Stellerite - Rössing Mountains area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#MINS8810)
A fantastic example of stellerite from a seldom referenced locale for the species. This specimen is completely covered with thick, lustrous, crystals of red-orange stellerite crystals up to 9 mm.
Specimen weight:165 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm wide
 Overall size:75mm x 50 mm x 76 mm
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Wulfenite - Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
(#MINS8809)
Fine miniature with deep orange wulfenite crystals up to 1,1 cm of the high luster on contrasting white matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:52mm x 42 mm x 13 mm
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Villiaumite - Aris Quarries - Aris - Windhoek distr. - Khomas Region - Namibia
(#MINS8814)
Deep orange crystal of villiaumite up to 4 mm in good evidence in the vug.
Ex Sandro Maggia coll. with label.
Specimen weight:243 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:62mm x 50 mm x 54 mm
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Coquimbite - Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8812)
Superb cocuimbite xx up to 1,4 cm on matrix with splendid lilac colour .White spays of alotrichite and reddish Roemerite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Wavellite - Dug Hill, Avant, Garland County, Arkansas, USA
(#MINS8822)
Cluster of Wavellite in spherical xls up to 3 mm wide richly set on matrix with clear Strengite xls up to 1 mm and black cryptomelane in association. Old material, year 1974 from the Dr. Francesco Bedognè coll #962.
Specimen weight:76 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm wide
Overall size:45mm x 28 mm x 40 mm
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Baryte - Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
(#MINS8806)
Cluster of golden clear xls of baryte up to 1,2 cm long.Showy.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,2 cm long
Overall size:33mm x 22 mm x 18 mm
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Rhodizite (gemmy) with Rubellite - Tetezantsio - Madagascar
(#MINS8802)
In foreground sharp and bright green crystals of Rhodizite rich of Rb 5 mm wide perched on pegmatitic matrix with minor rubellite in association.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:21mm x 15 mm x 20 mm
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Clinoptilolite subgroup -Succor Creek, Malheur County, Oregon, USA
(#MINS8801)
Brilliant, lustrous monoclinic blades up to 2 mm set in vugs of matrix. Old hard to find material. From the collection of Dr. Francesco Bedognè #941, obtained by McGuinness in 1979 year.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Elpidite with Microcline - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS8811)
Cluster of sharp, tan orthorhombic elpidite crystals up to 3,0 cm long with well Microcline and aegirine in association.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:36mm x 26 mm x 29 mm
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Hemimorphite on Smithsonite - Rosh Pinah, Oranjemund Constituency, Karas Region, Namibia
(#MINS8808)
Specimen with clear fan-shaped crysteals of Hemimorphite scattered on grey Smithsonite matrix. Showy.
Specimen weight:78 gr.
Crystal size:Fan up to 1,8 cm wide
Overall size:60mm x 25 mm x 40 mm
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Dolomite (Var: Cobalt-bearing Dolomite) - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi mining district, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS8821)
Specimen rich covered by Cobalt-bearing Dolomite in small super-colorful purple crystals on (sawed) matrix.
Specimen weight:202 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:66mm x 45 mm x 38 mm
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Aikinite, Chalcopyrite- Julcani District, Peru
(#MINS8819)
Very nice rare Aikinite needles (steel grey) are scattered among golden Chalcopyrite xls. Ex. Dr. Francesco Bedognè coll. #216.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 30 mm
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Parisite-(Ce) - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS8804)
Tan colored Parisite-(Ce) crysstal 2,7 cm tall with microcline and black aegirine in associaton.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:2,7 cm tall
Overall size:25mm x 17 mm x 27 mm
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Arthurite - Mahiuuba Hill Mine, Antelope distr., Pershing Co. - Nevada, USA
(#MINS8820)
Spherical aggregates of prismatic green sub-mm crystals of Arthurite. Ex Dr. Francesco Bedognè coll. #2135.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Sub-mm
Overall size:31mm x 23 mm x 23 mm
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Jamesonite on pyrite - Huaron mines - Huaron mining distr. - Huayllay distr. - Pasco prov. - Pasco dept. - Peru
(#MINS8815)
Dark grey hair-like crystals of Jamesonite up to 5-6 richly scattered on pyrite matrix with quartz in association. Ex Dr. Francesco Bedognè coll #2051.
Specimen weight:440 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5-6 mm
Overall size:95mm x 50 mm x 50 mm
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Pyrite - Ampliación a Victoria Mine, Navajún, La Rioja, Spain
(#MINS8816)
Two mirror-like intertwined cubic pyrite crystals, floater, complete all around. Former Dr. Franceco Bedognè coll #45.
