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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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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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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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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Garnet var. Grossular - Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
(#12923_GROS_DANI)
Very nice classic canadian Grossular xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:137 gr.
Crystal size:up to 6 mm
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 45 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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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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Beryl var. Emerald, Pizzo Marcio, Vigezzo Valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#12730a_EMER_DANI)
A classic. Gem quality emerald xx on matrix. Superb..
Specimen weight:174 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:80mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Silver var. Kongsbergite - Imiter Mine - Imiter Distr. - Tinghir Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GMA26015)
An evident, sculptural, leaf native Kongsbergite specimen from 2016 finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
It's standing on a black matrix ...
Specimen weight:340 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 45 x 37
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 67 mm
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Sulphur var. "Talamone" - Giumentaro mine - Capodarso - Enna Prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GMA26010)
Remarkable specimen of sulfur var. 'Talamone' with a large crystal prominently displayed.
Specimens of this variety are usually non-crystallized; at most, they may exhibit spheroidal shapes.
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:88mm x 55 mm x 47 mm
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Beryl var. Heliodor - Volodarsk-Volynskii (Volodars'k-Volyns'kyy; Wolodarsk-Wolynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast' (Zhitomir Oblast'), Ukraine
(#MINS9119)
Heliodor crystal, gemmy, glassy fully terminated 2,6 cm tall.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:2,4 cm tall
Overall size:5mm x 5 mm x 24 mm
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Rutile var. sagenite on hematite - Novo Horizonte - Bahia - Brazil
(#MINS9116)
Specimen with golden rutile needle in "six star" formation up to 1,5 cm wide sticking up off shiny central hematite crystals .Really showy.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2,0 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 4 mm x 30 mm
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Mimetite on Smithsonite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto region - Namibia
(#MINS9088)
Labeled specimen with golden-brown mimetite crystals up to 6 mm scattered on green Smitsonite xls.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:62mm x 55 mm x 34 mm
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Amazonite (var. of microcline) – Tingir Distr. - Gilgit-Baltistan – Pakistan
(#GM25023)
Large but not well formed green crystal of amazonite, a variety of microcline.
On the crystal there are dark and massive traces of smoky quartz and schorl.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:55mm x 37 mm x 40 mm
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Mimetite - Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand.
(#MINS9081)
Lustrous, golden-yellow mimetite crystals up to 6 mm richly and aesthetically cover the matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:37mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Campylite - Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK
(#12471_CAMP_DANI)
Very nice deep orange campylite crystals of textbook shape.
Specimen weight:509 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm
Overall size:110mm x 90 mm x 60 mm
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Microcline var. Amazonite - Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, USA
(#MINS9001)
Nice blue amazonite crystal 2,3 cm tall, fully terminated on with albite in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,3 cm tall
Overall size:53mm x 27 mm x 38 mm
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Mimetite - Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand.
(#MINS9021)
Gemmy and lustrous, golden-yellow mimetite crystals up to 4 mm richly and aesthetically cover the matrix. Beautiful the contrasts with the dark matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:68mm x 38 mm x 12 mm
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Mimetite - Su Zurfuru mine, Fluminimaggiore, Sardinia, Italy
(#11159_MIME_DANI)
Superb mimetite xx on matrix.ls.
Specimen weight:342 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:110mm x 70 mm x 30 mm
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Lawsonite var. Chromian Lawsonite - Cape Marmari - Grammata Bay - Syros Island - Cyclade Island - Kykládes 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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Cuprian adamite (var. of adamite - Ojuela mine - Mapimě - Mun. de Mapimě - Durango -Mexico
(#MINS8963)
A vuggy, multi layered, ocherous limonite has been filled with rosettes of sparkling, lime green cuproadamite crystals of small size but high sugary brilliance.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:56mm x 35 mm x 28 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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Margarite or Lepidolite? var. Mica - Jenipapo district, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8953)
A group of rare yellow Margarite/lepidolite blades up to 1,5 cm on matrix.Ex Daniele Respino collection.
