Pentagonite - Wagholi quarry - Poona Distr. - Maharastra - India
(#GMA26093)
A tuft of electric blue Pentagonite needles rises from the pure white matrix, creating a striking color contrast.
Rare and elegant !
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
 Overall size:47mm x 32 mm x 40 mm
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Fluorapatite - Yates mine - Otter Lake - Pontiac RCM - Quebec - Canada
(#GMA26092)
Two large Fluorapatite crystals rise from the colored matrix.
Under long-wave UV light, they take on a reddish-brown color.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 23
Overall size:56mm x 21 mm x 37 mm
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Duftite su calcite - Tsumeb - Namibia
(#GMA26091)
A grass-green patina of small Duftite crystals almost entirely covers the white calcite crystals of this specimen.
Under a magnifying glass, it's a sight to behold!
Formerly from the Sandro Maggia collection ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:53mm x 50 mm x 43 mm
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Breunnerite (var. di magnesite - Passo diVizze (BZ) - Trentino-Alto Adige
(#GMA26090)
Numerous Breunnerite crystals are prominently displayed all around this specimen.
They offer a beautiful color contrast against the nearly white matrix.
Specimen weight:420 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:134mm x 65 mm x 40 mm
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Brochantite - Aouli - Midelt - Marocco
(#GMA26089)
Small aggregates of dark green Brochantite entirely cover the surface of this sample.
They are partially dustd with whitish calcite crystals.
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:72mm x 55 mm x 40 mm
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Sursassite - Pugnetto - Mezzenile - Valli di Lanzo (TO) - Piemonte
(#GMA26087)
A golden patina of Sursassite completely covers the bit of matrix of this piece.
Samples from this locality have been analyzed to precisely determine the species.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:80mm x 39 mm x 8 mm
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Copper - Pen. Di Keeweenaw - Michigan
(#GMA26085)
An excellent, large, reddish Copper dendrite.
Copper is a common native element from a classic world-renowned locality.
The key feature ...
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:190mm x 125 mm x 22 mm
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Stilbite - Jalgaon Distr. - Maharastra - India
(#GMA26084)
Aggregate made by Stilbite crystals with very little matrix residue at the base.
Two large bow ties are clearly visible: this is a classic form of crystallization for this beautiful mineral.
Specimen weight:555 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 73
Overall size:125mm x 80 mm x 90 mm
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Orthoclase Feriolo - Baveno - Novara prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GMA26078)
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Ex-Pagano Collection No. 125 ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Specimen weight:285 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:55mm x 53 mm x 80 mm
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Correianevesite, hurealite and rockbridgeite - Mina Cigana - Conselheiro Pena - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#GMA26077)
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Ex-Pagano Collection No. 12936 ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:103mm x 57 mm x 27 mm
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Heulandite-Ca and Stilbite - Jalgaon - Maharastra - India
(#GMA26076)
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Ex-Pagano Collection No. 8653 ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 47
Overall size:67mm x 43 mm x 38 mm
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Tetrahedrite and chalcopyrite - Herodsfoot Mine - Lanreath - Cornwall - England
(#GMA26075)
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ Ex-Pagano Collection No. 639 ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Specimen weight:165 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:56mm x 45 mm x 36 mm
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Lazulite - Rapid Creek - Dawson Distr. - Yukon - Canada
(#GMA26072)
The surface of this druse is completely covered with dark blue Lazulite crystals, along with light brown siderite and some white quartz.
A very beautiful species, but it has practically disappeared from the market!
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:82mm x 62 mm x 25 mm
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Illite e sericite ps. da leucite - Kalehöyük - Kaman Distr. - Kirşehir Prov. - Turchia
(#GMA26071)
Two varieties of muscovite have partially replaced a large, twinned Leucite crystal.
Illite is present on virtually all faces, while Sericite consists of the reddish crystals in the geode.
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 42 mm
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Quarzo 'Japan law', barite e sfalerite - Mina Flor de Peru - Pampa Blanca Distr. - Perů
(#GMA26070)
This druse is completely covered with dark and brilliant Sphalerite crystals and large, opaque white, tabular Baryte crystals.