Specimen weight:207 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 cm wide
Overall size:30mm x 42 mm x 52 mm
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Bixbyite with Pseudobrookite - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS8805)
Nice Bixbyite crystals shiny, evident on the riolite matrix, cubic with octahedron faces measuring 5 mm wide with pseudobrookite xl 2 mm tall in assocation.
Specimen weight:62 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Sulphur - Cozzodisi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento, Sicily
(#MINS8803)
Bright yellow xls of Sulphur up to 1,2 cm, scattered all around a light aragonite matrix.
The total absence of bithumen enhances the luster of the specimen.
Nice italian classic!
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,2 cm
Overall size:40mm x 23 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz (phantom) with Hematite - Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
(#MINS8807)
Water clear parallel quartz with very nice and well defined hematite topped phantoms.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:4,0 cm tall
Overall size:18mm x 21 mm x 40 mm
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Argyrodite, Stephanite - Colquechaca, Chayanta, ,Potosí, Bolivia
(#12345_ARGY_DANI)
This is a killer specimen offering both very nice argyrodite and stephanite xx.
Specimen weight:420 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:70mm x 55 mm x 40 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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Barytocalcite - Blagill mine, Alston Moor, Cumbria,England, UK
(#11407_BARY_DANI)
This specimen offer nice rare barytocalcitye xls on matrix. Old stuff.
Specimen weight:81 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 32 mm
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Dundasite, Baryte - San Giovanni mine, Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
(#11276_DUND_DANI)
Very nice white dundasite xx on a baryte xx.
Specimen weight:67 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 55 mm x 10 mm
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Cerussite, Baryte - Mibladen Mining district, Morocco
(#11113_CERU_DANI)
Very nice cerussite xx (flourescent deep yellow under long UV) with baryte xx.
Specimen weight:268 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm
Overall size:90mm x 70 mm x 35 mm
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Olivenite - Lavrion, Attikí Prefecture, Greece
(#11109_OLIV_DANI)
A classic. Superb bright green olivenite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:194 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:100mm x 75 mm x 40 mm
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Grossular Garnet var. Uvarovite - Saranovskii mine, Urals Region, Russia
(#11080_UVAR_DANI)
Superrb gemmy deep green uvarovite xx on matrix
Specimen weight:319 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:110mm x 80 mm x 20 mm
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Arsenic - Brosso mine, Brosso, Piedmont, Italy
(#11021_ARSE_DANI)
Historical native arsenic on matrix.
Specimen weight:118 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:80mm x 52 mm x 20 mm
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Quartz - Torre di Rio, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
(#10514a_QUAR_DANI)
Historical quarzt crystals cluster specimen. Quartz is coloured yellow by limonite.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:30 mm
Overall size:75mm x 55 mm x 30 mm
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Paravauxite (TL) - Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, ,Potosí Department, Bolivia
(#11011_PARA_DANI)
Rare! Gemmy paravauxite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:284 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:90mm x 110 mm x 30 mm
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Pyrrothite, Fluorite - Dal'negorsk, Far-Eastern, Russia
(#10702_PYRR_DANI)
Double side speciment. On one side superb pyrrothite xx on the other side nice fluorite xx.
Specimen weight:768 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:100mm x 75 mm x 120 mm
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Chalcocite on Quartz - Dzhezkazgan Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan
(#10685_CHAL_DANI)
Very nice classic chalcocite xx on quartz xx matrix with minor malachite.
Specimen weight:306 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:90mm x 85 mm x 40 mm
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Vanadinite var: Endlichite - Touissit, Oujda-Angad, Oriental region, Morocco
(#10619_VANA_DANI)
Old yellow vanadinte var. endlichite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:193 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 55 mm x 25 mm
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Quartz - Jinlong Hill, Heyuan, Hunan, China
(#10434a_QUAR_DANI)
Nicely shaped quartz crystals group. The specimen is a floater.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:80 mm
Overall size:80mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Hedenbergite, Andradite Garnet - Seriphos Island, Greece
(#10583_HEDE_DANI)
A classic. Very nice combo offering both hedenbergite xx and dark orange andradite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:187 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm (h), 8 mm (a)
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 60 mm
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Dyscrasite - Bouismas mine - Tansifte Caïdat - Agdz Cercle - Zagora Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23064)
Gorgeous specimen with some excellent, big dendrites of dyscrazite that are stunning alla round it.
They look like arborescent arabesques ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 31
Overall size:65mm x 32 mm x 41 mm
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Dyscrasite - Bouismas mine - Tansifte Caïdat - Agdz Cercle - Zagora Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23063)
Gorgeous specimen with some excellent, big dendrites of dyscrazite that are stunning all round it.
