the black Arsenic matrix. ....
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm long
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Cafarsite - Wanniglescher, Cherbadung Binnatal, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9124)
Specimen with a very sharp cubic-octahedral crystals up to 6 mm wide aesthetically perched on matrix. Cafarsite is a rare calcium, titanium, iron, and manganese, arsenate.From the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:38mm x 21 mm x 8 mm
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Franklinite - Sterling Mine -Sterling Hill - Ogdensburg - Franklin Mining distr. - Sussex Co. - New Jersey - USA
(#MINS9133)
Cluster of octahedral xls of Franklinite up to 1,7 cm with on calcite matrix. A classic from the type locality.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,7 cm
Overall size:35mm x 15 mm x 35 mm
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Eudidymite - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9123)
Eudidymite is a rare hydrated Na-Be silicate. This is a striking, splayed book of pearlescent, tan blades. An aesthetic and excellent example of this uncommon species.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,0 cm tall
Overall size:37mm x 25 mm x 45 mm
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Bixbyite - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9129)
Nice Bixbyite crystals shiny, evident on the riolite's matrix, cubic with octahedron's faces measuring up to 8 mm wide.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm wide
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 15 mm
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Analcime with Natrolite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9118)
Cluster of white analcime crystals up to 1,2 cm with white natrolite in association.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,2 cm
Overall size:33mm x 21 mm x 25 mm
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Griceite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9104)
Pale yellow crystals of Griceite from the type locality.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 0,5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 34 mm x 20 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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Vesigneite, Malachite included Calcite - Mashamba west mine, Kolwezi, ,Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
(#12030_VESI_DANI)
Malachite included calcite with many tiny Vesigneite xx.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:5 m
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Vanadinite - Mibladen mine - Midelt - Khenifra Prov. - Meknès-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM25037)
A beautiful druse covered with brilliant and perfect crystals of fiery red vanadinite, which are mostly arranged on one side.
The back of the specimen is light brown colored and shows the natural process of ...
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:80mm x 40 mm x 65 mm
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Halite - Swakopmind Constituency - Erongo region - Namibia
(#GM25036)
This druse composed of numerous very large, pale pink colored halite crystals.
They are many parallelepipeds placed side by side not orthogonally, whose composition resembles a 'dovetail' crystallization.
Very aesthetic !!
Specimen weight:600 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 56
Overall size:135mm x 135 mm x 75 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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Faujasite-Na, phillipsite and offretite - Limberg quarries - Sasbach - Kaiserstuhl - Baden-Württemberg - Germany (TL)
(#MINS9102)
The surfaceof the vugs of this specimen are covered by several octahedrycal minicrystals of Faujasite-Na, a rare zeolite.
Several crystals ... (TL)
St.Marie 2015 SPECIAL
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 31 mm x 24 mm
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Copper (native)- Oumjrane mining area, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
(#12768_COPP_DANI)
Very nice arborescent native copper.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm
Overall size:35mm x 45 mm x 5 mm
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Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12412_PLAN_DANI)
Very nice light blue plancheite specimen.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:78mm x 36 mm x 40 mm
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Scheelite on Muscovite - Pingwu beryl mine (Huya W-Sn-Be deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be deposit), Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
(#MINS9092)
Marvelous orange-yellow Scheelite's crystal, very glossy, nicely standing out on the Muscovite's matrix. The sample is very nice, in excellent conditions, and it's natural, absolutely not oiled.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 24 mm
Overall size:68mm x 58 mm x 35 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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Pyrochlore Group - Vishneye Mts - Cheluyabinsk Oblast - Russia
(#MINS9065)
Several brown colored and semitransparent crystals of pyrochlore are visible over this specimen, for a strong contrast with the withish bulky calcite ...
Specimen weight:320 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:73mm x 67 mm x 45 mm
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Dioptase - Sanda mine, Reneville, Congo
(#12466_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice and large dioptase crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 45 mm
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Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12418_PLAN_DANI)
Very nice light blue plancheite spherules with calcite and malachite.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 52 mm x 50 mm
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Fluorite - Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Aut. Region, China
(#12105a_FLUO_DANI)
Transparent cubo-octahedric Fluorite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:229 gr.
