Silver - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias, Province of Sud Sardegna, Italy
(#FERR1610)
Wonderful sample of native Silver in sturdy wires with top patina inside a vug in the dolomia. From a unique occurrence at this famous mine just before its closure at the end of XX century.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:
 Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Awaruite (Josephinite) - Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine County, Oregon, USA
(#MINS9149)
silvery-bright, flattened alluvial thumbnail Awaruite nugget from the Josephine Creek placers of Oregon (Arlson & Co. placers). Awariute is an intermetallic alloy of Nickel and Iron.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm wide
Overall size:22mm x 8 mm x 12 mm
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Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9144)
Very well crystallized and extremely representative Coquimbite xls up to 5 mm with classic association for this locale.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 46 mm x 30 mm
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Minyulite - Ross Annibal mine, Black Hills, Lowrence County, South Dakota - USA
(#12057a_MINY_DANI)
Gorgeus stunningly xls rich minyulite specimen.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 20 mm x 30 mm
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Berzelianite - Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina, Czech Republic
(#11705_BERZ_DANI)
Excellent metallic silvery grey specimen of this rare selenium mineral.
Specimen weight:29 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Rinkite-Ce - Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., ,Arkansas, USA
(#11692_RINK_DANI)
Gorgeouis yellow brown acicular rinkite xx on matrix with black aegirine.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
(#MINS9136)
An aesthetic plate covered with lustrous, translucent, sunflower-yellow pyromorphite crystals up to 3-4 mm from the famous Bunker Hill mine.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 10 mm
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Smithsonite - Kelly mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA
(#MINS9137)
Specimen with intense blue/green Smithsonite in botryoidal mass from this classic locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:51mm x 38 mm x 14 mm
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Prehnite - Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
(#MINS9135)
Spheroidal growth of Prehnite crystals with perfect terminations, translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense yellow color, on graphite matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Upto 2,6 cm
Overall size:36mm x 25 mm x 40 mm
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Montgomeryite - Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
(#MINS8912)
Cluster of Montogomeryite crystals up to 1-1.5 mm richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to1.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 18 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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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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Metacinnabar - Mount Diablo Mine, Mount Diablo, Clayton, Contra Costa County, California, USA
(#MINS9128)
Steel grey-black Metacinnabar crystals are covering the surface of the matrix
Specimen weight:62 gr.
Crystal size:2-3 mm
Overall size:62mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Scawtite with Thaumasite - Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
(#MINS9132)
White glassy fibrous scawtite on basic calcium silicate and carbonate matrix with thaumasite in association.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:46mm x 45 mm x 28 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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Plimerite - Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (TL)
(#MINS9111)
Tiny olive green crystals of Plimerit from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:33mm x 23 mm x 10 mm
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Dugganite - Empire mine, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
(#11303c_DUGG_DANI)
Nice tiny greenish very rare dugganite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 25 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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Geocronite - Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Sala Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden (TL)
(#MINS9099)
Silvery-grey geocronite with galena in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:23mm x 17 mm x 24 mm
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Silver - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12296_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 5 mm
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Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine, Box Canyon District, Arizona, USA
(#11679_RAMS_DANI)
Very nice metallic grey Ramsdellite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:14 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Fluorite - Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
(#MINS9086)
Really nice group of lustrous, translucent, dark purple Fluorite crystals measuring 44x42x30 mm with well defined deep red Sphalerite xls in association on matrix.
Specimen weight:185 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 44 mm wide
Overall size:68mm x 67 mm x 38 mm
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Burkeite - Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA
(#MINS9092)
Top quality pinkish burkeite crystals on halite .
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 37 mm x 20 mm
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Mcguinnesite with Vuagnatite - Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain District, Mayacmas Mts , Mendocino Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
(#MINS9095)
Blue green rare Mcguinnessite up to 1,5 mm scattered on matrix from the type locality with minor vuagnatite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 24 mm x 16 mm
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Molybdenite - Moly Hill mine, La Motte, Quebec, Canada
(#12438_MOLY_DANI)
Very nice molybdenite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Silver, Pyrargiryte? - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12291_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver with Pyrargiryte?