They look like arborescent arabesques ...
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 53
Overall size:70mm x 42 mm x 38 mm
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Ruby (var. of corundum) - Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy) - Ihosy - Ihorombe - Madagascar
(#GM23062)
Two very big and perfect shaped crystals of ruby are scattering over the matrix.
Some other crystals are visible near them, but they are not completed.
The crystals become red fire to the long UV waves.
Specimen weight:370 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 32
Overall size:60mm x 47 mm x 42 mm
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Ruby (var. of corundum) - Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy) - Ihosy - Ihorombe - Madagascar
(#GM23061)
A very big and perfect shaped crystal of ruby is scattered over the matrix.
Some other crystals are visible near it, but they are not completed.
The crystals become red fire to the long UV waves.
Specimen weight:345 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:82mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Pollucite - Skardu Area - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM23060)
An aggregate completely made up of pollucite crystals, with an extent covered by a white patina of carbonates.
The crystals are well formed and visible, colorless and have an almost glassy appearance ...
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 14
Overall size:47mm x 43 mm x 36 mm
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Grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM23059)
Excellent alpine specimen of grossular/hessonite garnet.
Numerous crystals with a beautiful dark red to orange color cover the surface.
All of them are shiny and semi-transparent ...
Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:67mm x 28 mm x 30 mm
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Grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM23058)
Excellent alpine specimen of grossular/hessonite garnet.
Numerous crystals with a beautiful dark red to orange color cover the surface.
All of them are shiny and semi-transparent ...
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:64mm x 53 mm x 22 mm
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Fluorescent quartz - Trompia Valley – Bergamo prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GM23057)
Some little, colorless, double terminated and supertransparent quartz crystals are in good evidence over the dark surface of this specimen.
They contains traces of hydrocarbons ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:71mm x 45 mm x 42 mm
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Gibbsite - Wenshan mine - Wenshan Autonomous Pref. - Yunnan Prov. - China
(#GM23056)
Big nice specimen that is completely covered with azur gibbsite crystals.
Gibbsite is usually colorless or yellowish: azur samples have only been found in China ...
Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:85mm x 60 mm x 48 mm
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Cerussite and baryte - Les Dalles mine – Mibladen – Ait Oufella Caid – Midelt – Draa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23055)
Graceful druse completely covered by small and large, almost botryoidal crystals of cerussite.
They have a honey color and are partially transparent too.
Some aggregates ...
Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:82mm x 65 mm x 28 mm
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Cuprian adamite (var. of adamite) and hemimorfite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mun. de Mapimì - Durango -Mexico
(#GM23054)
Excellent cluster almost completely covered by almost colorless crystals of hemimorphite.
Here and there several blue-green crystals of cuprian adamite are in good evidence ...
Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:98mm x 80 mm x 34 mm
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Rapidcreekite - Rapid Creek - Dawson mining Distr. - Yukon - Canada
(#GM23053)
This specimen is partially covered by a white patina of rapidcreekite.
In an area there are some minicurls of this rare sulfate.
Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:75mm x 47 mm x 37 mm
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Schuetteite - Almadén mine - Almadén - Ciudad Real - Castile-La Mancha - Spain
(#GM23052)
Evident yellow patinas of schuetteite cover this specimen all around.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:41mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Pseudocotunnite and challacolloite - La Fossa crater - Vulcano Island - Lipari - Eolie Islands - Messina prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GM23051)
Two rare volcanic fumarole minerals are present on the surface of this sample.
It is scattered with numerous acicular crystals of pseudocotunnite ...
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:58mm x 50 mm x 38 mm
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Bonattite with Metavoltine - La Compañia Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
(#MINS8786)
Specimen with sky blue Bonattite with vivid yellow Metavoltine in association richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 24 mm
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Arhbarite - El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
(#MINS8783)
Blue botryoidal crystals of Arhbarite up to 1 mm on matrix with green conichalcite in association.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Gilmarite - Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8784)
Gilmarite in blue rosettes xls up to 1 mm scattered in vugs of matrix with green Conicalcites in association .A rare copper arsenate.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Lemanskiite - El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile (Type Locality)
(#MINS8780)
Blue lemanskiite crystals up to 4 mm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:52mm x 37 mm x 27 mm
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Szenicsite - Jardinera No. 1 mine, Chañaral, Atacama, Chile
(#MINS8781)
Specimen with of bladed, lustrous, electric-green Szenicsite xls up to 5 mm on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Volborthite and chrysocolla -San José Mine, Copiapó, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile
(#MINS8782)
Bright green leaf crystals of volborthite with
contrasting dark blue chrysocolla in association.Really nice specimen. The San Jose mine became famous in 2010 for the mine collapse and subsequent rescue of 33 miners who ....
