Dadsonite xx - Saint-Pons area, Provence-Alps, France
(#11315_DADS_DANI)
Rare nice metallic acicular dadsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
 Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#MINS9121)
This specimen offer really nice chalcophyllite xls on matrix with eletric blue azurite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:41mm x 27 mm x 26 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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Axinite - Bourg d'Oisans,Haute Savoie, France
(#10522a_AXIN_DANI)
A classic. Nice axinite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:17 mm
Overall size:80mm x 25 mm x 45 mm
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Pharmacosiderite, Carminite, Malachite - Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#9947b_PHAR_DANI)
Nice creamy pharmacosiderite cubes with globular malachite and carminite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 23 mm
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Yvonite - Salsigne mine, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS9054)
Specimen richly covered with xls of blue Yvonite up to 1 mm with Geminite in association on decomposing Bismuth matrix, from the type locality of this rare specie.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS9031)
Very sharp cluster of translucet Bastnäsite-(Ce) xls 6 mm wide with orangey color set on contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 26 mm x 34 mm
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Allanite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9039)
Cluster of well shaped up to 9 mm crystals of this REE , perched in contrasting matrix from this classic locality. All former Allanites-Ce from Trimouns seem to be Dissakisite-Ce.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm tall
Overall size:38mm x 24 mm x 38 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9042)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 mm wide
Overall size:28mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Parisite-(Ce)/Sinchisite-(Ce) - Trimouns - Luzenac - Ariege - France
(#MINS9040)
At Trimouns, Parisite-(Ce) and Synchisite-(Ce) are often present within the same crystal. Analyses on lots of specimen have shown that in sharp terminated crystal parisite-(Ce) is more often the main mineral...
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm tall
Overall size:48mm x 33 mm x 26 mm
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Orthoserpierite - Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (TL)
(#MINS9033)
Cluster of blue xls of Orthoserpirite up to 1 mm from the type locality.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS8997)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:0,2 cm
Overall size:23mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8934)
Very nice glassy slighly reddish colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 3,5 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment. Former Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.Acquired in Chiavenna(SO) show year 1975.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 35 mm x 28 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 28 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS8860)
Very sharp Bastnäsite-(Ce) crystal 5 mm wide, between transparent and translucent, with orangey color set on matrix.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:55mm x 48 mm x 28 mm
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Sterryite - Pollone mine - Valdicastello Carducci - Pietrasanta - Apuan Alps - Lucca Province - Tuscany - Italy
(#MINS8439)
Several black thin needles of Sterryite are grown into quartz crystal in parallel formation.Probabily from the best find in the world of this rare sulphosalt !!
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Anapaite - Santa Barbara Mine, Santa Barbara lignite district, Upper Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8390)
A good rare sample, with green small crystals on the classic matrix. Ex Francesco Bedognè coll.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Sub-mm
Overall size:22mm x 22 mm x 19 mm
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Topaz - Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#MINS8425)
Radiating groups of long clear prismatic Topaz crystals in the cavity of a clay xenolith. Ex coll. Francesco Bedognè.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 21 mm x 19 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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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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Tyrolite - Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria
(#MINS8364)
Bright turquoise-blue clusters of tyrolite crystals cover multiple sides of the contrasting matrix on this piece from a classic Austrian locality.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) with Anatase - Karavannce deposit, Urals, sub Polar Region, Russian Federation
(#MINS8362)
A Monazite-(Ce) crystal with adamantine luster 4,5 mm wide is set nicely on matrix with Anatase 6 mm tall in assocation. Nice combo from a remote location. Ex Francesco Bedognè coll. n. 2003 with label.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:4,5 mm
Overall size:47mm x 37 mm x 25 mm
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Calcite, Barrage EDF, Pau, France
(#12092_CALC_DANI)
Very nice crystals of complex form and superb luster.
Specimen weight:111 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:95mm x 45 mm x 25 mm
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Fluorite and Quartz - Les Droites, Glacier de L'Argentier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
(#FERR1473)
Specimen featuring a rich coverage of clean octahedra of pink Fluorite, associated with some prismatic Quartz very transparent and slightly smoked.
A true classic from Alps!
Specimen weight:391 gr.
Crystal size:0,7 cm
Overall size:90mm x 80 mm x 55 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#9802_CHAL_DANI)
This specimen offer really superb chalcophyllite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 34 mm
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Anatase - Plan-du-Lac, Saint Christophe-en-Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#FERR1386)
Sharp xl of brown Anatase, well exposed on matrix.
Excellent luster and tranparence. A classic alpine specimen.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:0.4 cm
Overall size:54mm x 52 mm x 25 mm
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Axinite with Epidote - Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#BALD0575)
Group of nice, well formed and shiny crystals, with light pink color, in paragenesis with 8 mm Epidote. Classic Alpine's fissure mineral.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:52mm x 53 mm x 19 mm
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Anatase - La Lauzière massif - Savoie - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - France
(#GM18017)
over the bulky quartzitic matrix, that is covered by a green chloritic crust.
Some of them have an elongated shape.
One is covered by chlorite.
A group of colorless ...
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:52mm x 37 mm x 32 mm
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Fluorite - Les Rocs Quarry, Buxieres-les-Mines, Allier, Auvergne, France
(#FERR1282)
Good cluster of purple fluorite from a classic french locale, pretty well known for its "almost round" fluorite crystals. Limited production... Not easy to be found on the market.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 22 mm
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Bournonite - Saint-Pons - Ubaye valley - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
(#GM14097)
Some black crystals of bournonite are visible inside the vug of this specimen: this specie is not ...
Gmineral - Discount Gallery
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:21mm x 18 mm x 31 mm
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Olivenite - Mine du Cap Garonne, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#FERR0363)
Nice miniature, with rich coverage of sharp Olivenite xls showing the characteristic olive-green color.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:0,15 cm
Overall size:4 x 3,7 x 1,3 cm
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Owner : Rolando Minerals (Torino - Italy) 