Veszelyite - Laochang Mine, Gejiu Co., Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China
(#MINS9312)
Veszelyite in bright eletric blue crystals up to 2.5 mm scattered on matrix.
Rare specie, known in only few locales in the world.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9303)
Specimen with Gold in blades up to 2 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Hubnerite and quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine - Pasto Bueno - Pampas Distr. - Pallasca Prov. - Ancash - Perù
(#MINS9301)
Nice black Hubnerite crystals up to 3,4 cm tall with reddish reflections set nicely on quartz xl.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 cm
Overall size:35mm x 28 mm x 38 mm
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Tetrahedrite - Casapalca - Chicla Distr. - Huarochiri prov. - Lima - Perù
(#GMA26055)
A dense carpet of large black Tetrahedrite crystals entirely covers the surface of this specimen.
A few small brown Pyrite crystals peek through here and there.
Numerous small colored by brownish oxides Calcite crystals,, scatter over ...
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:105mm x 80 mm x 38 mm
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Stibnite, Cinnabar, Quartz - Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
(#15794_STIB_DANI)
Superb trio from an unsual locality. Very nice stibnite xx, with cinnaber xx and quartz xx.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Cinnabar, Dolomite - Tongren mine, Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
(#14566_CINN_DANI)
Nice deep red Cinnabar xx on matrix with Dolomite xx.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Quartz - Scrava mine, Statale, Liguria, Italy
(#12704_QUAR_DANI)
Nice pink red quartz crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm
Overall size:30mm x 10 mm x 15 mm
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Baryte - Sa' Corona e Sa' Craba - Barbusi -Carbonia (SU) - Sardegna
(#GMA26047)
Large, pale blue, lamellar Baryte crystals rise from the matrix of this specimen.
They are dotted with white calcite bubbles ...
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40
Overall size:75mm x 63 mm x 70 mm
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Falkmanite - Bayerland mine, Pfaffenreuth, Leonberg, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9292)
Dark gray-metallic fibrous crystals of Falkmanite up to 8 mm wide on quartz matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Veszelyite - Laochang ore field, Gejiu Co., Yunnan, China
(#17586_VESZ_DANI)
Very nice deep blue Veszelyite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 15 mm x 10 mm
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Roweite xx, Olshanskyite xx- Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Inner Mongolia, China
(#17501_ROWE_DANI)
Very nice rare Roweite xx on matrxi with minor Olshanskyite xx.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Calcite xx, Pyrite xx, Arsenopyrite xx - Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
(#13887_CALC_DANI)
Classic trio from the locale. Of note the pyrite xx scattered on the calcite xx surfaces.
Specimen weight:118 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm on edge
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Rhodonite with quartz - Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy
(#MINS9280)
Very nice specimen with intense orange-red color Rhodonite xls up to 2 mm set on black manganoan matrix with quartz xls in association.
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Roscoelite in quartz - Brazil
(#MINS9275)
Pearly Roscoelite inclusions in smocky quartz. Roscoelite is a valid Ima specie that belongs to the mica group. Ex. F. Bedognè collection with label.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:40x27x57 mm
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 57 mm
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Hubnerite and quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine - Pasto Bueno - Pampas Distr. - Pallasca Prov. - Ancash - Perù
(#GMA26032)
Numerous black Hubnerite crystals are randomly arranged on this specimen, along with several clear Quartz crystals.
A high quality, rare and aestethic !
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 17
Overall size:46mm x 33 mm x 31 mm
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Cinnabar over dolomite - Tongren mine - Guizhou prov. - China
(#GMA26029)
Clear, shiny, dark red Cinnabar crystals are partially embedded in the light-colored Dolomite.
It's glued to the plastic base, but it could be easily removed.
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:62mm x 51 mm x 53 mm
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Roselite, Calcite - Agoudal, Bou Azer district, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
(#14992_ROSE_DANI)
Beatifull combo offering deep magenta nice roselite xx with water clear calcite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Calcite - Wessels mine, KMF - South Africa
(#13240_CALC_DANI)
Tiny but wonderfull geminate double terminated calcite xx of superb luster.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:10mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Smoky gwindel Quartz - Aiguille Verte, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
(#12731_QUAR_DANI)
Superb smoky quartz gwindel with a nice light green chlorite patina.
