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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Arsentsumebite - Tsumeb Mine - Otjikoto Region - Namibia
(#MINS9233)
Bright green Arsentsumebite in microcrystals aggregates on matrix. A rare arsenates.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:aggregates micro-xls
Overall size:31mm x 30 mm x 18 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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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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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9205)
Very nice glassy slighly colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 2,8 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment.
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 33 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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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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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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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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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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Cerussite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GMA26006)
Historic specimen with large, well-formed cerussite crystals clustered together on a small matrix.
It was surely mined before 1990: the tag reads Southwest Africa,"" the name the region had before it gained independence that year.
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:50mm x 42 mm x 37 mm
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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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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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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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Dioptase - Omaue Mine, Opuwo Rural, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS9125)
A fine thumb of Dioptase crystals representative of this classic locality. The crystals , up to 1,0 cm long, have superb luster and a rich deep green color.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:25mm x 16 mm x 15 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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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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Namibite - Mesopotamia 504 Farm, Mesopotamia copper valley, Khorixas, Kunene Region, Namibia (TL)
(#MINS9106)
Emerald green Namibite xl 1.8 mm wide on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:1.8 mm wide
Overall size:24mm x 20 mm x 24 mm
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Quartz - Porretta Terme, Emilia Romagna, Italy
(#12524_QUAR_DANI)
Fantastic fenster quartz floater. Free from damage.
Specimen weight:273 gr.
Crystal size:50 mm biterminated
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz - Scrava mine, Statale, Liguria, Italy
(#12483_QUAR_DANI)
Nice pink red quartz crystals cluster.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:20mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Genthelvite, Quartz - Huanggang mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
(#12472_GENT_DANI)
Very nice darrk brown huge Genthelvite xx on phrase Quartz.
Specimen weight:195 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm on edge
Overall size:75mm x 60 mm x 40 mm
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Hematite roses and Quartz - Galmihorn, Reckingen, Goms, ,Valais, Switzerland
(#12815_HEMA_DANI)
Classic super nice hamatite rosetes. A swiss alps classic. 1978 find.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm (e), 20 mm (q)
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Halite - Swakopmind Constituency - Erongo region - Namibia
(#GM25036)
This druse composed of numerous very large, pale pink colored halite crystals.
They are many parallelepipeds placed side by side not orthogonally, whose composition resembles a 'dovetail' crystallization.
Very aesthetic !!
Specimen weight:600 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 56
Overall size:135mm x 135 mm x 75 mm
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Spessartine garnet - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - Zhangzhou pref. - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM25032)
The surface of this druse is densely covered with large and small spessartine garnets, that have a very dark brown color.
Some are so dark that they look like ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:100mm x 100 mm x 52 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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Linarite - King Arthur Mine, Arriana, Rhodope, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Greece
(#MINS9090)
Aggregates of very sharp, brilliant, acicular Linarite crystals with very bright color. In a limonite matrix with Quartz, Brochantite growths, and an unknown light blue species, probably Caledonite.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:37mm x 35 mm x 25 mm
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Beryl (Var: Aquamarine) - Erongo Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia
(#MINS9085)
Nice beryl aqua perched gently on a sharply microcline crystal decorated with schorl.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 11 mm
Overall size:30mm x 23 mm x 25 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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Millerite - Ca' dei Ladri (Silla) - Gaggio Montano - Bologna prov. - Emilia-Romagna - Italy
(#GM25022)
20 mm long millerite needle is clearly visible on the surface of this sample.
It emerges from a crystal of hyaline quartz ...
Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:62mm x 30 mm x 50 mm
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Fluorite, Quartz - Planggenstock, Göscheneralp, Göschenen Valley, Uri, Switzerland
(#12720_FLUO_DANI)
Very nice pink fluorite xx with quartz xx
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 36 mm
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Shattuckite on quartz - Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region - Namibia
(#MINS9068)
Deep blue needles of Shattuckite on quartz contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:143 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:78mm x 42 mm x 42 mm
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Quartz and fuchsite - Ihovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania, Madagascar
(#MINS9062)
Very nice small cabinet with transparent hyalin quartz xls up to 3,0 cm tall with green 'phantom' intrusions of fuchsite.
Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 33 mm
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Rhodochrosite - Huayllapon mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru
(#MINS9078)
Rhodochrosite xls up to 5 mm in quartz. Well crystallized sample.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:34mm x 23 mm x 18 mm
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Orthoclase - Cuasso al Monte, Val Ceresio, Varese, Lombardia, Italia
(#MINS9082)
Cluster of sharp pink orthoclase crystal of 2,3 cm tall .A Classic.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,3 cm tall
Overall size:23mm x 21 mm x 30 mm
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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM25003)
A large, semi-transparent, octahedral crystal of intense green color is flanked by another smaller one.
The main crystal is 75 mm. of size
They are placed on a white quartzite matrix, for a nice chromatic contrast.