Interspersed among them are several hyaline ..
Specimen weight:425 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 18
Overall size:90mm x 80 mm x 38 mm
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Smeraldo (var. di berillo) - Pizzo Marcio - Trontano (VB) - Piemonte
(#GMA26066)
A pair of Emerald crystals emerge from the clear matrix, with traces of other similar ones.
A rather rare Alpine specimen to find on the market.
Specimen weight:210 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:67mm x 52 mm x 40 mm
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Rubino - Zazafotsy Quarry (Amboarohy) - Ihosy - Ihorombe - Madagascar
(#GMA26064)
A large Ruby crystal is prominently displayed on the dark biotite mica matrix, along with traces of others.
Under long-wave UV light, it becomes fiery red !
Specimen weight:210 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 13
Overall size:60mm x 52 mm x 48 mm
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Elaterite - Windy Knoll - Castleton - Derbyshire - Inghilterra
(#GMA26062)
Elaterite is an interesting and curious variety of bitumen, that is more elastic than it.
Some pictures are overlightened to show the details, the real colours are darker
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:45mm x 33 mm x 32 mm
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Wulfenite - Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Ahumada Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
(#MINS9314)
A very nice specimen full of tabular orange wulfenite crystals up to 2,2 cm on edge on matrix Self-explaining.Former dr. Francesco Bedognč coll. with original label (year 1993).
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,2 cm
Overall size:44mm x 42 mm x 22 mm
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Thortveitite (Var: Befanamite) - Befanamo pegmatite, Beronono Commune, Anjozorobe District, Analamanga, Madagascar
(#MINS9309)
Rare Thortveitite (Var: Befanamite) crystal 1,4 cm tall with good luster and color.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:8x5x14 mm
Overall size:8mm x 5 mm x 14 mm
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Boracite - Alto Chapare mining district, Chapare Province, Cochabamba, Bolivia
(#MINS9315)
This piece features a well-formed, sharp, translucent, soft blue color cube of this hard-to-find species on matrix. The cube measures 6x7 mm. A rare Mg-borate found in evaporite deposits.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:6x7 mm
Overall size:18mm x 14 mm x 16 mm
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Challacolloite - Challacollatite with Galenobismutite - La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
(#MINS9316)
Excellent Challacolloite specimen rich of transslucent yellow xls set on vulcanic matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:64mm x 42 mm x 30 mm
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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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Glaucocerinite (TL) - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9308)
Bright sky-blue waxy botryoidal Glaucocerinite xls on matrix. A rare complex hydrated sulfate from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 14 mm
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Cobaltaustinite - Aghbar Mine, Aghbar, Tansifte Caďdat, Agdz Cercle, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#MINS9310)
Suberb bright green rare Cobaltaustinite xls up to 1.5 mm richly set on matrix with dolomite in association.Showy.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:1.5 mm
Overall size:48mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
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Siegenite - Buick Mine, Bixby, Iron Co., Missouri, USA
(#MINS9311)
Specimen richly covered in metallic Siegenite xls up to 3 mm with brassy marcasite and galena in association.
Specimen weight:95 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 50 mm
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Ludlamite - Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
(#MINS9295)
A sharp apple-green crystal 10 mm wide set nicely on matrix. Classic material from this noted locale.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Newberyite - Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Victoria, Australia (TL)
(#MINS9307)
Newberyite is a rare hydrated magnesium phosphate, found first in a series of lava caves deposited as bat guano in Australia, the Type Locality.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:52mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Santarosaite - Santa Rosa mine - Santa Rosa-Huantajaya Distr. - Iquique Prov. - Tarapacá - Chile TYPE LOCALITY
(#MINS9305)
Several blue colored sub-mmi spheres of Santarosaite are arranged on the surface of this sample.