Specimen weight:326 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:120mm x 80 mm x 40 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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Kutnohorite with Manganoan Calcite, N'Chwaning III mine, KMF, North Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9229)
Very nice kutnohorite crystals with pink fluorescent manganoan calcite.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 20 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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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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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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Smoky Quartz, Axinite - Aiguilles Grises ridge, Miage Glacier, Monte Bianco massif, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12817_QUAR_DANI)
Very rare! Axinite xx on gemmy smoky Quartz xx.
Specimen weight:166 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm (a), 25 mm (q)
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 30 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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Prase quartz and hematite - Serifos island - Attica - Greece
(#MINS9196)
Cluster of dark green crystals of prase quartz xls up to 5,0 cm tall from a classic location.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5,0 cm tall
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 70 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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Quartz - Miage glacier, Veny Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12820_QUAR_DANI)
Superb ialine quartz crystals of very high luster. 1992 find
Specimen weight:326 gr.
Crystal size:80 mm
Overall size:110mm x 80 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz - Miage glacier, Veny Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12819_QUAR_DANI)
Superb ialine quartz crystals of very high luster. 1970 find
Specimen weight:377 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:80mm x 90 mm x 80 mm
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Quartz - Miage glacier, Veny Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12818_QUAR_DANI)
Superb ialine quartz crystals of very high luster.
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:105mm x 90 mm x 45 mm
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Gaidonnayite (TL), Quartz - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#11797_GAID_DANI)
Rare colorless gaidonnayite xx on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm (g) 40 mm (q)
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Pargasite - Pargas (Parainen), Turku-Pori, Länsi-Suomen Lääni, Finland (TL)
(#MINS9180)
Dark green Pargasite to 2,4 cm tall are scattered throughout this massive calcite matrix. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:95 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,4 cm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 33 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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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9161)
Specimen rich of Gold in wire crystals up to 3 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:up to 3 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Gold - Brusson mine - Brusson - Ayas Valley - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#MINS9162)
Specimen rich of Gold in wire crystals up to 4 mm on quartz matrix.In this italian alpine mine now is strongly forbidden to go to search: no more specimens will be found there.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:18mm x 15 mm x 10 mm
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Phosphophyllite - Hagensdorf Sud - Oberpfalz - Bayern - Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9166)
A set of light blue, gemmy Phosphophyllites lying on a Quartz matrix with white Sholzite in association. Hagendorf is the Type Locality for Phosphophyllite, which was discovered in 1920. ..
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2.5 mm wide
Overall size:40mm x 38 mm x 18 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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Babingtonite and Quartz, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
(#9969b_BABI_DANI)
Rare indian babingtonite on matrix.
Specimen weight:108 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 45 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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Cinnabar - San Martino sul Fiora Mine, San Martino sul Fiora, Manciano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1608)
Oldtimer of Cinnabar featuring clean red aggregates of micro crystals scattered on matrix, associated with white Dolomite in distorted rombohedra and colourless Quartz.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:72mm x 37 mm x 22 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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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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Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine, Linxi, Inner Mongolia, China
(#12062_OLSH_DANI)
Superb yet large very rare Olshanskyite crystals on matrix. This is a good as it can get.
Specimen weight:264 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Löllingite - Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia Aut. Region, China
(#11104_LOLL_DANI)
Very nice metallic lollingite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:678 gr.
Crystal size:25 mm
Overall size:86mm x 60 mm x 60 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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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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Fenster quartz - Porretta Terme - Alto Reno Terme - Bolgna Prov, - - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
(#GM25044)
Typical fenster quartz from this famopus italian locality.
It's composed by some crystals that are embraced together.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:56mm x 33 mm x 33 mm
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Gilmarite - Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8904)
Gilmarite in blue rosettes xls up to 1 mm scattered in vugs of matrix with green Conicalcite in association .A rare copper arsenate. Ex Sandro Maggia coll.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 28 mm
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Fluorapatite - Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
(#MINS9126)
Sample with well-exposed hexagonal crystals of fluorapatite on matrix with muscovite and quartz xls in association. The crystals has a very good luster and a green color.
