Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9225)
A sharp complex translucent intense blue boleite crystal on anglesite. Superb thumbnail, great colour. Unusual to find boleite crystals on anglesite matrix.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:4,5x4 mm
 Overall size:16mm x 8 mm x 9 mm
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Legrandite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9224)
Group of prismatic yellow crystals of legrandite up to 7 mm on limonitic matrix. Rare and showy.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:32mm x 8 mm x 26 mm
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Allanite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9227)
A well shaped 6 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:15 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm tall
Overall size:27mm x 18 mm x 24 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9228)
Crystals of amber yellow Monazite up to 2.5 mm aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm wide
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 18 mm
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Tetrahedrite - Wildermann Mine, Ferndorf, Kreuztal, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
(#MINS9223)
Cluster of metallic-bright tetrahedrite crystals richly set on matrix from an old german mine with original label of "Staatl Mineralien-Niederlage Frieberg, SA".
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:73mm x 46 mm x 27 mm
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Elbaite - Beni Bouzra, Chefchaouen Province, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Region, Morocco
(#MINS9219)
Nice prismatic xsl of Elbaite up to 6 mm tall, green-brownish, well terminated and vertically striated, set on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:67mm x 30 mm x 57 mm
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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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Manganvesuvianite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS9212)
Very nice bright maroon/red prisms up to 5 mm richly cover this specimen. Likely from the 2002 original find.
Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 25 mm
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Spinel - Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9222)
Deep blue Spinel octahedron crystals up to 6 mm on white Calcite matrix.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:37mm x 26 mm x 26 mm
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Fluorite - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#MINS9207)
This specimen offer very nice pink fluorite xls up to 4 mm on albite matrix with smoky quartz in associaton.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 27 mm
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Fluorite - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#MINS9216)
This specimen offer very nice pink fluorite xls up to 3 mm on albite matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:36mm x 34 mm x 21 mm
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Spessartine - Praborna Mine, Servette-Chuc mining complex, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#MINS9209)
Orange spessartine up to 3 mm on quartz matrix from this old alpine manganese deposit locality.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:up to 3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 37 mm
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Quartz var. Faden Growth - Dara Ismael Khan District . Waziristan - Pakistan
(#MINS7543)
Cluster of transparent colorless quartz crystals in parallel faden-growth up to 3,3 cm tall.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4,5 cm x 2 cm
Overall size:35mm x 70 mm x 34 mm
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Andradite - Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#14537_ANDR_DANI)
Superb yellow-green Andradite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 15 mm
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Grossular, Clinochlore - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#14525_GROS_DANI)
Nice red Grossular xx with light green Diopside xx and Clinochlore xx. A classic.
Specimen weight:127 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Quartz, Epidote - San Felipe, Cascas, La Libertad, Peru
(#12924_QUAR_DANI)
Superb combo! Red Quartz crystals cluster and green epidote.
Specimen weight:67 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Stilbite, Stellerite - Malmberget, Gällivare, Lappland, Sweden
(#12921_STIL_DANI)
This is a cute swedish classic. Stellerite xx and Stilbite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Adamite (Var: Manganese-bearing Adamite) - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9190)
Sample with Manganoan Adamite crystals up to 7 mm, purple in the terminations, very glossy. on limonitic matrix. Found in the 80's, it's in very good conditions.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:45mm x 44 mm x 37 mm
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Nadorite - Hammam N'Bails - Djebel Nador - Costantine Province - Algerien (Type Locality)
(#MINS9195)
Specimen rich of tabular golden brown crystals of rare Nadorite up to 5 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:26mm x 22 mm x 28 mm
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Dufrenoysite - Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9186)
Group of elongated gray-metallic crystals of Dufrenoysite up to 4 mm long on dolomite matrix.A classic.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Eudidymite - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9188)
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:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,5 cm tall
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 14 mm
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Epididymite with Aegirine - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9188)
This is a very nice association specimen of pearly, translucent, bladed, well-formed epididymite with black aegirine crystals from the famous Mount Malosa locality in Malawi.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:5,5 cm wide
Overall size:28mm x 5 mm x 55 mm
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Tourmaline var. Elbaite and Quartz - Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9193)
Cluster of green Elbaite xls up to 3,6 cm tall fully terminated with clear biterminated quartz crystal 4,7 cm wide. Showy.
