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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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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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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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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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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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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Pararealgar over realgar - Schimen mine - Hunan - China
(#GMA26024)
Yellow-orange crusts of pararealgar cover the surface: some red crystals of realgar are scattering put pf it.
Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:74mm x 47 mm x 28 mm
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Durangite and hematite - Durangite Locality - Thomas Range - Juab Co. - Utah
(#GMA26021)
Reddish areas of durangite are visible over the dark matrix of hematite
Specimen weight:130 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:56mm x 48 mm x 35 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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Iranite - Santa Ana mine, Tocopilla District, Antofagasta Region
(#MINS9151)
Sharp rare bladed brown Iranite xl 5 mm wide with orange small orange Wulfenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:40mm x 27 mm x 35 mm
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Bixbyite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa
(#MINS9158)
Group of very sharp Bixbyite crystals, of cubic habit, very bright to 4 mm in Manganese matrix.
Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:to 4 mm
Overall size:55mm x 35 mm x 18 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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Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael Mining District, Emery Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS9144)
Very well crystallized and extremely representative Coquimbite xls up to 5 mm with classic association for this locale.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:Up tp 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 46 mm x 30 mm
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Tiragalloite - Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Italy
(#11901_TIRA_DANI)
Bright orange tiragalloite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:25mm x 15 mm x 15 mm
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Baryte - La Union - Murcia - Spain
(#GM25039)
Baryte center of a geode with a whitish/pale grenish color and crystals arranged all around the piece.
Very aesthetic!
Specimen weight:1340 gr.
Crystal size:mm.28
Overall size:127mm x 75 mm x 110 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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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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Wulfenite - La Morita Mine, Ascención Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
(#MINS9112)
Cluster of lustrous orange tabular wulfenite crystals to 1.8 cm.Showy.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 18 mm
Overall size:40mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
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Vanadinite - Mibladen mine - Midelt - Khenifra Prov. - Meknès-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM25037)
A beautiful druse covered with brilliant and perfect crystals of fiery red vanadinite, which are mostly arranged on one side.
The back of the specimen is light brown colored and shows the natural process of ...
Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:80mm x 40 mm x 65 mm
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Mereheadite - Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS9101)
Yellow-orange, vitreous Mereheadite within a veinlet of white calcite cutting a beautifully contrasting black matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:31mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Scheelite on Muscovite - Pingwu beryl mine (Huya W-Sn-Be deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be deposit), Huya township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
(#MINS9092)
Marvelous orange-yellow Scheelite's crystal, very glossy, nicely standing out on the Muscovite's matrix. The sample is very nice, in excellent conditions, and it's natural, absolutely not oiled.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 24 mm
Overall size:68mm x 58 mm x 35 mm
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Labunstovite-(Fe) - N'orkpakhk Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9072)
Reddish-orange sprays of labuntsovite-Fe in matrix from N'orkpakhk Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia. This locality produces some of the world's largest labuntsovite crystals.
Specimen weight:116 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm long
Overall size:55mm x 45 mm x 40 mm
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Wulfenite - Los Lamentos mine, Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
(#11524_WULF_DANI)
Very nice classic deep orange Wulfenite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Calcite - Daye Co., Hubei Province, China
(#MINS9083)
Stunning deep orange-yellow gemmy calcite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:75mm x 50 mm x 30 mm
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Tinaksite - Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Saha Republic ,Yakutia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia - Type Locality
(#MINS9063)
Orangey brown Tinaksite up to 2,0 cm wide on lilac Charoite matrix.Rare and Showy.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 cm long
Overall size:45mm x 10 mm x 20 mm
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Phlogopite - Koksha Valley - Badakashan Province - Afghanistan
(#MINS9077)
Orange-brown Phlogopite crystals up to 1,0 cm long , mostly clear, on matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 1,0 cm
Overall size:58mm x 38 mm x 22 mm
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Crocoite - Red Lead Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
(#MINS9070)
Fire orange-red color crystals up to 7 mm in alterated Goethite matrix. A classic
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:42mm x 23 mm x 8 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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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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Phillipsite - Calvarina Mt. - Roncà - Verona prov. - Veneto - Italy
(#GM24108)
Nice specimen with several pale orange spheres of phillipsite that are spread all over the surface.
Some of them are broken and show a small red heart for a nice contrast of color.
Specimen weight:240 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:105mm x 85 mm x 38 mm
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Baryte - Mibladen mining distr. - Midelt Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM24100)
Excellent druse completely covered by lamellar barite crystals.
The color is rather dark orange, with some black dots here and there, probably made up by goethite.
Very aesthetic !
Specimen weight:535 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:130mm x 80 mm x 50 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Zagi Mountain - Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri - Peshawar Distr. - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prov. - Pakistan
(#GM24088)
A floater of bastnäsite-(Ce) from a classic locality from Pakistan.
It has the typical brown color, with orange-yellow reflections.
It's brilliant and well defined ...
Specimen weight:7 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:16mm x 12 mm x 12 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS9031)
Very sharp cluster of translucet Bastnäsite-(Ce) xls 6 mm wide with orangey color set on contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm wide
Overall size:36mm x 26 mm x 34 mm
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Desautelsite with Artinite - Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
(#MINS9047)
Specimen rich of Orange-brown Desautelsite xls with tufts of Artinite in associaton.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Thomsonite and mesolite - Deshgaon – Burhanpur – Madhya Pradesh - India
(#GM24079)
Very nice specimen of thomsonite and mesolite from a recent find in India.
Big and dark orange coloured hemispheres of thomsonite are stunning over it.
They are covered by radial, delicate and white colored sprays of mesolite ...