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Arsenic on Silver - Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany
(#11650_ARSE_DANI)
Nice natitve Arsenic and native Silver wires on matrix.
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 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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Chrysocolla - Eagle Eye mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
(#12000_CHRY_DANI)
Nice blue-deep green Chrysocolla on matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Zinclipsocombite (TL) with Perhamite - Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
(#MINS9059)
Spherules of yellow- green zinclipscombite (TL) with white pearly Perhamite in association.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Phillipsite - Calvarina Mt. - Roncà - Verona prov. - Veneto - Italy
(#GM24108)
Nice specimen with several pale orange spheres of phillipsite that are spread all over the surface.
Some of them are broken and show a small red heart for a nice contrast of color.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:105mm x 85 mm x 38 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Phillipsite - Roncà, 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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Durangitez - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#11312_DURA_DANI)
Specimen really rich of rare red durangite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 15 mm x 20 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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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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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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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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Brookite on Quartz - Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas, USA
(#11086_BROO_DANI)
Many tiny but bice brookite xx scattered on the quartz xx surfaces.
Specimen weight:315 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:85mm x 75 mm x 75 mm
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Mimetite - Mount Bonnie mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia
(#11840_MIME_DANI)
Superb yellow mimetie xx of textbook shape.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:48mm x 30 mm x 32 mm
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Vesuvianite, Clinochlore - Rocca Sella, Susa valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11506_VESU_DANI)
Specimen equally interesting for the many nice clinochlore xx and the rich brown strongly elongated vesuviantite xx.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:27 mm (v), 2 mm (c)
Overall size:55mm x 45 mm x 12 mm
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Acanthite, Quartz - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#10792_SILV_DANI)
A classic combo offering massive and crystallized silver with acanthite xx.
Specimen weight:131 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (a)
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Epidote - Prince of Wales, Alaska, USA
(#10531_EPID_DANI)
A classic. Very dark green/nearly back epidote xx of very high luster on matrix.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:80mm x 45 mm x 45 mm
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Delafossite - Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States
(#MINS8930)
Specimen rich of black crystals of delafossite in spherical formation set all over this specimen.
Specimen weight:63 gr.
Crystal size:Sphere up to 6 mm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 25 mm
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Rosasite, Hemimorphite - Ojuela mine, Mapimì, Durango, Mexico
(#11687_ROSA_DANI)
Nice deep green rosasite xls with transparent hemimorphite xx on limonite matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Franklinite - Sterling Hill mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
(#12053_FRAN_DANI)
A nice old timer. Franklinite crystals of textbook shape on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:22mm x 12 mm x 11 mm
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Lanthanite-Ce - Bearpaw Mountains, Hill Co., Montana, USA
(#11920_LANT_DANI)
Clear/transparent very rare lanthanite-Ce xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:<
Overall size:42mm x 27 mm x 22 mm
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Tavorite, Robertsite, Kidwellite - Tip Top mine, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
(#11892_TAVO_DANI)
Yellow-green tavorite xx with robertsite and kidwellite.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 17 mm
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Hureaulite, Jahnsite, Leucophosphite, Rockbridgeite - Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, South Dakota, USA
(#10594_HURE_DANI)
Uncommon specimen offering as much as 4 rare minerals togherer. And 3 of them are well crystallized.
