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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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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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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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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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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Quarzo 'Japan law', barite e sfalerite - Mina Flor de Peru - Pampa Blanca Distr. - Perù
(#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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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 Bedognè 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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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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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 Caïdat, 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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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 Bedognè #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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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 - 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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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 Bedognè #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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Bedognè #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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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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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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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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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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Babingtonite xx on Orthoclase xx - Seula mine, Baveno, Italy
(#14404_BABI_DANI)
Nice classic black Babingtonite xx on Orthoclase xx with minor mica.
Specimen weight:103 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 35 mm
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Pyromorphite - Bunker Hill Mine, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA
(#MINS9269)
Sparkly, bright orange balls of arsenian pyromorphite from Bunker Hill.This is a superb small cabinet specimen with yellow to orange color.
Specimen weight:256 gr.
Crystal size:Ball up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:90mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
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Pezzottaite - Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (TL)
(#MINS9276)
Pezzottaite hexagonal xls up to 2.5 mm long with good color on albite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 35 mm x 14 mm
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Olivine, humite - San Vito quarry - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania – Italy
(#MINS9272)
Excellent sample with yellow Olivine xl 5 mm wide with amber in color and semi-transparent crystals of humite. Vesuvius is now declared a Park and it is impossible to do new research.
Specimen weight:28 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Wurtzite - Agios Philippos Mine, Kirki Mines, Évros Prefecture, Thraki Department , Greece
(#MINS9273)
Lustrous, well-developed pagoda shaped orange-brown crystals of Wurtzite to 2 mm. richly scattered on matrix
Specimen weight:270 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:100mm x 55 mm x 42 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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Devilline - Devilline - Kaum, Sauerland, Germany
(#MINS9255)
A truly attractive thumbnail with turquoise Devillina crystals up to 2-3 mm in size, richly scattered throughout the matrix. This specimen comes from the collection of Dr. Francesco Bedognè, no. 1715, and was published in the encyclopedia "Collezion.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:25mm x 18 mm x 11 mm
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Fluornatromicrolite - Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
(#MINS9278)
Honey-yellow fluornatromicrolite octahedra with adamantine luster up to 5 mm on muscovite xls matrix. Fluornatromicrolite is a rare tantalum oxide with fluorine redefined from "microlite" in 1998 and is typically found in pegmatites.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 27 mm
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Hessonite garnet with Diopside - Saulera, Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9267)
Nice specimen featuring red hessonite crystals, very brilliant up to 10 mm, on rodingite matrix, associated to greenish Diopside up to 6 mm . Classic garnet sample from one of the most famous locales in the italian Alps.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:50mm x 44 mm x 20 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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Boothite - Grand Reef Mine - Graham Co. - Arizona - USA
(#MINS9274)
Blue sparkling crystalline boothite scattered on matrix. A very rare hydrated copper sulphate. F. Bedognè micromount collection with label.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:8mm x 6 mm x 3 mm
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Fluorite - Gibelsbach - Flesch - Goms - Wallis - Switzerland
(#MINS9270)
Nice specimen with octahedral crystals up to 5 mm igreen in color, from a classic Swiss Alpine location. (See: https://www.mindat.org/loc-29199.html)
Specimen weight:470 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:115mm x 70 mm x 70 mm
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Siderite on Hematite - miniera di Brosso - Calea - Lessolo - Torino prov. - Piemonte - Italia
(#MINS9268)
Aesthetic specimen with lenticular siderite crystals up to 1.8 cm on hematite matrix with associated pyrite. Ex coll. M. Motta.
Specimen weight:615 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,8 cm
Overall size:80mm x 58 mm x 75 mm
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Enargite - Furtei mine, Cantiere Is Concas, Furtei, Sardinia, Italy
(#MINS9245)
A classic of Italian mineralogy. A group of striated metallic Enargite crystals up to 3 mm in matrix cavities. Ex. Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 18 mm
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Kammererite (var. of clinocloro) - Kop Krom mine - Kop Daglari - Aşkale Distr. - Erzurum Prov. - Turkey
(#GMA26034)
A typical specimen of this variety of chrome-bearing clinochlore, with some dark purple kammererite crystals clearly visible in the matrix ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:78mm x 35 mm x 30 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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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) -Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Aghanistan
(#GMA26028)
A completely transparent Kunzite floater with a pale pink-orange color.
The color varies depending on the type and intensity of light, whether solar or artificial.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:68mm x 18 mm x 60 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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Grossular, Diopside, Clinochlore - Testa Ciarva, Ala valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#14528_GROS_DANI)
Nice red grossular xx with light green diopside xx and clinochlore xx. A classic.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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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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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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Kinoite xx, Ruizite xx (TL), Aphophylite - Christmas mine, Christmas, Arizona, USA
(#13409_KINO_DANI)
Very nice deep blue kinoite xx with very rare orange-brown ruizite xx on the classic apophyllite xx matrix.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Grossular, Clinochlore - Bellecombe, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#14525_GROS_DANI)
Nice red Grossular xx with light green Diopside xx and Clinochlore xx. A classic.
Specimen weight:127 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Quartz, Epidote - San Felipe, Cascas, La Libertad, Peru
(#12924_QUAR_DANI)
Superb combo! Red Quartz crystals cluster and green epidote.
Specimen weight:67 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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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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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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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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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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Fluorapatite - Nuristan, Laghman Province, Afghanistan
(#MINS9199)
Cluster of very nice lavender Fluorapatite crystals up to 1,6 cm wide without matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 cm wide
Overall size:33mm x 27 mm x 23 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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Owner : GMineral (Voghera - Italy) 