Crystal size:28 mm on edge
Overall size:125mm x 90 mm x 25 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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Pargasite - Luc Yen - Yen Bai - Vietnam
(#GM25008)
Some green pargasite crystals are clearly visible on the white matrix of saccharoid marble.
On the back you can see a large brown crystal of hydroxylclinohumite, of which a tip can also be seen in front.
The sample was etched ...
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:100mm x 95 mm x 22 mm
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Chondrodite - Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
(#MINS9079)
Dark red complex terminated crystal of Chondrodite 1,6 cm wide on minor matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:1,6 cm wide
Overall size:16mm x 11 mm x 23 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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Marcasite, Fluorite, Galena - Moscadroxius-Genna Tres Montis mine, Silius, Sardinia, Italy
(#12516_MARC_DANI)
A classic trio. Shiny Marcasite with super nice Galena xx and Fluorite xx.
Specimen weight:2200 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm (marc), 40 mm (f)
Overall size:140mm x 100 mm x 65 mm
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Campylite - Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
(#12471_CAMP_DANI)
Very nice deep orange campylite crystals of textbook shape.
Specimen weight:509 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:110mm x 90 mm x 60 mm
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Calcite var Cobaltoan Calcite and Kolvezite - Tenke mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Luabala, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12401_COBA_DANI)
Superb Cobaltoan Calcite xx and rare Kolwezite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:188 gr.
Crystal size:9 mm (ca), 1 mm (k)
Overall size:84mm x 62 mm x 49 mm
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Sphalerite, Silver, Galena - Palomo mine, Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru
(#12351_SPHA_DANI)
Most interesting specimen offering Sphalerite xx, Galena xx and dendritic Silver. A classic trio.
Specimen weight:410 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:85mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Adranosite (TL) - La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
(#MINS9057)
Cluster of white acicular Adranosite xls from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:32mm x 30 mm x 42 mm
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Demantoid grenat (var. of andradite) - Belqeys Mountain - Takab County - West Azerbaijan Prov. - Iran
(#GM24112)
Remarkable druse of well defined demantoid crystals that are clearly visible outside the matrix.
The not completely finished back was of contact.
This kind of demantoid was analyzed ...
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:58mm x 35 mm x 45 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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Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12417_PLAN_DANI)
Superb plancheite in spherical xx with dark unknown xx (possibily goethite or heterogenite)
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:82mm x 39 mm x 20 mm
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Calcite var Cobaltoan Calcite and Kolvezite - Tenke mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, ,Luabala, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12400_COBA_DANI)
Very nice deep magenta cobaltoan calcite xx on matrix with the bonuis of some rare kolwezite xx.
Specimen weight:188 gr.
Crystal size:11 mm (ca), 1 mm (k)
Overall size:88mm x 85 mm x 38 mm
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Argyrodite, Stephanit - Colquechaca, Chayanta, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12274_ARGY_DANI)
Very nice combo with classic cuboctahedron shaped argyrodite xx associated with stephanite xx.
Specimen weight:401 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Analcime and epidote - Imilchil - Er Rachidia Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM24089)
On a very dark green carpet of crystals of epidote two big withish spheres of analcime are visible, with another minor.
There is a big contrast between the white analcimes ...
Specimen weight:420 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:92mm x 70 mm x 63 mm
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Erythrite - Aghbar mine - Bou Azzer distr. - Tazenakht - Ourzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draa reg. - Morocco
(#MINS9049)
Dark red colored crystals of erythrite up to 2,8 cm long in fan formation over the matrix.Showy.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm long
Overall size:55mm x 18 mm x 38 mm
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Pezzottaite - Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (TL)
(#MINS9045)
Pezzottaite hexagonal xls up to 3 mm long with good color with tourmaline in association on albite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:37mm x 12 mm x 36 mm
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Desautelsite with Artinite - Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
(#MINS9047)
Specimen rich of Orange-brown Desautelsite xls with tufts of Artinite in associaton.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Churchite-(Y) - Maffei Mine ,Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9048)
Nice whitish sprays of Churchite-(Y) up to 1.5 mm richly set on limonitic matrix from the TL.Churchite-(Y) is a rare hydrated yttrium phosphate, a member of the Gypsum Supergroup.