Specimen weight:384 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:80mm x 75 mm x 40 mm
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Merlinoite (TL), Phillipsite - Cupaello quarry, Santa Rufina, ,Latium, Italy
(#11814_MERL_DANI)
From type locality. Nice merlinoite xx specimen with globlualr Phillipsite.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 32 mm x 30 mm
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Silver on Calcite - Bouismas Mine, Tansifite Caïdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#BALD0787)
Arborescent 35 mm Silver emerges from the white Calcite matrix. Interesting sample, collected in 2010. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:254 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:77mm x 55 mm x 57 mm
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Pseudobrookite with Topaz- Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS8824)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xls up to 7 mm with topaz in association on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm wide
Overall size:48mm x 38 mm x 23 mm
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Siegenite, Dolomite - Buick mine, Bixby, Missouri, USA
(#12684_SIEG_DANI)
Stunningly large siegenite crystals (up to 5 mm) on dolomite.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm on edge
Overall size:50mm x 45 mm x 28 mm
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Goldichite, Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, Emery Co., ,Utah, USA
(#11793_GOLD_DANI)
Pale yellowish/green goldichite xx with light purple coquimbite xx.
Specimen weight:41 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm (g), 3 mm (co)
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Betekhtinite - Steward mine, Butte-Silver, Montana, USA
(#11717_BETE_DANI)
Tiny but nice rare dark metallic betektinite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:56mm x 36 mm x 30 mm
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Wickenburgite -Potter-Cramer mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
(#11514_WICK_DANI)
White/pinkish wickenburgite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 42 mm x 30 mm
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Phillipsite - Fittà, Soave, Veneto, Italy
(#12056_PHIL_DANI)
Tiny but very nice orange phillipsite spherules on matrix.
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Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:10mm x 10 mm x 5 mm
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Copper - Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA
(#MINS8724)
A classic, old-time specimen of sculptural arborescent crystallized native copper. Showy
Specimen weight:480 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,0 cm
Overall size:120mm x 25 mm x 120 mm
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Arsenopyrite on Lollingite - Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
(#MINS8734)
A very attractive specimen with hundreds bright, sharp silvery xls of Arsenopyrite up to 7-8 mm on Lollingite matrix.
Specimen weight:360 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7-8 mm
Overall size:67mm x 55 mm x 60 mm
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Alabandite - Merelani Hills, Simanjiro district, Tanzania
(#12063_ALAB_DANI)
Very nice alabandite floater.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:20mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Celestine - Little Wild Horse Canyon, Emery Co.,Utah, USA
(#11064_CELE_DANI)
Very nice celestine crystals cluster
Specimen weight:460 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:95mm x 50 mm x 60 mm
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Silver - Imiter mining district, Tinghir Cercle, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#BALD0777)
Important arborescent Silver's aggregate, with some elongated small crystals. Original sample, not to be confused with the filamentous ones on Acanthite that, as a well known fact, are artificially obtained. Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:40mm x 28 mm x 32 mm
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Rosasite - Silver Hill Mine group, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
(#BALD0748)
Nice Rosasite's spheres up to 10 mm, made up of countless needle-like crystals, with a pleasant turquoise-green color, cover the main geode of the sample and are present also on the rear of the sample, even if smaller. Nice the chromatic...
Specimen weight:128 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:70mm x 59 mm x 47 mm
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Pseudobrookite - Thomas Range, Utah, USA
(#11090_PSEU_DANI)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xx on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 65 mm
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Tangdanite, Azurite - Lovelock mine, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
(#11418_TANG_DANI)
Very nice blue / green tangdanite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:53mm x 30 mm x 35 mm
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Bustamite - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
(#10532_BUST_DANI)
A classic. Splendid bustamite xx on matrix.
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Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:40 mm
Overall size:65mm x 51 mm x 38 mm
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Spessartine garnet and galena - North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
(#MINS8587)
A cluster of gemmy and lustrous, deep cherry-red spessartine garnet crystals up to 6 mm beautifully nestled on massive galena matrix from the famous North Mine at Broken Hill.
