Barrerite - Roky Pass - Kuju Island - Sitka Borough - Alaska - USA
(#MINS9230)
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:37 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm long
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 18 mm
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Leightonite, Salvadora mine, Caracoles, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9238)
Nice crystals cluster of light blu leightonite crystals up to 1.5 mm on porphyric matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:32mm x 20 mm x 23 mm
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Tarbuttite- Kabwe Mine, Kabwe, Zambia (TL)
(#MINS9237)
Cluster featuring pearl white Tarbuttite xls, quite well defined up to 2 mm.
Tarbuttite is a rare zinc phosphate, and this specimen is from the type Locality.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:42mm x 26 mm x 15 mm
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Bultfonteinite with Olmiite - N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS9231)
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:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Whewellite - Paitzdorf - Ronnenburg - U Deposit - Gera - Thuringia - Germany
(#MINS9232)
Whewellite xl 1,1 cm tall,from the classic and old locality for which this specie it is most famous.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:1,1 cm tall
Overall size:9mm x 3 mm x 11 mm
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Vaesite - Ca' dei Ladri, Gaggio Montano, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(#MINS9240)
Classic minute, metallic, bronze, geminated crystal of Vaesite 1 mm wide on white matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 27 mm
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Arsentsumebite - Tsumeb Mine - Otjikoto Region - Namibia
(#MINS9233)
Bright green Arsentsumebite in microcrystals aggregates on matrix. A rare arsenates.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:aggregates micro-xls
Overall size:31mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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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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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS9226)
Cluster of very sharp Bastnäsite-(Ce) crystals 8 mm in width between transparent and translucent, with orangey color set on contrasting dolomite matrix.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 20 mm x 24 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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Onoratoite - Le Cetine di Cotorniano Mine - Rosia-Chiusdino - Siena Prov. - Tuscany - Italy (Type Locality)
(#MINS9221)
Acicular xls of Onoratoite up to 2 mm richly set on on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 23 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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Columbite-(Fe) - Analalava District, Sofia Region, Mahajanga (Majunga) Province, Madagascar
(#MINS9211)
Interesting specimen with black metallic columbite crystals up to 3,0 cm long.
Specimen weight:205 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 48 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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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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Rutile var. sagenite on hematite - Novo Horizonte - Bahia - Brazil
(#MINS9206)
Specimen with golden rutile needle in "six star" formation up to 1,0 cm wide sticking up off shiny central hematite crystals .
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1,0 cm long
Overall size:32mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Leucite - Roccamonfina, Roccamonfina Volcanic Complex, Caserta, Campania, Italy
(#MINS9210)
Trapezohedral Leucite crystals up to 1,4 wide with cream color on volcanic matrix. Embedded in the Leucite black augite in association.
Specimen weight:114 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,4 cm
Overall size:75mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Vesuvianite - Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
(#MINS9204)
Cluster of bright "root beer" Vesuvianite xls up to 1,8 cm long set on rodingite matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,8 cm long
Overall size:44mm x 22 mm x 30 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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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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Cervandonite-(Ce) - Mount Cervandone, Baceno, Devero Alp, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy (Type Locality)
(#MINS9185)
Cluster of this rare Si-Arsenate, containing several rare hearth, in the classic rosette shape.
Typical material of alpine fissure and type locality!
Specimen weight:96 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm wide
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 25 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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Pyrargirite with Proustite on Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#MINS9197)
Pyrargirite xl 1, 0 cm in size with Proustite xl of 5 mm on Rhodochrosite on matrix.
Specimen weight:187 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:80mm x 42 mm x 40 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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Native Lead Pb - Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
(#MINS9201)
Dark gray crystals of native lead form a stalactite-like vertical cluster.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:23mm x 13 mm x 27 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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Rosasite with Aurichalcite - Sounion, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9192)
Azure spheres of Rosasite with many green Aurichalcite crystals in association.
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:57mm x 50 mm x 27 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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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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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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Ludwigite - Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#MINS9176)
Specimen rich of black tufts of ludwigite in acicular and bright crystals up to 3 mm. A rare alpine find.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:78mm x 40 mm x 26 mm
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Isoferroplatinium - Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Ayano-Maysky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
(#MINS9170)
Interpenetrant cubes of Platinum.
The weight of the sample is 0,7 grams.