Specimen weight:103 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 27 mm
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Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12411_PLAN_DANI)
Rare plancheite globular xxwith a dark brown unidentified mineral (possibly heterogenite).
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 40 mm
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Calcite var Cobaltoan Calcite and Kolvezite - Tenke mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, ,Luabala, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12396_COBA_DANI)
Superb deep magenta large cobaltoan calcite xx with rare kolwezite xx and malachite xx.
Specimen weight:162 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:90mm x 55 mm x 30 mm
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Hendricksite - Franklin mining district, New Jersey, USA
(#11534a_HEND_DANI)
Rare bronze-brown hendricksite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 33 mm
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Calcite - Castellaccio mine, Morfasso - Emilia Romagna , Italy
(#10881_CALC_DANI)
Classic white calcite rhombohedrons on matrix.
Specimen weight:796 gr.
Crystal size:up to 20 mm
Overall size:160mm x 85 mm x 60 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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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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Calcite var Cobaltoan Calcite and Kolvezite - Tenke mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, ,Luabala, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12392_CALC_DANI)
Superb deep magenta large cobaltoan calcite xx with rare kolwezite xx and malachite xx
Specimen weight:322 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:120mm x 85 mm x 30 mm
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Plancheite and Unknown - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12408_PLAN_DANI)
Rare plancheite globular xxwith a dark brown unidentified mineral (possibly heterogenite).
Specimen weight:41 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:88mm x 78 mm x 28 mm
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Carrollite - Kamoya South II mine, Kamoya, Katanga, Democatric Republic of Congo
(#12405_CARR_DANI)
Very nice carrollite crystal of superb shape and luster.
Specimen weight:178 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:65mm x 55 mm x 55 mm
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Calcite var Cobaltoan Calcite and Kolvezite - Tenke mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, ,Luabala, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12391_CALC_DANI)
Superb deep magenta large cobaltoan calcite xx with rare kolwezite xx and malachite xx
Specimen weight:363 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:135mm x 80 mm x 35 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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Plattnerite, Smithsonite - Zorzone mine, Vedra Valley, Lombardy, Italy
(#11471_PLAT_DANI)
Nice black acicular plattnerite on smithsonite.
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 28 mm
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Microlite on Albite - Ipè 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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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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Sudoite - Cedec Valley - Gran Zebrù, 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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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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Posnjakite - Liubetova - Czech Rep.
(#GM24066)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered with tiny needles of bright blue posnjakite.
Formerly Sandro Maggia's mineralogical collection: no. P-114.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:58mm x 35 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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Childrenite, Roscherite,Poço d'Antas claim, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#11009_CHIL_DANI)
Large plate full of very nice childrenite and roscherite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:308 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:110mm x 100 mm x 35 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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Piemontite and zoisite - Campo Valley - Campo Blenio - Camadra Valley Blenio Valley - Blenio - Ticino - Switzerland
(#GM24055)
A lovely miniature dotted with small elongated crystals of piemontite: they are transparent and have a pinkish color with a red head ...
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. P-124.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:36mm 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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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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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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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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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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B-Roselite - Aghbar, Bou Azer District, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
(#11076_ROSE_DANI)
Stunning beta roselite crystals on matrix. Top quality.
Specimen weight:487 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:105mm x 75 mm x 45 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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Kimuraite-(Y) - Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
(#MINS8950)
Pearly aggregate 7 mm wide of Kimuraite-(Y) well-placed on the basalt matrix. Is a very rare hydrated calcium-yttrium-neodymium carbonate found in fissures in alkali olivice baslats.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm long
Overall size:38mm x 32 mm x 27 mm
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