Specimen weight:78 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm wide
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 33 mm
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Franklinite - Sterling Mine -Sterling Hill - Ogdensburg - Franklin Mining distr. - Sussex Co. - New Jersey - USA
(#MINS9133)
Cluster of octahedral xls of Franklinite up to 1,7 cm with on calcite matrix. A classic from the type locality.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,7 cm
Overall size:35mm x 15 mm x 35 mm
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Fluorite with quartz - Riemvasmaak fluorite occurrences - Kakamas - ZF Mgcawu distr. - Northern Cape prov. - South Africa
(#MINS9114)
intense green colored and semitransparent Fluorite crystal with quartz xls in association
A classic specimen from this south african locality.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:2,7 x 2,3 cm
Overall size:38mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Quartz - Porretta Terme, Emilia Romagna, Italy
(#12524_QUAR_DANI)
Fantastic fenster quartz floater. Free from damage.
Specimen weight:273 gr.
Crystal size:50 mm biterminated
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz - Scrava mine, Statale, Liguria, Italy
(#12483_QUAR_DANI)
Nice pink red quartz crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Genthelvite, Quartz - Huanggang mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
(#12472_GENT_DANI)
Very nice darrk brown huge Genthelvite xx on phrase Quartz.
Specimen weight:195 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm on edge
Overall size:75mm x 60 mm x 40 mm
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Hematite roses and Quartz - Galmihorn, Reckingen, Goms, ,Valais, Switzerland
(#12815_HEMA_DANI)
Classic super nice hamatite rosetes. A swiss alps classic. 1978 find.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm (e), 20 mm (q)
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Spessartine garnet - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - Zhangzhou pref. - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM25032)
The surface of this druse is densely covered with large and small spessartine garnets, that have a very dark brown color.
Some are so dark that they look like ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:100mm x 100 mm x 52 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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Calcite psd Aragonite - Cozzo Disi mine, Casteltermini, Sicily, Italy
(#12476_ARAG_DANI)
Classic sicilian combo belonging to the past. This specimen offer nice and large calcite psd aragonite.
Specimen weight:1180 gr.
Crystal size:26 mm on edge
Overall size:190mm x 155 mm x 65 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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Linarite - King Arthur Mine, Arriana, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
(#MINS9090)
Aggregates of very sharp, brilliant, acicular Linarite crystals with very bright color. In a limonite matrix with Quartz, Brochantite growths, and an unknown light blue species, probably Caledonite.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:37mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Amazonite (var. of microcline) – Tingir Distr. - Gilgit-Baltistan – Pakistan
(#GM25023)
Large but not well formed green crystal of amazonite, a variety of microcline.
On the crystal there are dark and massive traces of smoky quartz and schorl.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:55mm x 37 mm x 40 mm
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Millerite - Ca' dei Ladri (Silla) - Gaggio Montano - Bologna prov. - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
(#GM25022)
20 mm long millerite needle is clearly visible on the surface of this sample.
It emerges from a crystal of hyaline quartz ...
Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:62mm x 30 mm x 50 mm
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Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12720_FLUO_DANI)
Very nice pink fluorite xx with quartz xx
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 36 mm
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Pyrochlore Group - Vishneye Mts - Cheluyabinsk Oblast - Russia
(#MINS9065)
Several brown colored and semitransparent crystals of pyrochlore are visible over this specimen, for a strong contrast with the withish bulky calcite ...
Specimen weight:320 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:73mm x 67 mm x 45 mm
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Calcite - Daye Co., Hubei Province, China
(#MINS9083)
Stunning deep orange-yellow gemmy calcite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:75mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Plancheite, Calcite and Malachite - Tantara mine, Shinkolobwe, Haut Katanga, Democratic Rep. of Congo
(#12418_PLAN_DANI)
Very nice light blue plancheite spherules with calcite and malachite.
Specimen weight:97 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 52 mm x 50 mm
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Shattuckite on quartz - Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region - Namibia
(#MINS9068)
Deep blue needles of Shattuckite on quartz contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:143 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:78mm x 42 mm x 42 mm
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Quartz and fuchsite - Ihovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
(#MINS9062)
Very nice small cabinet with transparent hyalin quartz xls up to 3,0 cm tall with green 'phantom' intrusions of fuchsite.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 33 mm
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Shinichengite - Shijiangshan mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China (TL)
(#MINS9066)
Globular aggregates of pale pink crystals of shinichengite up to 3 mm from the type locality with fluorapophyllite-(K) in association.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:20mm x 14 mm x 32 mm
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Roweite with Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
(#MINS9067)
Superb combo offering both outstanding brown Roweite crystals to 10 mm. with colorless Olshanskyite crystals and magnetite in association.
