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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Molybdenite - Perda de Pibera mine - Gonnosfanadiga - South Sardinia Prov. - - Sardinia - Italy
(#GMA26004)
A cluster of molybdenite crystals are clearly visible all around the matrix.
A sample so rich in crystals of this species is rare from Sardinia.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 14
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 40 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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Heterosite - Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
(#11328_HETE_DANI)
Nice purple heterosite on matrix.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 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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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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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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Minyulite - Ross Annibal mine, Black Hills, Lowrence County, South Dakota - USA
(#12057a_MINY_DANI)
Gorgeus stunningly xls rich minyulite specimen.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 20 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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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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Eudidymite - Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
(#MINS9123)
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:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,0 cm tall
Overall size:37mm x 25 mm x 45 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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Plimerite - Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (TL)
(#MINS9111)
Tiny olive green crystals of Plimerit from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:33mm x 23 mm x 10 mm
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Juonniite - Kovdor Massif, Murmanskaya Oblast', Northern Region, Russia (TL)
(#MINS9108)
Minute brownish colored spherical rare Juonnite xls up to 0.5 mm, in dolomite vugs from the type locality.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:0.5 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Almandine garnet - Timmelsjoch, Bozen, South Tirol, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy
(#11058_ALMA_DANI)
Large almandine garnet on mica schist.
Specimen weight:1832 gr.
Crystal size:30 mm
Overall size:145mm x 130 mm x 60 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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Lawsonite var. Chromian Lawsonite - Cape Marmari - Grammata Bay - Syros Island - Cyclade Island - Kyklαdes Pref. - Aegean Islands deptm. - Greece
(#MINS8976)
Several dark green crystals of this rare sorosilicate are spread over the surface of this specimen.
The unusual green colour is due because it's the 'Chromian' variety of lawsonite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Manganvesuvianite - N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF - S. Africa
(#MINS8977)
Very nice bright maroon/red prisms up to 6 mm that covers entirely this specimen. Likely from the 2002 original find.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:up to 9 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Mimetite - Mount Bonnie mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia
(#11840_MIME_DANI)
Superb yellow mimetie xx of textbook shape.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:48mm x 30 mm x 32 mm
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Analcime - Antrim Co., Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK
(#11667_ANAL_DANI)
Very nice irish analcime xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:49 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 50 mm
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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8926)
Fluellite is a rare hydrated phosphate. This active open pit phosphate mine is well-known for a wide variety of rare and unusual phosphates. Specimens of this size and richness are very uncommon from here.....
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 25 mm
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Goyazite - Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#MINS8937)
Rich specimen covered with sharp goyazite crystals to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 32 mm x 33 mm
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Sturmanite - N'Chwaning Mines - KMF - Northern Cape Prov. - South Africa
(#GM23066)
Over this sample, several areas are visible: they are completely covered by small shiny sturmanite crystals with a dark yellow-green color.
Sturmanite is an uncommon sulphate ...
Specimen weight:600 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:72mm x 72 mm x 57 mm
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Olmiite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality)
(#MINS8791)
Specimen with orange-pink glassy crystals up to 5 mm set on calcite xls. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:63 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 35 mm
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Calcite, sphalerite and pyrite Baccu Arrodas mine Muravera - Sarrabus - South Sardinia Prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM23021)
Historic sample from the former Stoppani collection with original label.
It's an aggregate of parallel, whitish calcite crystals.
The dark areas are covered by microcrystals of pyrite and by larger ones of sphalerite.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 63
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 63 mm
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Spessartine garnet and galena - North Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
(#MINS8587)
A cluster of gemmy and lustrous, deep cherry-red spessartine garnet crystals up to 6 mm beautifully nestled on massive galena matrix from the famous North Mine at Broken Hill.
Specimen weight:256 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 38 mm
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Jacobsite - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS8560)
Blackish, very lustrous Jacobsite in matrix up to 1 mm. Rare sample with sharp, well defined crystals on matrix with garnets in association.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:26mm x 17 mm x 12 mm
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Thomsonite - Antrim Co.,Northern Ireland, UK
(#11945_THOM_DANI)
Nice pale brown thomsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:56mm x 38 mm x 20 mm
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Duftite e coronadite - Sabine's Shaft - Mount Bonnie mine - Grove Hill - Victoria-Daly Region - Northern Territory - Australia
(#GM21037)
The surface of this cluster is covered by little, blak colored spheres of coronadite.
Among them there are some areas with greenish duftite: some of them are crystallized, others with a thin crust.
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:104mm x 55 mm x 44 mm
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Natrolite - Koashva Quarry, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
(#MINS8321)
Natrolite xls, well-terminated, with a pearly luster up to 2,7 cm tall.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,7 cm tall
Overall size:27mm x 22 mm x 32 mm
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Bultfonteinite and ettringite - N'Chwaning mines - Kuruman - Northern Cape - South Africa
(#GM20061)
This floater is completely made by evident, lilac colored crystals of bultfonteinite.
There are some colorless, little crystals of ettringite too, which ...
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 28 mm
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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8149)
Specimen rich of Fluellite xls up to 1,5 mm richly set on matrix.A classic Australian specimen.
Specimen weight:71 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Sincosite and Minyulite - Ross Annibal mine, B, South Dakota - Usa
(#10169_SINC_DAN)
Classic combo offering both sincosite and minyulite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 26 mm
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Quartz var. "Tiger Eye" - Cape Prov. - Southafrica
(#GM18062)
"Tiger eye" is a mixture of quartz and anphibole and is chatoyant because of parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that mostly turned ...
Specimen weight:520 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:82mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
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