Specimen weight:0 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:6mm x 4 mm x 3 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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Fluoro-Leakeite - Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Jönköping County, Sweden (TL)
(#MINS9175)
Bluish crystals of fluoro-leakeite up to 4 mm from the type locality.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:37mm x 22 mm x 6 mm
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Pyrosmalite-(Mn) - Takanosu mine, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
(#MINS9169)
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (manganpyrosmalite) crystals up to 3 mm.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:20mm x 18 mm x 20 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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Bromargyrite - Commercial Cramer Mine, Mimbres mines group, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
(#MINS9167)
Greenish bromargyrite on matrix.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:33mm x 22 mm x 32 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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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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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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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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Rouaite - Tenke Mine, Tenke-Fungurume area, Lualaba, DR Congo
(#MINS9163)
Aggregate of thick, greenish-blue, tabular crystals of Rouaite up to 5 mm on a red cuprite matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 24 mm x 15 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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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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Guimarãesite with Childrenite,/Eosphorite - Piauí valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil (TL)
(#MINS9150)
Specimen with Guimarãesite (TL) xls and Eeosphorite/Childrenite up to 1,2 cm in association on albite matrix.Very interesting combo- Former S.Maggia collection.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:36mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Faujasite-Na, phillipsite and offretite - Limberg quarries - Sasbach - Kaiserstuhl - Baden-Württemberg - Germany (TL)
(#MINS9165)
The surfaceof the vugs of this specimen are covered by several octahedrycal minicrystals of Faujasite-Na, a rare zeolite from the type locality.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Iranite - Santa Ana mine, Tocopilla District, Antofagasta Region
(#MINS9151)
Sharp rare bladed brown Iranite xl 5 mm wide with orange small orange Wulfenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 35 mm
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Lorandite (TL) and Realgar - Crven Dol Mine, Allchar, Kavadarci, Macedonia
(#MINS9159)
Specimen with bloody red xls of Lorandite up to 1 mm in size from the Lorandite type locale.
Rare tallium specie !!
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:32mm x 21 mm x 17 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS9156)
Cluster of apple-green Agardite-(Ce) with dark green Cornwallite in association on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:37mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Caledonite - Baccu Locci Mine, Villaputzu, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9157)
Old Classic. Blue green Caledonite xls up to 1 mm.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 27 mm x 30 mm
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Bixbyite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS9158)
Group of very sharp Bixbyite crystals, of cubic habit, very bright to 4 mm in Manganese matrix.
Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:to 4 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 18 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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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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Harmotome - St Andreasberg, Braunlage, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany (TL)
(#MINS9138)
A classic (it's from the Type Locality), old-time specimen of lustrous, pearlescent harmotome crystals to , on matrix, from St Andreasberg in the Harz Mountains of Germany.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm wide
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 28 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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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9141)
Salmon-pink color vayrynenite crystal 1,4 cm tall from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:1,4 cm tall
Overall size:3mm x 1 mm x 14 mm
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Sturmanite - N' Chwaining II Mine - Kuruman - South Africa
(#MINS9147)
Cluster of big hexagonal prismatic pagoda-like brown xls of Sturmanite up to 2,0 cm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 cm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 18 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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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
(#MINS9136)
An aesthetic plate covered with lustrous, translucent, sunflower-yellow pyromorphite crystals up to 3-4 mm from the famous Bunker Hill mine.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 10 mm
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Smithsonite - Kelly mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA
(#MINS9137)
Specimen with intense blue/green Smithsonite in botryoidal mass from this classic locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:51mm x 38 mm x 14 mm
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Prehnite - Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania
(#MINS9135)
Spheroidal growth of Prehnite crystals with perfect terminations, translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense yellow color, on graphite matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Upto 2,6 cm
Overall size:36mm x 25 mm x 40 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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Sideronatrite - Barranca del Cobre, Mejillones peninsula, Mejillones, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8889)
Specimen filled with deep yellow-orange sideronatrite xls up to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:48mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Montgomeryite - Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
(#MINS8912)
Cluster of Montogomeryite crystals up to 1-1.5 mm richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to1.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 18 mm
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Silver on Arsenic - Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9127)
East German classics.Dendritic growths of strongly elongated native Silver twinned crystals that conserve very fresh surfaces contrasting with the black Arsenic matrix. ....
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm long
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Dioptase - Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS9125)
A fine thumb of Dioptase crystals representative of this classic locality. The crystals , up to 1,0 cm long, have superb luster and a rich deep green color.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:25mm x 16 mm x 15 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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Villiaumite - Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9134)
Cluster of deep wine-red Villiaumite crystals up to 1,6 cm with pectolite in association.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 1,6 cm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 38 mm
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Inesite - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9131)
Specimen of this classic from the Kalahari manganese fields. It features rich sphere up to 10 mm and sprays crystals up to 7 mm, of deep salmon color on matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to mm 7 wide
Overall size:63mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Cafarsite - Wanniglescher, Cherbadung Binnatal, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9124)
Specimen with a very sharp cubic-octahedral crystals up to 6 mm wide aesthetically perched on matrix. Cafarsite is a rare calcium, titanium, iron, and manganese, arsenate.From the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:38mm x 21 mm x 8 mm
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