Goyazite - Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#MINS9218)
Rich specimen covered with sharp goyazite crystals to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
 Overall size:60mm x 32 mm x 37 mm
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Rhabdophane-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS9174)
Tiny yellowish rhabdophane-(Ce) crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 28 mm
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Ecdemite, unknown,Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11282_ECDE_DANI)
Nice tiny ecdemite xx witn orange uknown mineral.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Sphalerite - San Giovanni Mine, Iglesias (SU), Sardegna, Italia
(#FERR1595)
Fine individual Xl of Sphalerite, deep green to grey in colur, well shaped, aesthetically set on a matrix of dolomia.
Classic italian specimen, from a loclality now closed.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:1.1 cm
Overall size:68mm x 37 mm x 35 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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Beryl var. Heliodor - Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast'), Ukraine
(#MINS9119)
Heliodor crystal, gemmy, glassy fully terminated 2,6 cm tall.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:2,4 cm tall
Overall size:5mm x 5 mm x 24 mm
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Lanthanite-(Ce) - Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK (TL)
(#MINS9109)
Lanthanite-(Ce) sub-mm clear glassy crystals set on matrix with malachite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:30mm x 18 mm x 12 mm
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Ericaite - Panel 14, Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK
(#MINS9100)
A single lustrous brownish cubic crystal of Ericaite embedded in syslte matrix coloured rerracotta red by association with Hilgardite.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:14mm x 12 mm x 14 mm
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Mereheadite - Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS9101)
Yellow-orange, vitreous Mereheadite within a veinlet of white calcite cutting a beautifully contrasting black matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:31mm x 25 mm x 20 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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Fluorite - Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK
(#MINS9061)
Specimen with twin fluorite xls up to 1,2 cm showing the classic yellow colour typic of the Hilton Mine.Classic!
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:To 1,2 cm
Overall size:51mm x 38 mm x 30 mm
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Colusite, Sphalerite - Striniato B quarry, Fantiscritti, Carrara, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy
(#12571a_COLU_DANI)
This is a superb geminated colusite xx with sphalerite on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Perlialite- Loparskaya Valley, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (TL)
(#MINS9073)
White, fibrous perlialite in matrix fro the type locality.
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:44mm x 42 mm x 28 mm
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Bukovskýite - Kaňk, Kutná Hora, Kutná Hora District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic (TL)
(#MINS9071)
Tanc earthy nodular bukovskyite in a solid grouping. Very good for this species; from the type locality.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:37mm x 32 mm x 30 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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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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Botallackite - Cligga Head, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England
(#MINS9052)
Bright blue/green crystals of Botallackite on all sides of specimen. Botallackite is a rare secondary copper mineral and this is a very rich example from recent finds at Cligga Head.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm wide
Overall size:53mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Galena, sphalerite and quartz - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GM24103)
A complex aggregate of grey crystals of galena and dark crystals of sphalerite, that are intergrowth together. Some colourless crystals of quarts are visbile at its bottom.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 53 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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Sphalerite - Campo di Sasso, Bibbona, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1594)
Oldtimer featuring honey-yellow Sphalerite crystals on matrix, well defined and of good size.
From a classic italian locality!
Specimen weight:89 gr.
Crystal size:20mm - group
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 22 mm
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Calcite - Pallaflat mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England, UK
(#11116_CALC_DANI)
Very nice classic gemmy calctie xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 20 mm x 45 mm
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Glaukosphaerite - Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
(#MINS8981)
Specimen rich of bright green xls of Glaukosphaerite with lime green Galpeite in association.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Syngenite - Holyn - Kalusa Salt deposit - Ivano-Frankivs'k Oblast' - Ukraine (Type Locality)
(#MINS8989)
Nice specimen of this rare potassium sulfate.
Semitransparent crystals up to 2,5 cm set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 cm wide
Overall size:48mm x 25 mm x 43 mm
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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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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8965)
This nice, well crystallized, high quality descloizite specimen is from the locality that is the undisputed world champion for this mineral species.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Analcime - Antrim Co., Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
(#11667_ANAL_DANI)
Very nice irish analcime xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:49 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 50 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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Moorhouseite - Svornost mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
(#11825_MOOR_DANI)
Nice light brown vitreous moorhouseite x on matrix.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 17 mm x 17 mm
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Botallackite - Submarine Lode, Levant Mine, Trewellard, Botallack - Pendeen Area, St. Just District, Cornwall, England, UK
(#MINS8927)
A very rich, sparkling specimen with brilliantly green microcrystals of the rare species Bottalackite embedded in matrix, from this classic locale. Ex. Richard Barstow Collection.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:58mm x 55 mm x 22 mm
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Goyazite - Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#MINS8937)
Rich specimen covered with sharp goyazite crystals to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 32 mm x 33 mm
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Barytocalcite - Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria, England, UK
(#MINS8941)
Barytocalcite is uncommon barium, calcium carbonate. This very fine and rich specimen is comprised of fan-shaped clusters of intergrown, tan, glassy scalenohedrons to 1,3 cm from near the Type Locality ....