Specimen weight:256 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 38 mm
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Silver- Sarrabus, Sardinia, Italy
(#11662_SILV_DANI)
Very nice old Siver wire from Sardinia. A classic.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:35mm x 42 mm x 28 mm
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Pyrophyllite - Cotton Stone Mountain - Troy - Montgomery Co. - North Carolina - USA
(#GM22018)
Some big rosettes of brown colored crystals of pyrophyllite are in good evidence over the bulky, whitish matrix.
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:65mm x 52 mm x 40 mm
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Pectolite - Upper New Street Quarry - Paterson - Passaic Co. - New Jersey - USA
(#GM21054)
A typical and representative example of the pectolite species: whitish radial aggregates fillings within calcite veins in the matrix.
Ex Sandro Maggia collection with the original label.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:46mm x 35 mm x 38 mm
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Strashimirite - Copper stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
(#MINS8459)
Powdery sky-blue micro crystal coatings of strashimirite are partially covering the matrix.
Ex Renato Pagano coll.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:50mm x 20 mm x 35 mm
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Copper - Kearsarge mine, Houghton Co., ,Michigan, USA
(#10795_COPP_DANI)
A classic. Native copper specimen with some copper xx on it.
Specimen weight:226 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:160mm x 55 mm x 40 mm
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Smithsonite - Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
(#11129_SMIT_DANI)
A classic. Tiny but nice smithsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:298 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:80mm x 65 mm x 55 mm
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Callaghanite - Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Gabbs Mining District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA(Type Locality)
(#MINS8368)
Very colorful intense lustrous rich deep blue Callaghanite in sub millimetric crystals richly covering the dark matrix.
A nice sample of this rare copper magnesium carbonate.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm xls
Overall size:30mm x 32 mm x 29 mm
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Duftite e coronadite - Sabine's Shaft - Mount Bonnie mine - Grove Hill - Victoria-Daly Region - Northern Territory - Australia
(#GM21037)
The surface of this cluster is covered by little, blak colored spheres of coronadite.
Among them there are some areas with greenish duftite: some of them are crystallized, others with a thin crust.
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:104mm x 55 mm x 44 mm
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Hessonite garnet - Civrari Mount, Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#10981_HESS_DANI)
This specimen offer many dark red hessonite crystals of text book shape with minor clinochlore.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Silver - Kongsberg Silver Mines, Kongsberg, Viken, Norway
(#FERR1501)
Oldtimer of native Silver from one of the most famous locales for this highly sought after specie. This specimen consists of thick wires of Silver, with very nice ancient patine, on a matrix of massive Calcite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:40mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Silver var. Kongsbergite - Imiter Mine - Imiter Distr. - Tinghir Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM20073)
An evident, sculptural, leaf native Kongsbergite specimen from 2016 finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
It's standing on ...
Specimen weight:340 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 45 x 37
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 67 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
(#MINS8246)
Light blue-green Chalcophyllite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:28mm x 26 mm x 17 mm
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Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine - Sam Powell Peak - Box Canyon Mining Distr. - Yavapai Co. - Arizona - USA
(#GM20020)
he surface of this specimen is covered by a grey crust of ramsdellite, that is an oxyde of manganese.
Several cleraly visible crystals are scattering over the crust.
Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:62mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Alstonite (TL) - Brownley Hill mine, Nenthead, Cumberland, England, U.K.
(#9833_ALST_DANI)
A classic. Alstonite xls of textbook shape on matrix with barite and witherite.
Specimen weight:255 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:62mm x 52 mm x 25 mm
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Ambrinoite (TL) - Signols quarries, Signols, Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#9275_AMBR_DANI)
Super rare orange-red Ambrinoite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:44mm x 23 mm x 31 mm
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Hessonite - Laietto, Condove, Susa Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1429)
Group of xls of Hessonite, of good size and typical orange-red colour for the alpine rodingites.
The association with greenish Clinochlore is a nice add.
Classic italian locale that gave some of the most beautiful alpine...
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:37mm x 23 mm x 20 mm
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Owner : Ferrero 's (Torino-Italy) 