The santarosaite is a very rare copper borate, found for now only in this locality, which is therefore the type locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 11 mm
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Tapiolite-(Fe) – Quixaba, Frei Martinho, Borborema mineral province, Paraíba, Brazil
(#MINS9306)
An evident black crystals of tapiolite-(Fe) up to 7 mm in good evidence outside the matrix, with a nice color contrast.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:60mm x 36 mm x 40 mm
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Tyuyamunite - Salnova Quarry, Saltrio, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#MINS9304)
Group of tiny yellow crystals of Tyuyamunite up to 1 mm on matrix. Former coll. Dr.Francesco Bedognč #2021 with original label.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:37mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Tantalite-(Mn) - Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
(#MINS9302)
Tantalite-(Mn) crystal measuring 1,5 x 1,0 cm on pegmatite matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:1,5 x 1,0 cm
Overall size:22mm x 20 mm x 30 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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Native Sylver - Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9294)
Native wire Sylver xls up to 2-3 mm on Acanthite matrix with Stephanite in association.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:47mm x 18 mm x 23 mm
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Hubnerite and quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine - Pasto Bueno - Pampas Distr. - Pallasca Prov. - Ancash - Perů
(#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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Weeksite with Carnotite - Anderson Mine, Date Creek Basin, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
(#MINS8185)
Yellow weeksite and orange carnotite xls on rhyolite matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Sub.mm
Overall size:26mm x 26 mm x 23 mm
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Rockbridgeite - Leonie Mine, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Amberg-Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS9299)
Old German.Black Rockbridgeite xls up to 1.5 mm richly set on matrix. Former coll. Dr. Francesco Bedognč #1043 with original label.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 18 mm x 45 mm
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Cuprite - Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK
(#MINS9300)
A european classic! This is an old sample, collected in the end of the 19 th century consisting only of cuprite crystals on matrix up to 2 mm.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:37mm x 17 mm x 17 mm
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Azzurrite - Touissit - Bou beker Distr. - Jerada Prov. - Marocco
(#GMA26058)
Long, dark blue Azurite crystals are clustered in a sheaf-like formation.
Patches of green malachite are present here and there.
Very aesthetic!
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40
Overall size:55mm x 55 mm x 67 mm
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Titanite - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GMA26053)
Two twinned Titanite crystals with a beautiful green color are prominently displayed on the surface of this specimen.
There are also traces of other small titanites.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 16
Overall size:56mm x 46 mm x 27 mm
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Vesuvianite - Rocca della Marasca, Urbe, Liguria, Italy
(#17794_VESU_DANI)
Gemmy vesuvianite xx from an uncommon locality.
Specimen weight:9 gr.
Crystal size:25 mm
Overall size:25mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Clinoclase xx - Majuba Hill mine, Antelope Mining District, Nevada, USA
(#17397_CLIN_DANI)
Specimen full of deep blue Clinoclase xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:126 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Fluoro-edenite (TL) - Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Sicily, Italy
(#17395_FLUO_DANI)
Specimen full of light green-yellow vitreous Fluoro-Edenite xx on matrix. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Meneghinite (TL) - Bottino Mine, Tuscany, Italy
(#17392_MENE_DANI)
Very rare bright metallic acicular Meneghinite xx on matrix. From type locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 40 mm
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Halotrichite - La Partala mines, Benahadux, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
(#17386_HALO_DANI)
Nice fibrous Halotrichite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:60mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Dioptase xx (TL) - Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit,Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
(#17047_DIOP_DANI)
Very nice deep green Dioptase xx on matrix. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:64 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm
Overall size:51mm x 40 mm x 30 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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Sylvanite - Emperor mine, Vatukoula, Viti Levu, Fiji Islans
(#14211_SYLV_DANI)
Superb very rare Sylvanite crystals on matrix. Ex R. Pagano collection.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Withlockite, Lazulite - Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada
(#14088_BOBD_DANI)
A classic Yukon's phosphate combo. Blu lazulite, with white superb withlockite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 25 mm
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Vesuvianite, Clinochlore - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#13905_VESU_DANI)
Rare green (chromian-rich) Vesuvianite with Clinochlore on matrix.
Specimen weight:176 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:70mm x 65 mm x 35 mm
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Acanthite on Copper - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#13730_COPP_DANI)
Specimen offering tiny acanthite xx on top of copper xx.