Specimen weight:196 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:60mm x 55 mm x 45 mm
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Rhodochrosite - Huayllapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru
(#MINS9078)
Rhodochrosite xls up to 5 mm in quartz. Well crystallized sample.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 23 mm x 18 mm
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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM25003)
A large, semi-transparent, octahedral crystal of intense green color is flanked by another smaller one.
The main crystal is 75 mm. of size
They are placed on a white quartzite matrix, for a nice chromatic contrast.
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 75
Overall size:88mm x 80 mm x 58 mm
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Spessartine and smoky quartz - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM24116)
Several small, bright, orange-red spessartine crystals are visible at the tip of the specimen.
A black, bright smoky quartz crystal is present near them.
A few spessartine crystals have grown on them.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:41mm x 32 mm x 38 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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Epidote and calcite - Tormiq Valley - Pakistan
(#GM24086)
A big epidote crystal (28 mm.) is clearly visible on the surface of this cluster.
It is surrounded by numerous other smaller epidotes and white areas with calcite crystals ...
Specimen weight:760 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:100mm x 90 mm x 70 mm
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Cinnabar on dolomite - Tongren pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#MINS9044)
Evident dark red crystals of cinnabar are in good evidence over the white matrix of dolomite with quartz in association. Very aestethic !
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:55mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Vauxite with Metavauxite- Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
(#MINS9050)
Specimen with blue Vauxite and Metavauxite xls set on matrix with quartz. A fairly rare iron phosphate (and one of the very few blue iron-containing minerals)
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 23 mm
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Phlogopite - Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia
(#MINS9035)
Fine crystal grouping of micaceous brown phlogopite measuring 2.2 cm in height is set on calcite matrix with minor blue apatite in association. Complete all around - very nice for the species/locality.
Specimen weight:109 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm tall
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 55 mm
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Cassiterite and quartz - Viloco mine - Loayza Prov. - La Paz Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM24076)
Numerous black and brilliant crystals of cassiterite cover the surface of this specimen.
They are mixed with several milky quartzes, for a nice contrast of color.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:65mm x 43 mm x 37 mm
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Spessartine - Tongbei, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou area, Fujian - East Region - China
(#MINS9027)
Cluster of nicely scattered orange red lustrous spessartine crystals , these averaging 3-4 mm in size.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:67mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Calcite flowers San Giovanni Mine, Bindua, Iglesias, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9025)
Nice cluster of calcite "flower" xls up to 3,0 cm from a classic Sardinia lacality.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm
Overall size:67mm x 55 mm x 70 mm
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Luinaite-(OH) - Bald Hornet Prospect, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
(#MINS9003)
Sprays of Luinaite-(OH) in/on a nice quartz xl.Luinaite-(OH) is a very rare Tourmaline Group species, only found in about nine places in the world. The only reported locality for this species in North America is the Bald Hornet Claim.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:3-4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 14 mm x 37 mm
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Tinzenite - Molinello Mine - Graveglia Valley - Genoa Province - Ligury - Italy
(#MINS9002)
Specimen with orange lenticular crystals up to 4 mm wide with quartz xl in association.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Chalcopyrite with Quartz - Animón Mine, Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
(#MINS9018)
A nice, small cabinet specimen,with brassy Chalcopyrite xls up to 1,1 cm wide with water-clear quartz crystals in association.Specimens such as this came out in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Specimen weight:156 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:78mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Braunite - Praborna Mine, Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#FERR1598)
Well defined jet black crystals of braunite embedded in the massive quartz matrix but well exposed, whch is quite rare for this locale that represents one of the few where good braunite crystals have been found in Italy.
Specimen weight:245 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:80mm x 70 mm x 32 mm
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Elbaite - Forcel Rosso Gully, Mt. Foppa, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
(#FERR1593)
Nice prismatic xl of Elbaite, green-brownish, well terminated and vertically striated, set on a xl of Quartz.
Very unusual italian locality!
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:5mm
Overall size:26mm x 12 mm x 12 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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