Rhodonite xx - Gambatesa mine, Reppia, Liguria, Italy
(#14165_RHOD_DANI)
Classic tiny pink gemmy rhodonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
 Overall size:55mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Calcite xx, Pyrite xx, Arsenopyrite xx - Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
(#13887_CALC_DANI)
Classic trio from the locale. Of note the pyrite xx scattered on the calcite xx surfaces.
Specimen weight:118 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm on edge
Overall size:55mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12339_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:162 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:60mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Lefontite - João Teodoro claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (type locality)
(#MINS9279)
Extremely rare Lefontite in brown crystals from the type locality. Formula : Fe2Al2Be(PO4)2(OH)6
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:18mm x 10 mm x 42 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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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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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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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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Cavansite and stilbite - Wagholi quarry - Poona distr. - Maharastra state - India
(#GMA26033)
A twinned double crystal of electric blue Cavansite lies on a carpet of whitish Stilbites.
This species is increasingly rare to find on the market ...
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 24
Overall size:35mm x 41 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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Datolite - 2nd Sovietskii mine - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GMA26031)
A floater that is made by a large pseudocubic Datolite crystal.
The yellow-green color is typical of specimens from this famous global location!
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:88mm x 42 mm x 54 mm
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Cinnabar over dolomite - Tongren mine - Guizhou prov. - China
(#GMA26029)
Clear, shiny, dark red Cinnabar crystals are partially embedded in the light-colored Dolomite.
It's glued to the plastic base, but it could be easily removed.
Specimen weight:180 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:62mm x 51 mm x 53 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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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#13829_CHAL_DANI)
Superb bright blue-greeen chalcophyllite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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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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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12279_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:39 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 25 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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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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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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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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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12342_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:23 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Zinkenite, Stannite, Andorite - San José mine, Oruro City, Bolivia
(#12246_JAME_DANI)
Superb trio offwering Stannite xx, Andorite xx and Zinkenite elongated xx.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 70 mm x 10 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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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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Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb - Otjikoto Region, - Namibia
(#MINS9208)
This is a classic pseudomorph from the 1st oxidation zone offering very nice nice azurite crystals replaced by malachite.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,5 cm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 32 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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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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Stolzite - Case Bardot, Fomarco, Piedmont, Italy
(#14445_STOL_DANI)
Very nice Stolzite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:75mm x 30 mm x 30 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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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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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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Pseudobrookite - Thomas Range, Utah, USA
(#11090d_PSEU_DANI)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xx on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm
Overall size:65mm x 60 mm x 65 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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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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Columbite-(Fe) - Piano del Lavonchio, Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#MINS9198)
Prismatic elongated black crystals of columbite-(Fe) 7 mm long on pegmatite matrix.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm long
Overall size:45mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Ktenasite- Trentini Mine, Contrada Trentini, Monte Naro - Riolo Valley side, Monte Naro, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy
(#MINS9203)
Greenish-blue sub-mm crystals of tabular ktenasite crystals set on matrix,
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:54mm x 45 mm x 18 mm
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Quartz - Miage glacier, Veny Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12820_QUAR_DANI)
Superb ialine quartz crystals of very high luster. 1992 find
Specimen weight:326 gr.
Crystal size:80 mm
Overall size:110mm x 80 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz - Miage glacier, Veny Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12819_QUAR_DANI)
Superb ialine quartz crystals of very high luster. 1970 find
Specimen weight:377 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:80mm x 90 mm x 80 mm
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Quartz - Miage glacier, Veny Valley, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#12818_QUAR_DANI)
Superb ialine quartz crystals of very high luster.
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:90 mm
Overall size:105mm x 90 mm x 45 mm
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Gaidonnayite (TL), Quartz - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#11797_GAID_DANI)
Rare colorless gaidonnayite xx on matrix from type locality.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm (g) 40 mm (q)
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 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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Murdochite - Bingham - Socorro - New Mexico
(#GMA26023)
Several black crystals of murdochite are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:75 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:53mm x 19 mm x 31 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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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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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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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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Pyrite - Valle Giove Stope - Rio Marina - Rio- Elba Island - Livorno Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GMA26012)
On a pinch of hematite matrix, a virtually perfect pentadodecahedral pyrite.
It actually consists of at least two crystals almost completely interpenetrating each other.
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 53 x 43
Overall size:53mm x 50 mm x 34 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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Pink dolomite and calcite - Zandobbio - Bergamo Prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GMA26008)
Above a carpet of small pinkish dolomite crystals covering the entire piece, numerous yellowish calcite crystals are clearly visible ...
Specimen weight:207 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:78mm x 60 mm x 53 mm
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Fuchsite - Jacobina Gold District - Bahia - Brazil
(#GMA26002)
The surface of the specimen is almost completely covered with dark green fuchsite flakes.
It is also partially crystallized on the reverse side.
Fuchsite is a greenish, Cr-bearing variety of muscovite
Specimen weight:183 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:80mm x 67 mm x 41 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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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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Ecdemite, unknown,Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11282_ECDE_DANI)
Nice tiny ecdemite xx witn orange uknown mineral.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Babingtonite and Quartz, Pune District, Maharashtra, India
(#9969b_BABI_DANI)
Rare indian babingtonite on matrix.
Specimen weight:108 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:90mm x 60 mm x 45 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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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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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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Sudoite - Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Lombardy, Italy
(#11975_SUDO_DANI)
Mica-like hexagons on matrix
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:Italia
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Denisovite (TL) - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, Murmansk, Russia
(#11324_DENI_DANI)
Nice fiborous denisovite on matrx from type locality.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 10 mm
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Delhayelite - Khibiny Massif, Kola Penisula, ,Murmansk, Russia
(#11321_DELH_DANI)
Very nice metallic lollingite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:32 gr.
Crystal size:40 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Sphalerite - Estaño Orcko mine, Machacamarca district, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12322_SPHA_DANI)
This specimen offer relatively sharp, dark, lustrous, modified dodecahedra of Sphalerite.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Barytolamprophyllite - Üdersdorf, Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11713_BARY_DANI)
Rare dark brown vitrous barytolamprophyllite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Fenster quartz - Porretta Terme - Alto Reno Terme - Bolgna Prov, - - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
(#GM25044)
Typical fenster quartz from this famopus italian locality.
It's composed by some crystals that are embraced together.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:56mm x 33 mm x 33 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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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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Phlogopite - Kovdor Phlogopite mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9130)
Dark golden-brown pagoda-growth phlogopite xl measuring 2,3 x 2,0 cm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:156 gr.
Crystal size:
Overall size:66mm x 40 mm x 44 mm
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Chalcophyllite - Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
(#MINS9121)
This specimen offer really nice chalcophyllite xls on matrix with eletric blue azurite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:41mm x 27 mm x 26 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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Stilbite-(Ca) with Laumontite - Basalt Quarry, Ambariomiambana, Ambohimalaza Commune, Sambava District, Sava, Madagascar
(#MINS9122)
Lustrous pearlescent stilbite-(Ca) crystals to 3,0 cm with snow-white Laumontite in association. From a 2011 find.
Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm long
Overall size:73mm x 50 mm x 42 mm
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Bixbyite - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9129)
Nice Bixbyite crystals shiny, evident on the riolite's matrix, cubic with octahedron's faces measuring up to 8 mm wide.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm wide
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 15 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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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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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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Korobitsynite - Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
(#MINS9107)
Pale yellow striated xls of Korobitsynite on matrix up to 5 mm from the co-type locality with green aegyrine in association.
Korobitsynite is a very rare silicate of rare hearths.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Owner : Rolando Minerals (Torino - Italy) 