Specimen weight:380 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm (a), 3 mm (c)
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 25 mm
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Roggianite (TL) - Alpe Rosso, Orcesco, Ossola Valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#11668_ROGG_DANI)
Very rare and superb Roggianite sprays on matrix. From type locality.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Libethenite - Miguel Vacas mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
(#10563b_LIBE_DANI)
Superb olive green libethenite xls of textbook shape on matrix.
Specimen weight:197 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:75mm x 75 mm x 65 mm
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Langite - Podlipa dep. - Ľubietová - Banská Bystrica Distr. - Slovacchia
(#GMA26050)
A myriad of small Langite crystals with a beautiful, deep azur color almost entirely covers the surface of the specimen.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1
Overall size:72mm x 22 mm x 21 mm
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Adamite var. cuprian, emimorfite - Ojuela mine - Mapimě - Durango - Mexico
(#GMA26049)
On the reddish matrix of this sample, green crystals of Cupro-adamite and white crystals of Hemimorphite are clearly visible ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:72mm x 65 mm x 55 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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Neotocite - Min. di Gambatesa - Val Graveglia - Ne (GE) - Liguria
(#GMA26046)
A black, mamelon-like crust of Neotocite covers the entire surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:64mm x 51 mm x 28 mm
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Marioantofillite - Monte Copello-Reppia mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy (TL)
(#MINS9296)
Specimen rich of blue Marioantofilliite crystals forming a sphere associated with pale green malachite sprays and Allophane from the type locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:55mm x 34 mm x 20 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
(#MINS9287)
Sharp crystals of Boleite 6 mm with a nice indigo blue color, on a stabilized matrix, coming from a no longer productive locality.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm wide
Overall size:45mm x 26 mm x 18 mm
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Thortveitite - Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9297)
Blue Thorveitite xls of this very rare scandium mineral.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Bakhchisaraitsevite - Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9290)
Micaceous pale yellow / cream crystals of Bakhchisaraitsevite up to 1.5 mm set on dolomite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:48mm x 27 mm x 24 mm
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Loparite - N'orkpakhk Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9288)
Loparite-(Ce): cubes in a cluster twinned by interpenetration with black colour and submetallic lustre.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 20 mm x 23 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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Dufrenoysite - Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS9285)
An elongated gray-metallic crystals of Dufrenoysite 5 mm wide on dolomite matrix.A classic.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 26 mm
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Ludlamite - Cabeça de Cachorro claim – Sao Gabriel de Cahoeira – Amazonas Brazil
(#MINS9286)
Cluster of gemmy, semitransparent and vivid green colored of Ludlamite xls up to 0,7 cm wide on matrix with sharp Vivianite xls in association.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.7 cm
Overall size:38mm x 18 mm x 30 mm
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Covellite - Bor Mine, Bor, Bor District, Central Serbia, Serbia
(#MINS9293)
Covellite forming violet-blue, fatty to shiny, leafy and scaly aggregates that grow throughout the sample.Very uncommon, two-sided material from Serbia.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:35mm x 12 mm x 32 mm
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Bariopharmacosiderite - Grube Clara, Oberwolfach, Baden Wuerttenberg, Germany
(#MINS9291)
Nice sample of Bariofarmocaosiderite in clean, lustrous pseudocubic reddish-brown xls, scattered on matrix.
Classic german stuff!
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 20 mm
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Tuperssuatsiaite - Aris Quarries (Ariskop Quarry; Railway Quarry), Aris, Windhoek, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia
(#MINS9284)
A very nice specimen with green acicular Tuperssuatsiaite crystals spray up to 2.5 mm in a vug of matrix.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 30 mm
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Salammoniac - Carola Mine, Döhlen, Freital, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9289)
Showy specimen of the uncommon halide, sal ammoniac, from an old find. The white, translucent and lustrous crystals form are set richly on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-2.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 20 mm x 35 mm
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Sphalerite - Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
(#MINS9283)
A single xls honey translucent tetrahedra of Sphalerite is perched on a matrix of white granular dolomia. A classic from the swiss Alps!