Specimen weight:400 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 75
Overall size:88mm x 80 mm x 58 mm
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Spessartine and smoky quartz - Wushan Spessartine mine - Tongbei - Fujian prov. - China
(#GM24116)
Several small, bright, orange-red spessartine crystals are visible at the tip of the specimen.
A black, bright smoky quartz crystal is present near them.
A few spessartine crystals have grown on them.
Specimen weight:55 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:41mm x 32 mm x 38 mm
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Galena, sphalerite and quartz - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GM24103)
A complex aggregate of grey crystals of galena and dark crystals of sphalerite, that are intergrowth together. Some colourless crystals of quarts are visbile at its bottom.
Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 53 mm
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Quartz - Cavnic mine - Cavnic - Maramures Co. - Romania
(#GM24085)
A large crystal of very bright quartz is flanked by a smaller one.
On one side other mini-quartzes are grown and are partly covered by yellowish calcites.
The tip of the main quartz is perfect.
Very aesthetic specimen !
Specimen weight:1400 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:105mm x 90 mm x 135 mm
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Cinnabar on dolomite - Tongren pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#MINS9044)
Evident dark red crystals of cinnabar are in good evidence over the white matrix of dolomite with quartz in association. Very aestethic !
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:55mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Vauxite with Metavauxite- Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
(#MINS9050)
Specimen with blue Vauxite and Metavauxite xls set on matrix with quartz. A fairly rare iron phosphate (and one of the very few blue iron-containing minerals)
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 23 mm
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Cassiterite and quartz - Viloco mine - Loayza Prov. - La Paz Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM24076)
Numerous black and brilliant crystals of cassiterite cover the surface of this specimen.
They are mixed with several milky quartzes, for a nice contrast of color.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:65mm x 43 mm x 37 mm
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Smithsonite (cobaltoan) - Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9016)
This is a Cobaltian Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Attractive, nicely-colored specimen of Cobaltian Smithsonite with shaped crystals; the Smithsonites have a good pink color, and lustrous, satiny xls.
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 45 mm
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Luinaite-(OH) - Bald Hornet Prospect, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
(#MINS9003)
Sprays of Luinaite-(OH) in/on a nice quartz xl.Luinaite-(OH) is a very rare Tourmaline Group species, only found in about nine places in the world. The only reported locality for this species in North America is the Bald Hornet Claim.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:3-4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 14 mm x 37 mm
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Tinzenite - Molinello Mine - Graveglia Valley - Genoa Province - Ligury - Italy
(#MINS9002)
Specimen with orange lenticular crystals up to 4 mm wide with quartz xl in association.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Chalcopyrite with Quartz - Animón Mine, Huarón mining district, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
(#MINS9018)
A nice, small cabinet specimen,with brassy Chalcopyrite xls up to 1,1 cm wide with water-clear quartz crystals in association.Specimens such as this came out in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Specimen weight:156 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:78mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Dioptase with Mottramite -Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8979)
Cluster of bright xls of Dioptase up to 5 mm with adamantine luster on matrix with green Mottramite in association. Very nice combo from Tsumeb mine.
Specimen weight:106 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:95mm x 80 mm x 27 mm
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Quartz (phantom) with Hematite - Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
(#MINS8980)
Water clear parallel quartz with very nice and well defined hematite topped phantoms.
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 cm tall
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 35 mm
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Fluorite - Mahodari quarry, Sinnar, Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
(#MINS8982)
Translucent, yellow fluorite ball 2,2 cm wide aesthetically set on crust of sparkly quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 38 mm x 35 mm
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Andalusite - Bregaglia Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#MINS8971)
Very well represented prismatic Xls of Andalusite on quartzite 2,8 cm tall.
The Andalusite shows an intense colour and a good luster.
Classic old italian Alpine stuff.
Classic italian stuff.
Specimen weight:310 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm
Overall size:105mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8965)
This nice, well crystallized, high quality descloizite specimen is from the locality that is the undisputed world champion for this mineral species.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Fuchsite, Quartz - Linopolis, Divino das Laranjerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#11196_FUCH_DANI)
Splendid fucsite xx with ialine quartz xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:435 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm rosettes
Overall size:105mm x 110 mm x 40 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8934)
Very nice glassy slighly reddish colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 3,5 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment. Former Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.Acquired in Chiavenna(SO) show year 1975.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 35 mm x 28 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 28 mm
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Amethyst quartz and goethite - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
(#GM24022)
A large druse completely covered by quartz crystals with a beautiful amethyst color.
Most crystal tips are darker.
The black traces that can be seen are of goethite and ...
Specimen weight:550 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:125mm x 110 mm x 43 mm
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Datolite - 2nd Sovietskii mine - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#MINS8909)
Cluster of glassy, sghaped Datolite xls up to 2,0 cm wide with classi green color that is typical for the specie from this famous localitty, with microcrystal of quartz in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,0 cm wide
Overall size:45mm x 45 mm x 30 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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Acanthite, Quartz - Uchucchacua mine, Oyon, Peru
(#11088_ACAN_DANI)
By now a classic. This specimen offer very nice metallic acantihte xx with quartz xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:485 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:80mm x 60 mm x 60 mm
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Quartz - Torre di Rio, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy
(#10514a_QUAR_DANI)
Historical quarzt crystals cluster specimen. Quartz is coloured yellow by limonite.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:30 mm
Overall size:75mm x 55 mm x 30 mm
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Proustite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
(#GM23025)
Numerous shiny and dark red proustite crystals are scattered practically over the entire internal surface of this specimen.