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,6 cm tall
Overall size:43mm x 47 mm x 55 mm
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Aschamalmite - Nasenkopf mountain, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
(#MINS9194)
Aschamalmite xls in Quartz.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:44mm x 22 mm x 18 mm
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Spessartine - Tongbei, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou area, Fujian - East Region - China
(#MINS9187)
Cluster of nicely scattered with gemmy orange red transparent to translucent lustrous spessartine crystals , these averaging 6-7 mm .A showy piece.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6/7 mm
Overall size:70mm x 54 mm x 20 mm
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Andradite var. Melanite - Sokolovskoe Iron Mine, Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan
(#MINS9189)
Black Melanites up to 1,0 cm with razor-sharp crystallization and mirror luster.
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:50mm x 33 mm x 36 mm
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Sideronatrite - Barranca del Cobre, Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9202)
Specimen filled with deep yellow-orange sideronatrite xls up to 1-2 mm.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 25 mm
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Columbite-(Fe) - Piano del Lavonchio, Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9198)
Prismatic elongated black crystals of columbite-(Fe) 7 mm long on pegmatite matrix.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm long
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Ktenasite- Trentini Mine, Contrada Trentini, Monte Naro - Riolo Valley side, Monte Naro, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
(#MINS9203)
Greenish-blue sub-mm crystals of tabular ktenasite crystals set on matrix,
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:54mm x 45 mm x 18 mm
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Colemanite - Mustafakemalpasha Mine - Bursa Province - Marmara Region - Turkey
(#MINS7816)
An excellent group of twinned crystals up to 8 mm, very bright and with a notable zonation of its color between its center, of burned-honey color, and the zones near the edges, completely clear.
Specimen weight:69 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:47mm x 37 mm x 30 mm
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Senarmontite (TL) - Djebel Hammimat mine, Ain Babouche, Constantine Province, Algerien
(#13255_SENA_DANI)
Very nice rare and historical senarmontite xx cluster.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Vesuvianite - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12822a_VESU_DANI)
Gemmy bicolored vesuvianite xx cluster.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:33mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Pyrolusite - Montels, Saint-Girons, Ariège, Occitanie, France
(#11602_PYRO_DANI)
Very nice bright metallic pyrolusite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Lorenzenite - N'orkpakhk Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9181)
Crystals of deep brown Lorenzenite up to 16x14 mm, very weel defined, esthetically set on matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 16x14 mm
Overall size:60mm x 34 mm x 28 mm
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Lollingite - Cruvin mine, Bruzolo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9184)
Cluster of metallic lead grey Lollingite crystals up to 1.5 mm n rosettes richly cover the matrix.
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm wide
Overall size:32mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Zapatalite with Libethenite - Miguel Vacas Mine, Nossa Senhora da Conceição e São Bartolomeu, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
(#MINS9182)
Blue Zapatelite with beautiful dark green Libethenite xls up to 2 mm in association.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:62mm x 20 mm x 36 mm
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Niocalite - Bond zone - Oka complex - Oka - Deux-Montagnes RCM - Laurentides - Québec - Canada (Type Locality)
(#MINS9177)
Specimen rich of yellowish colored crystal of Niocalite up to 7 mm, a rare silicate of niobium, is in good evidence over the matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:54mm x 42 mm x 30 mm
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Apjohnite with Rhodochrosite - Manuelita mine, Morococha Distr., Yauli Prov., Junin - Perù
(#MINS9179)
White, silky, elongated crystals of Apjohnite 2-3 mm wide on Rhodochrosite matrix.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm wide
Overall size:48mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Sulphur - Perticara Mine, Novafeltria, Rimini Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(#MINS9183)
Nice xls of Sulfur, which show a classic bi-pyramidal habit and very good brightness and transparence.
The cluster is a floater and has no matrix.....
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm wide
Overall size:43mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Cavansite - Wagholi quarry - Poona distr. - Maharastra state - India
(#GMA26027)
Over a carpet of minicrystals of stilbite there are two electric blue colored cherries of cavansite.
This species is increasingly rare to find on the market ...
Specimen weight:143 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:74mm x 61 mm x 35 mm
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Plagionite - Casualidad mine - Sierra Alhamilla - Almeria - Spain
(#GMA26025)
"Excellent specimen of palgionite , which is present mainly in the area circled in red in the photo.
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Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:78mm x 38 mm x 37 mm
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Pararealgar over realgar - Schimen mine - Hunan - China
(#GMA26024)
Yellow-orange crusts of pararealgar cover the surface: some red crystals of realgar are scattering put pf it.