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 28 mm x 40 mm
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Sodalite with Cancrinite - Cancrinite Hill, Dungannon Township, Town of Bancroft, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
(#MINS9282)
Dark blue Sodalite with yellow Cancrinite in association. Old find from from the classic locality in the Bancroft area. Ex coll. Dr. Francesco Bedognč #1018.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:50mm x 28 mm x 38 mm
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Fluorite - Bergmännisch Glück Mine, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9281)
Dark purple fluorite crystals up to 6 mm with sparkling reflections under transmitted light.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:35mm x 26 mm x 18 mm
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Cummingtonite - Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9298)
Cluster of Cummingtonite xls up to 4 cm long on matrix.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4,0 cm
Overall size:48mm x 47 mm x 30 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas mine - Grootfontein Constituency - Otjozondjupa Region - Namibia
(#GMA26044)
Numerous tufts of dark Descloizite crystals cover the surface of this specimen.
There is little color contrast with the matrix, which is nearly the same color ...
Specimen weight:395 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:95mm x 43 mm x 70 mm
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Opale jalite - Hosszú Hill - Megyaszó - Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Co. - Ungheria
(#GMA26043)
Several colorless clusters of Jalite Opal stand out from the matrix of this specimen.
They are massive, with more or less mammillary shapes, and react with UV light to a beautiful lemon yellow color.
The effect is virtually identical ...
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 27
Overall size:67mm x 47 mm x 51 mm
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Dolomite over mesitina - Min. di Traversella - Val Chiusella (TO) - Piemonte
(#GMA26042)
Historic druse covered with large Mesitin crystals.
These are covered with a crust of small Dolomite crystals, some of which are light brown due to oxidation ...
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:Mes. mm. 18
Overall size:84mm x 62 mm x 27 mm
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Sulphur - Min. Cozzo Disi - Casteltermini (AG) - Sicilia
(#GMA26040)
Some Sulphur crystals with a beautiful intense yellow color are beautifully displayed on a carpet of aragonites.
These turn bright pink under long-wave UV light.
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:73mm x 62 mm x 45 mm
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Thorite var. Orangite xx - Vorondolo massif, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
(#17648_THOR_DANI)
Very nice quite large crystal cluster.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Orpiment - Quiruvilca mine, Quiruvilca, La Libertad, Peru
(#17646_ORPI_DANI)
A classic. Nice deep orange orpiment xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 10 mm
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Clinoclase xx - Majuba Hill mine, Antelope Mining District, Nevada, USA
(#17610_CLIN_DANI)
Specimen full of deep blue Clinoclase xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:82 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 40 mm
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Klebelsbergite xx,. Stibnite xx- Pereta Mine, Pereta, Italy
(#17606_KLEB_DANI)
Class! Gorgeous Klebelsbergite needles on a Stibnite xx in a vug.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Henmilite xx (TL), Pentahydroborite xx - Fuka mine, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
(#17603_HENM_DANI)
Classic combo! Blue Henmilite xx with clear Pentahydrobrite xx
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 20 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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Rockbridgeite - Leonie I mine, Schleichershof, Bavaria, Germany
(#17471_ROCK_DANI)
Dark green Rockbridgeite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Aphophyllite psd Laumontite xx - Nasik quarries - India
(#17445_APHO_DANI)
Nice tabular Aphophyllite xx psd after Laumontite.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:65mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Greifensteinite xx, Eosphorite xx - Ponte do Piauí claim, Piauí valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#17444_GREI_DANI)
Nice combo offering rare Greifensteinite xx with less rare Eosphorite xx.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (e)
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Thomsonite - Deshgaon - Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GMA26038)
From a new find in India, an excellent specimen featuring intense orange spheres of Thomsonite made of very fine, compact needles ...
Specimen weight:245 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 23
Overall size:57mm x 50 mm x 78 mm
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Thomsonite - Deshgaon - Burhanpur - Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GMA26037)
From a new find in India, an excellent specimen featuring intense orange spheres of Thomsonite made of very fine, compact needles ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 22
Overall size:64mm x 45 mm x 53 mm
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Owner : GMineral (Voghera - Italy) 