The whitish residues of quartzite help to highlight a nice color contrast.
Specimen weight:410 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:73mm x 53 mm x 72 mm
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Copper with calcite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8685)
Nice cluster of Copper xls with clear calcite in association up to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:to 4 mm
Overall size:42mm x 28 mm x 25 mm
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Epidote - Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#MINS8657)
A very attractive specimen of sharp, lustrous, translucent, prismatic Epidote crystals up to 1,0 cm wide in "fan"-shaped aggregates on Quartz matrix.
Specimen weight:251 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1,0 cm wide
Overall size:110mm x 35 mm x 50 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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Vorobyevite –Diba-Darra - Deo Darrah - Kuran Wa Munjan Distr. - Badakshan – Afghanistan
(#GM22065)
Numerous azur crystals of vorobyevite are seeded over the surface of this big crystal of quartz.
It's a variety of beryl, an alkali-beryl
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:80mm x 58 mm x 30 mm
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Fluorite, calcite and quartz - Camissinone mine - Zogno - Brembana Valley - Bergamo prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#GM22057)
Three specimens from this famous alpine italian mine:
- a cube of violet fluorite with internal 'ghost' (mm. 30 x 27 x 23)
- orange calcite over quartzes ...
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:30mm x 27 mm x 33 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8602)
Cluster of many brown descloizite crystals in a branching formation of arrowhead-shaped crystals up to 1,5 cm. The descloizite is translucent with good crystal development and lustrous faces in areas.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:25mm x 22 mm x 45 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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Baryte - Bou Nahas, Oumjrane mining area, Morocco
(#MINS8401)
From the moroccan desert nice barite twinned crystals with pyrite and quartz in associacion.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:4,3 cm wide
Overall size:17mm x 12 mm x 43 mm
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Sterryite - Pollone mine - Valdicastello Carducci - Pietrasanta - Apuan Alps - Lucca Province - Tuscany - Italy
(#MINS8439)
Several black thin needles of Sterryite are grown into quartz crystal in parallel formation.Probabily from the best find in the world of this rare sulphosalt !!
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Bastnaesite, tuperssiatsuaite, apophyllite and makatite - Aris Phonolite quarry - Aris - Windhoek distr. - Khomas Region - Namibia
(#GM21005)
A little, brown colored crystal of bastnaesite (3 mm.) is featuring on and edge of the vug of this specimen: this species is a rarity for this locality.
In a corner of the vug ...
Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 35 mm
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Cuprite - Okandawasi, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
(#MINS7750)
Specimen with well formed Cuprite crystal up to 1,6 cm wide aesthetically covered by Malachite on a bed of bluish-green Chrysocolla.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,6 wide
Overall size:37mm x 18 mm x 40 mm
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Otavite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
(#9824_OTAV_DANI)
Specimen very nice and very rich of super rare otavite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:9 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:24mm x 22 mm x 18 mm
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Faden quartz - Stura Valley - Cuneo prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM20031)
From an uncommon alpine locality, an aggregate of faden, partially transparent quartzes.
The crystals are arranged parallel to each other.
It's a floater, no matrix.
Specimen weight:350 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 68
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 68 mm
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Malachite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GM20024)
A carpet of soft felted thin crystals of malachite covers the surface of this specimen.
The color is dark green: when you move the specimen under a light, it changes to pale
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:67mm x 32 mm x 31 mm
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Ferberite and Quartz - Mundo Nuevo mine, Huamachuco, La Libertad, Peru
(#10223_FERB_DANI)
This is a very nice ferberite specimen offering dark black xls with quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:72 gr.
Crystal size:23 mm (f), 40 mm (q)
Overall size:72mm x 65 mm x 52 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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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM19055)
A big, octahedric, green colored and semitransparent crystal of fluorite is flanked by a bulky whitish quartzite.
They have a strong chromatic contrast.
Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:mm.58
Overall size:94mm x 47 mm x 44 mm
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Boulangerite over quartz - Bottino Mine - Stazzema - Apuan Alps - Lucca Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM19054)
A myriad of long grey needles of boulangerite are arranged over some crystal of quartz.
They seems aggregated in the chaos.
Typical from this tuscan mine.
Specimen weight:305 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:85mm x 75 mm x 37 mm
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Azurite - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8020)
This is a very nice specimen offering splendid eletric blue Azurite crystals up to 3,0 cm tall.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm long
Overall size:30mm x 16 mm x 45 mm
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Tsumcorite (TL) - Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#9890_TSUM_DANI)
Nice rare Tsumcorite xls on matrix. Ex. S. Maggia collection.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:<1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 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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Owner : GMineral (Voghera - Italy) 