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:74mm x 47 mm x 28 mm
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Dawsonite - Selvena - Gosseto prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GMA26020)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered by 'flowers' aggregates of dawsonite.
Specimen weight:345 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:110mm x 85 mm x 26 mm
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Chabazite – Ljosa quarry – Eidi – Eysturoy region - Faroer island
(#GMA26018)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered by big crystals of chabazite.
Specimen weight:410 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:77mm x 72 mm x 64 mm
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Carlfriesite - Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico (TL)
(#MINS9168)
Specimen with yellow Carlfriesite xls up to 0.8 mm richly set on matrix with green Tlapallite in association.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.8 mm wide
Overall size:35mm x 35 mm x 18 mm
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Ephesite - Gloucester mine, Gloucester Farm, Postmasburg manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa.
(#MINS9172)
Beautiful and lustrous crystals of the very rare red mica, Ephesite. This specimen, from the famous Postmasburg finds on a farm in the early 1980s, has mica books (up to 3 mm across) showing the classic pseudo-hexagonal cross-section of mica.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm wide
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Barysilite - Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
(#MINS9173)
White / pale yellowish crust of Barysilite on matrix.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 20 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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Lengenbachite with Dufrénoysite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9160)
Metallic, steel-gray Lengenbachite needles up to 0.8 mm in a vug of white contrasting dolomia matrix with Dufrénoysite xl 5 mm wide and Realgar in association, from the famous Swiss and type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:up to 0.8 mm
Overall size:42mm x 28 mm x 15 mm
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Buttgenbachite - Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9164)
Rare eletric blue Buttgenbachite xls up to 2.5 mm on matrix with malachite and cuprite in association.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Goldhillite -Tripoli Mine, Del Cura Ravine, Huércal de Almería, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
(#MINS9155)
Dark green Goldhillite xls with adamantine luster with Conichalcite and Malachite in association.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:43mm x 30 mm x 28 mm
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Pyrite - Valle Giove Stope - Rio Marina - Rio- Elba Island - Livorno Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GMA26012)
On a pinch of hematite matrix, a virtually perfect pentadodecahedral pyrite.
It actually consists of at least two crystals almost completely interpenetrating each other.
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 53 x 43
Overall size:53mm x 50 mm x 34 mm
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Pyromorphite - Grube Gute - Hoffnung - Eisel - Germany
(#GMA26011)
A carpet of small, bright green pyromorphite crystals completely covers the surface of this specimen.
From a find spme years ago in the Eisel area of Germany.
Using a magnifying glass, it's quite a sight!
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:30mm x 30 mm x 19 mm
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Fluorite - Poggio Balate - Termini Imerese - Palermo Prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GMA26009)
A typical fluorite specimen from this well-known Sicilian location.
The crystals are partially intertwined.
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 17
Overall size:76mm x 44 mm x 47 mm
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Pink dolomite and calcite - Zandobbio - Bergamo Prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GMA26008)
Above a carpet of small pinkish dolomite crystals covering the entire piece, numerous yellowish calcite crystals are clearly visible ...
Specimen weight:207 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:78mm x 60 mm x 53 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GMA26006)
Historic specimen with large, well-formed cerussite crystals clustered together on a small matrix.
It was surely mined before 1990: the tag reads Southwest Africa,"" the name the region had before it gained independence that year.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:50mm x 42 mm x 37 mm
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Fuchsite - Jacobina Gold District - Bahia - Brazil
(#GMA26002)
The surface of the specimen is almost completely covered with dark green fuchsite flakes.
It is also partially crystallized on the reverse side.
Fuchsite is a greenish, Cr-bearing variety of muscovite
Specimen weight:183 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:80mm x 67 mm x 41 mm
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Braunite (TL) - Oehrenstock, Langewiesen, Ilmenau, Ilm District, Thuringia, Germany
(#11409_BRAU_DANI)
Rare! Well shaped braunite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:69 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Barstowite - Baratti, Piombino, Tuscany, Italy
(#11406_BARS_DANI)
Rare! Yellow acicular barstowite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:< 1mm
Overall size:15mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Chabazite-Na (TL) (aka Herschelite),Aci Castello, Sicily, Italy
(#11349_HERS_DANI)
Nice colorless herschelite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:61 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Slavikite (TL) - Valachov hill, Rakovnìk district, Central Bohemian, Czech Rep.