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:55mm x 36 mm x 36 mm
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Hureaulite - Jocao pegmatite, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS9034)
Bright well defined orangey-pink Hureaulite xls up to 5 mm richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:118 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:57mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Spessartine - Tongbei, Yunxiao (Yunling), Zhangzhou area, Fujian - East Region - China
(#MINS9027)
Cluster of nicely scattered orange red lustrous spessartine crystals , these averaging 3-4 mm in size.
Specimen weight:73 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3-4 mm
Overall size:67mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Microlite on Albite - Ipè Mine - Governador Valadares - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS9008)
Cluster of orange octahedric also with corners modified by trapezohedron Microlite crystals up to 2.5 mm set on white contrasting Albite. A nice sample of this rare specie.Showy.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 27 mm x 23 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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Ferristrunzite - Mont-des-Groseillers - Blaton - Bernissart - Hainaut - Wallonia - Belgium
(#GM24069)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered with cream-colored needles of ferristrunzite.
Many of them are arranged in a rosette ...
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:62mm x 47 mm x 21 mm
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Hureaulite, sicklerite, vivianite, rockbridgeite and phosphoferrite - Mangualde - Viseu - Portugal
(#GM24065)
A small encyclopedia of minerals, where however only hureaulite is easily recognizable.
Most of the surface of this specimen is covered with orange/light brown crystals of hureaulite.
To identify the other minerals you need ...
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:56mm x 43 mm x 22 mm
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Beudantite and scorodite - Gold Hill mine - Gold Hill Mining Distr. - Tooele Count - Utah - United States
(#GM24057)
he surface of the specimen is completely covered with brown/orange crystals of beudantite.
Among them there are crystals of scorodite with ...
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. B-158
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:55mm x 42 mm x 32 mm
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Pascoite and metarossite - Sunday #2 mine - Carnation mine Group - Slick Rock Mining Distr. - San Miguel County - Colorado - United States
(#GM24054)
A crust of mini granules covers the surface of this specimen.
The orange colored areas are pascoite, the yellow-green ones are metarossite.
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. P-85.
Specimen weight:62 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:53mm x 35 mm x 29 mm
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Marialite - Fà Valley, Niardo, Lombardy, Italy
(#11851_MARI_DANI)
Strangely shaped/coloured marialite xx on matrix
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:12 mm
Overall size:60mm x 49 mm x 10 mm
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Pargasite - Aliabad marbles, Aliabad, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS8907)
Green crystals of Pargasite up to 7 mm are scattering out of the white matrix of marble. The green colour is in strong contrast with the white of the matrix.Orange phlogopite in association.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:43mm x 42 mm x 24 mm
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Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS8860)
Very sharp Bastnäsite-(Ce) crystal 5 mm wide, between transparent and translucent, with orangey color set on matrix.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm wide
Overall size:55mm x 48 mm x 28 mm
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Chondrodite - Mansjöberg Limestone Quarries, Los, Ljusdal, Gävleborg County, Sweden
(#MINS8864)
Cluster of orange grains of chondrodite on calcite matrix.
Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-2.5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 40 mm x 35 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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Volkovskite - Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK
(#MINS8836)
This is a parallel-growth cluster of bladed, glassy and gemmy, orangey crystals of Volkovskite.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 cm tall
Overall size:14mm x 9 mm x 35 mm
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Pseudobrookite with Topaz- Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
(#MINS8824)
Very nice jet black pseudobrookite xls up to 7 mm with topaz in association on rhiolite matrix.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm wide
Overall size:48mm x 38 mm x 23 mm
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Goldichite, Coquimbite - Dexter No. 7 mine, Calf Mesa, Emery Co., ,Utah, USA
(#11793_GOLD_DANI)
Pale yellowish/green goldichite xx with light purple coquimbite xx.
Specimen weight:41 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm (g), 3 mm (co)
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Grossular/hessonite garnet - Alpe delle Frasse - Lajetto - Condove - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM23058)
Excellent alpine specimen of grossular/hessonite garnet.
Numerous crystals with a beautiful dark red to orange color cover the surface.
All of them are shiny and semi-transparent ...
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:64mm x 53 mm x 22 mm
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Olmiite - N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Type Locality)
(#MINS8791)
Specimen with orange-pink glassy crystals up to 5 mm set on calcite xls. From the type locality.
Specimen weight:63 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:55mm x 33 mm x 35 mm
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Celestite and sulphur - Floristella mine - Enna prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GM23050)
Gorgeous cluster of long, colorless, brilliant, almost gem quality big crystal of celestite.
Some dark orange colore crystals of 'talamone'sulphur are seeded among them for a strong contrast of color ...
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:83mm x 73 mm x 55 mm
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Celestine - Little Wild Horse Canyon, Emery Co.,Utah, USA
(#11064_CELE_DANI)
Very nice celestine crystals cluster
Specimen weight:460 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:95mm x 50 mm x 60 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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Vanadinite - Vein 12, Jbel Tadaout, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
(#MINS8541)
A very aesthetic and classy Moroccan specimen of red-orange vanadinite barrels to 10 x 9 mm wide set on contrasting, matte-black, botryoidal crust of either goethite or manganese oxides.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 x 9 mm
Overall size:40mm x 37 mm x 18 mm
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Korobitsynite (TL), Serandite, ? - Lovozeresky district, Kola, Murmansk, Russia
(#11569_KORO_DANI)
Very nice colorless vitreous korobitsynite xls with orange serandite xls and an unknown mineral.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 25 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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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8149)
Specimen rich of Fluellite xls up to 1,5 mm richly set on matrix.A classic Australian specimen.
Specimen weight:71 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 40 mm
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Ambrinoite (TL) - Signols quarries, Signols, Susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy
(#9275_AMBR_DANI)
Super rare orange-red Ambrinoite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:44mm x 23 mm x 31 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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Owner : GMineral (Voghera - Italy) 