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:48mm x 27 mm x 30 mm
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Penfieldite and Pseudoboleite - Margarita Mine, Caracoles, Caracoles mining district, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, Chile
(#MINS8785)
Excellent pocket of rare crystals of penfieldite up to 3-4 mm on matrix with blue pseudoboleite in association.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3/4 mm
Overall size:37mm x 25 mm x 23 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#MINS8779)
Group of Xls showing the classic hexagonal tabular habit and green colour on matrix.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5-6 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 32 mm
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Cornetite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
(#MINS8778)
Eletric blue colored crystals of cornetite with bright green malachite covers the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Ardennite-(As) - Vernetto Mine, Ceres, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS8798)
Orange-brown, prismatic, crystalline ardennite-(As) xls up to 10 mm in quartz.Old material.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:52mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Papagoite (TL) - New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
(#MINS8787)
Eletric blue massive Papagoite from Ajo, type locality.
Former Dr. K. Krantz - Bonn - Germany with label.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:30mm x 26 mm x 12 mm
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Sudoite - Cedec Valley - Gran Zebrù, Valfurva - Sondrio prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#MINS8788)
Hexagonal Sudoite crystals up to 5 mm hosted in a porphyritic dyke outcropping along the side of Cima di Pale Rosse at about 3000 m amsl.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:41mm x 14 mm x 15 mm
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Wardite with Eosphorite - Rapid Creek - Dawson Mining distr. - Yukon - Canada
(#MINS8797)
Several greenish translucent octahedrall crystals of Wardite up to 1,2 cm mostly covered by microcrystals of Eosphorite set nicely on matrix.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,2 cm wide
Overall size:82mm x 20 mm x 26 mm
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Whiteite and Lazulite - Rapid Creek - Dawson Mining distr. - Yukon - Canada
(#MINS8796)
A really nice miniature of these rare Phosphates from the classic Rapid Creek location. Tan elongate complex crystals of Whiteite, well formed with sharp terminations.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 29 mm x 32 mm
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Elpidite - Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS8795)
Cluster of well defined Elpidite crystals in greenish gray blades up to 2,3 cm long.
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm long
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 32 mm
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Acanthite -Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru
(#MINS8790)
Very nice lustrous silvery-grey Acanthite xl measuring 9-5 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:9x5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 19 mm x 30 mm
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Phosphosiderite - Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8789)
Bright lilac-blue micro spheroids and masses of Phosphosiderite richly cover the surface of the matrix
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:58mm x 40 mm x 28 mm
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Pecoraite - Otway Ni deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
(#MINS8794)
Vivid green rare Pecoraite crusts richly set on the matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:crusts
Overall size:60mm x 27 mm x 10 mm
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Olmiite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality)
(#MINS8791)
Specimen with orange-pink glassy crystals up to 5 mm set on calcite xls. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:63 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 35 mm
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Bultfonteinite with Olmiite - N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS8793)
Silky tufts of Bultfonteinite up to 3 mm richly set on matrix with beige Olmiite xls up to 4 mm. Rare combo difficult to find nowadays on the market.
Specimen weight:187 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:68mm x 40 mm x 45 mm
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Caryopilite - Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
(#MINS8800)
Specimen of reddish-brown Caryopilite spherules up to 1 mm richly set on black manganese matrix.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:57mm x 43 mm x 18 mm
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Pickeringite var. Kasparite - Dubník, Červenica, Prešov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8799)
An attractive and very hard-to-find specimen of this uncommon sulfate. Pickeringite is typically white/colorless from various worldwide localities, but the desirable and obscure bright pink "kasparite" is only found at one locality.....
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Sprays up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:53mm x 35 mm x 23 mm
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Serandite with Manganoneptunite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#MINS8771)
Here we have a very aesthic, richly salmon-coloured Serandite from the classic finds in the 1980s. This specimen is 4,3 cm tall and it has an excellent luster.....
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:4,3 cm tall
Overall size:27mm x 18 mm x 43 mm
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Talmessite - Bou Azzer Mine, Ouisselsate Caïdat, Amerzgane Cercle, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#MINS8727)
Talmessite with good rasberry color in sheroidal aggregates of crystals of slightly curved faces and edges richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:103 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 36 mm
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Rhodochrosite with Calcite - Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Guanajuato, Mexico
(#MINS8755)
Cluster of Rhodochrosite xls up to 5-6 mm wide with Calcite xls in association from an old find. Ex A. Citran coll. with label, obtained by Heinishc year 1959.