(#11228_SLAV_DANI)
Rare pale yellow-green slavikite xx on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 10 mm
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Aikinite altered to Bismutite with Gold - Ekateringburg, Berezovsk deposit, Beryozovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9154)
Aikinite xls partly altered to Bismutite up to 5 mm with native gold xls up to 1 mm in association on quartz matrix. A rarely seen specimen.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Gold - Brusson Mine, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#FERR1611)
A mass of native Gold is very well exposed on a chunk of matrix.
The Gold spot covers an area of around 2 cm.
Native gold is not that common in Italy and the Brusson mone is the best known locale for it.
Excellent locality sample!
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Cobaltite - Traversella Mine, lev. 860, Val Chiusella, Torino, Italy
(#FERR1609)
Specimen rich in Cobaltite, featuring also clean christals with evident shape and faces.
From a unique finding occurred at the mine almost 30 years after its closure.
Specimen weight:83 gr.
Crystal size:0.2 cm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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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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Bariopharmacosiderite with Agardite- Grube Clara, Oberwolfach, Baden Wuerttenberg, Germany
(#MINS9142)
Excellent sample of Bariofarmocaosiderite in clean, lustrous pseudocubic reddish-brown xls, scattered on matrix.
Classic german stuff!
Former Klaus Petitjean collection, year 1985
Specimen weight:123 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:56mm x 50 mm x 30 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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Cuprian Austinite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9143)
Superb rare cuprian austinite with vivid green color on limonitic matrix.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:57mm x 57 mm x 37 mm
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Georgiadesite with Paralaurionite - Vrysaki Point slag locality, Velatouri, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece (TL)
(#MINS9148)
Very rare monoclinic georgiadesite crystal 1.5 mm wide with paralaurionite xls in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1.5
Overall size:32mm x 14 mm x 22 mm
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Uvarovite - Outokumpu Cu-Zn deposit - Outokumpu Cu-Co-Zn-Ni-Ag-Au ore field - North Karelia - Finland
(#MINS9152)
This old specimen comes from the legendary Outokumpu Uvarovite Garnet locality.
It shows a dark green colored crystal of uvarovite 6 mm wide on quartz matrix.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:17mm x 14 mm x 15 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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Mansfieldite - Djebel Debagh mine - Guelma - Guelma prov. - Algeria
(#MINS9140)
Nice specimen of this rare arsenate of aluminium, with well shaped green coloured crystals over the surface.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Ludlamite - Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
(#MINS9153)
A sharp apple-green crystal 10 mm wide set nicely on matrix. Classic material from this noted locale.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 12 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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Kutnohorite - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9139)
Cluster of Kutnohorite xls up to 10 mm with intense pink in color from the famous Wessels Mine of South Africa.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:20mm x 11 mm x 12 mm
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Haüyne, Augite, Titanite - Niedermendig, Eifel Volcanos, Rhineland,Palatinate - Germany
(#12061_HAUY_DANI)
This specimen features several pale blue, gemmy crystals of Hauyne perched in several vugs of typically matrix.
Specimen weight:74 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 39 mm x 45 mm
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Metavoltine - Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
(#11977_META_DANI)
Specimen sporting yellowish-brown metavoltine xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:42mm x 38 mm x 30 mm
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Dumortierite - Ambositra District, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
(#11313_DUMO_DANI)
Somethng really rarely seen. Dumortierite in xx!!!
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 30 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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Delhayelite - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, ,Murmansk, Russia
(#11321_DELH_DANI)
Very nice metallic lollingite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:40 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Sulphur - Niccioletta mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Toscana, Italia
(#FERR1607)
Sulphurs in Italy are surely first associated with Sicily, but there are also others less known localities where good specimens have been found. In this case, an excellent oldtimer from the "colline metallifere" in Tuscany, featuring ...
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 25 mm
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Gold - Is Concas, Furtei mine, Furtei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#FERR1606)
Micro cristalline spongy mass of native Gold well set in small vugs in the enargite matrix.
From workings done over a very short period around 1990 at this small sardinian mine.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:27mm x 25 mm x 12 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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Geocronite - Pollone Mine, Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1599)
A mass of lead grey Geocronite is set in a vug among clear Quartz xls. In the front side of the specimen, The Geocronite is well shaped showing the faces of the Xl.
Extremely rare!
Specimen weight:104 gr.
Crystal size:0.6 cm
Overall size:60mm x 30 mm x 42 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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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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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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