Page 706 encyclopedia "Collezionare Minerali" - Hobby & Work - year 1997.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up 1,5 cm
Overall size:50mm x 32 mm x 40 mm
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Beryl var. Morganite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8918)
Pale pink, glassy beryl with beautiful patterns 2,8 cm wide,
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:2,8 cm wide
Overall size:28mm x 21 mm x 20 mm
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Smithsonite var. Cadmian - Wenshan, Yunnan, China
(#MINS8903)
Waxy, translucent, yellow, botryoidal, cadmium-rich Smithsonite from a now famous find at Weinan, near Wenshan, that actually happened around 2003-2005.
Specimen weight:142 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 38 mm
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Agate (var. of quartz) – Agouim - Amerzgane Cercle – Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM23074)
Sample of agate with incredible colors, arranged in concentric circles on the polished surface.
The colors are absolutely natural.
The back is rough.
Very aesthetic!"
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:'–
Overall size:84mm x 66 mm x 43 mm
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Grossular Garnet var. Hessonite, Faiallo pass, Liguria , Italy
(#11206_HESS_DANI)
Specimen very rich a dark red hessonite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:597 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:110mm x 75 mm x 50 mm
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Vanadinite var: Endlichite - Touissit, Oujda-Angad, Oriental region, Morocco
(#10619_VANA_DANI)
Old yellow vanadinte var. endlichite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:193 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:65mm x 55 mm x 25 mm
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Pickeringite var. Kasparite - Dubník, Červenica, Prešov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8799)
An attractive and very hard-to-find specimen of this uncommon sulfate. Pickeringite is typically white/colorless from various worldwide localities, but the desirable and obscure bright pink "kasparite" is only found at one locality.....
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Sprays up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:53mm x 35 mm x 23 mm
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Chalcotrichite (var. of cuprite) - Libiola mine– Sestri Levante - Genoa prov. - Liguria - Italy
(#GM23005)
Some areas of the sample are covered by patinas or small granules of reddish-brown chalcotrichite.
The little contrast with the matrix makes them almost invisible in the pictures.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 38 mm
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Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikot, Namibia
(#MINS8656)
Rare and nice tarnowitzite crystals up to 1,5 cm wide on matrix.
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Hackmanite (var. of sodalite) - Koksha valley - Badakshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#MINS8590)
Specimen with Hackmanite crystal 3,0 cm tall on bulky quartz matrix. Strong fluorescen of UV.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:3,0 cm tall
Overall size:47mm x 36 mm x 38 mm
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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech Pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
(#GM22026)
Excellent big floater of kunzite, without matrix.
It has a nice pink color, is good terminated and is completely transparent.
A high quality specimen !
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:122mm x 37 mm x 5 mm
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Binnite (var. of Tennantite-(Zn)) -Lengenbach Quarry - Fäld - Binn - Goms - Valais - Switzerland
(#GM21003)
A big crystal of binnite is in good evidence over the whitish matrix of this specimen.
Several minicrystals of pyrites are seeded over all the faces of it.
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 34 mm
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Beryl var. Aquamarine - Jequitinhonha valley - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS8209)
Well shaped Aquamarine xl 5,4 cm tall with rare hollow crystallisation on the top and over total lenght of the crystal. Showy.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:5,4 cm tall
Overall size:12mm x 12 mm x 55 mm
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Mimetite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(#10135_MIME_DANI)
This is truly a superb tsumeb minetite offering long xls nicely contrasting on the light creamy matrix.
Specimen weight:181 gr.
Crystal size:26 mm
Overall size:90mm x 75 mm x 45 mm
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Quartz var. Chalcedony - Sidi Rahal, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz Region, Morocco
(#8719_CHAL_DANI)
Nice chalcedony with the shape of twin balls.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:55mm x 38 mm x 42 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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Andalusite (var. Chiastolite) - Sangping mine - Xixia Co. - Nanyang pref. - Henan prov. - China
(#GM17017)
Large sectioned chiastolite crystal with polished faces on both ends, to show the typical cross-formation.
The chiastolite is a variety of andalusite.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 9 mm
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Owner : GMineral (Voghera - Italy) 