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5-6 mm
Overall size:60mm x 55 mm x 35 mm
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Kyanite with Staurolite - Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
(#MINS8774)
Specimen with an intense blue Kyanite xl 4,9 cm long on schist contrasting matrix with a brown well defined Staurolite xl in association.Showy and highly representative example of the species and locale.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:4,9 cm long
Overall size:72mm x 30 mm x 48 mm
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Kleinite - McDermitt Mine - Opalite distr. - Humboldt Co. - Nevada - USA
(#MINS8762)
Cluster of bright yellow crystals of kleinite up to 2 mm is in good evidence over the surface of this specimen.Ex Francesco Bedognè coll. with original label, obtained by McGuinness 1978.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:77mm x 58 mm x 20 mm
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Tourmaline var. Elbaite on Lepidolite - Darrah I Pech, Chapa Dara District, Kunar Province, Afghanistan
(#MINS8757)
Fine cluster of of bright green tourmaline (elbaite) xls nicely set on Lepidolite matrix. The tourmaline are all terminated and in good shape.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm tall
Overall size:35mm x 32 mm x 35 mm
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Rhodochrosite and quartz - Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca Province, Áncash, Peru
(#MINS8759)
Cluster of Rhodochrosite xls up to 6 mm wide with quartz xls in association smocky on the top. Really showy specimen.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:43mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Strengite - Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
(#MINS8769)
Group of globular aggregates of strengite, showing the typical violet colour, classic for the Levaniemi mine.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:37mm x 36 mm x 28 mm
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Liroconite - Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China
(#MINS8751)
Very sharp bipyramidal crystals of Liroconite up to 2 mm on matrix with bright luster and an intense blue color.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:12mm x 8 mm x 20 mm
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Desautelsite with Artinite - Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
(#MINS8777)
Specimen rich of Orange-brown Desautelsite xls with tufts of Artinite in associaton.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:43mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Vauxite - Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Type Locality) (TL)
(#MINS8770)
Cluster of blue Vauxite xls up to 2.5 mm on matrix. A fairly rare iron phosphate (and one of the very few blue iron-containing minerals) from the type locality.
Specimen weight:178 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:80mm x 48 mm x 45 mm
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Barrerite - Roky Pass - Kuju Island - Sitka Borough - Alaska - USA
(#MINS8761)
Very nice sample of Barrerite, with pearly, shiny and well-defined crystals, in excellent conditions. Mineral by now almost impossible to find, once it was collected on the seashore, in the few hours when the tide lowered enough to allow the…
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,5 long
Overall size:60mm x 42 mm x 25 mm
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Sylvanite - Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania (TL)
(#MINS8767)
This specimen hosts several silvery Sylvanite xls up 1 mm long matrix.Nice sample of this rare gold Telluride from the type locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 24 mm x 35 mm
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Fluor-Buergerite - Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (TL)
(#MINS8766)
Dark chocolate colored crystals up to 1,4 cm of this uncommon mineral, belonging to the Tourmaline's family. Found at the end of the 60's, from its type locality.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,4 cm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Malachite, Cerussite - Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia
(#MINS8760)
Old classic. A showy and excellent combination specimen from the well-known, but very small dig, at the Rum Jungle Prospect in Australia.Green botryoidal Malachite ...
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:60mm x 55 mm x 37 mm
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Mendipite - Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Somerset, England, UK
(#MINS8756)
Pale yellow to pale pink columnar aggregates of mendipite, on a matrix consisting of dark manganese oxides.
Rare!
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:1,6 cm long
Overall size:40mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Olmiite with Oyelite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality)
(#MINS8773)
Specimen with orange-pink glassy crystals of Olmiite up to 1,0 cm wide on matrix with several white Oyelite xls up to 2 mm in association.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm wide
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Titanite - Pfitsch Valley (Vizze Valley), South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy
(#MINS8754)
Classic Alpine. Cluster of green xls of Titanite up to 1 cm set on matrix from Pfitsch Valley (Vizze Valley). Ex F. Bedognè coll - year 1984
Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm wide
Overall size:60mm x 55 mm x 30 mm
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Dresserite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada (TL)
(#MINS8772)
Rare white Dresserite crystals in balls up to 3.5 mm richly set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 mm wide
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 35 mm
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Duftite on Calcite - Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (Type Locality)
(#MINS8764)
Rhombic calcite crystals to 1,4 cm with bright-green crystals of Duftite coating on the surface.Showy.
With original labels.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:83mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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