Specimen weight:64 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,3 cm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Sartorite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS8876)
Cluster of Sartorite crystals up to 1,4 cm long set in dolomia matrix with sphalerite and pyrite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,4 cm long
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 35 mm
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Fluorite – The Hidden Forest Pocket - Diana Maria mine - Frosterley - Weardale - Co. Durham – England – United Kingdom
(#GM23079)
Interesting specimen of green fluorite that becomes blue colored at the U.V. long waves light.
The crystals are partially intergrowth together and cover all the matrix ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 21
Overall size:74mm x 53 mm x 33 mm
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Baryte on Pyrite and Sphalerite - Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
(#BALD0783)
Big Baryte's crystals aggregate, intersected with each other, laid on a matrix rich in sulfides (Pyrite and Sphalerite). Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 45 mm
Overall size:58mm x 44 mm x 40 mm
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Volkovskite - Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK
(#MINS8836)
This is a parallel-growth cluster of bladed, glassy and gemmy, orangey crystals of Volkovskite.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 cm tall
Overall size:14mm x 9 mm x 35 mm
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Calcite - Pallaflat mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England, UK
(#12382_CALC_DANI)
Very nice classic gemmy calctire xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:62mm x 35 mm x 32 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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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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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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Calcite, sphalerite and pyrite – Baccu Arrodas mine – Muravera - Sarrabus - South Sardinia Prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM23021)
Historic sample from the former Stoppani collection with original label.
It's an aggregate of parallel, whitish calcite crystals.
The dark areas are covered by microcrystals of pyrite and by larger ones of sphalerite.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 63
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 63 mm
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Augelite on Siderite - Rapid Creek, Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada
(#BALD0746)
Augelite's crystals up to 5 mm, with a light green color, well evident on the Siderite's matrix in little brown crystals. Interesting sample.
Specimen weight:64 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:48mm x 48 mm x 28 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8602)
Cluster of many brown descloizite crystals in a branching formation of arrowhead-shaped crystals up to 1,5 cm. The descloizite is translucent with good crystal development and lustrous faces in areas.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:25mm x 22 mm x 45 mm
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Apatite - Notklamm, Neukirchen am Großvenediger, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
(#MINS8483)
Clear alpine Apatite xls with typical habit uo to 5 mm in size on adularia matrix.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:42mm x 23 mm x 31 mm
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Augelite - Rapid Creek - Yukon Territories - Canada
(#MINS8450)
Specimen with nice greenish Augelite crystals up to 5 mm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:82 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:52mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Thomsonite - Antrim Co.,Northern Ireland, UK
(#11945_THOM_DANI)
Nice pale brown thomsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:56mm x 38 mm x 20 mm
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Kulanite and siderite - Big Fish River - Dawson Mining District - Yukon - Canada
(#MINS8412)
Several very lustrous deep blue-green crystals up to 3.5 mm of this rare phosphate are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 mm
Overall size:63mm x 38 mm x 15 mm
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Boracite, Hilgardite - Boulby mine, Loftus, England, UK
(#11702_BORA_DANI)
Nice geminated and non geminated boracite xx on matrix with some pinkish rare hilgardite xx in association.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 27 mm
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Campylite - Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK
(#FERR1539)
Cluster featuring several orange barrel shaped crystals of campylite, variety of mimetite, spread over matrix from the classic british locality in the Caldbeck Fells district.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:0.8 cm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 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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Gormanite - Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#FERR1448)
Fine cluster with large coverage of velvety-blue gormanite crystals on matrix, from the type locality.
Rare.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Sphalerite - Trepča Stan Terg Mine, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
(#FERR1185)
Fine cluster featuring lots of black tetrahedra of Sphalerite scattered on a bed of pinkish rhodochrosite, from one of the most famous european locale, now definitely closed.
Showy!
Specimen weight:627 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:110mm x 85 mm x 55 mm
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Witherite - Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor District, North Pennines, Cumbria, England, UK
(#FERR0802)
Textbook bi-pyramidal six-sided xl of Witherite, with excellent luster, set on matrix.
Well represantative for the specie.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:2 cm
Overall size:33mm x 25 mm x 13 mm
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Sphalerite - Bottino Mine, Ruosina, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR0145)
Sparkling, jet black tetrahedra os Sphalerite on matrix, with minor siderite, from a classic italian mine no longer producing.
The piece can be dated to mid '80 when some workings for specimens recovery were carried out.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:to 1 cm
Overall size:6,5 x 5 x 3,5 cm
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