Brochanite xx - Concepción del Oro, Concepción del Oro Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
(#14011_BROC_DANI)
Historical mexican brochanite specimen of the classic dark green colour.
Specimen weight:87 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
 Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9225)
A sharp complex translucent intense blue boleite crystal on anglesite. Superb thumbnail, great colour. Unusual to find boleite crystals on anglesite matrix.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:4,5x4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 8 mm x 9 mm
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Legrandite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9224)
Group of prismatic yellow crystals of legrandite up to 7 mm on limonitic matrix. Rare and showy.
Specimen weight:6 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:32mm x 8 mm x 26 mm
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Adamite (Var: Manganese-bearing Adamite) - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mapimí Municipality, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9190)
Sample with Manganoan Adamite crystals up to 7 mm, purple in the terminations, very glossy. on limonitic matrix. Found in the 80's, it's in very good conditions.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:45mm x 44 mm x 37 mm
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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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Carlfriesite - Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico (TL)
(#MINS9168)
Specimen with yellow Carlfriesite xls up to 0.8 mm richly set on matrix with green Tlapallite in association.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.8 mm wide
Overall size:35mm x 35 mm x 18 mm
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Bromargyrite - Commercial Cramer Mine, Mimbres mines group, Georgetown Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
(#MINS9167)
Greenish bromargyrite on matrix.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:33mm x 22 mm x 32 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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Cuprian Austinite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
(#MINS9143)
Superb rare cuprian austinite with vivid green color on limonitic matrix.
Specimen weight:1 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:57mm x 57 mm x 37 mm
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Adamite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mexico
(#GM25046)
Several adamite aggregates are visible all around the sample.
Under long-wave UV light they take on a shocking lemon yellow color: in reality the yellow is much more intense ...
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:54mm x 42 mm x 44 mm
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Smithsonite - Kelly mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA
(#MINS9137)
Specimen with intense blue/green Smithsonite in botryoidal mass from this classic locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:51mm x 38 mm x 14 mm
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Gilmarite - Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS8904)
Gilmarite in blue rosettes xls up to 1 mm scattered in vugs of matrix with green Conicalcite in association .A rare copper arsenate. Ex Sandro Maggia coll.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 25 mm x 28 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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Xocolatlite - Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico (TL)
(#MINS9115)
Tiny brown lamellar xocolatlite crystals from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:33mm x 23 mm x 10 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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Iranite - Santa Ana mine, Tocopilla District, Antofagasta Region
(#MINS9055)
Cluster of rare bladed brown Iranite xls up to 2 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 28 mm
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Boleite - Amelia Mine, Arroyo de la Soledad, Boleo District, Santa Rosalía, Mun. de Mulegé, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
(#MINS9000)
Sharp crystals of Boleite up to 5 mm with a nice indigo blue color, on a stabilized matrix, coming from a no longer productive locality.
Specimen weight:51 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:52mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Erythrite - Sara Alicia Mine, San Bernardo, Álamos Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
(#MINS9009)
This erythrite is not from Morocco, but from Mexico! Bright pink to magenta fibrous acicular crystal clusters, nicely isolated on matrix. A very uncommon thing on the market, as this is old material from over 20 years ago (or more). seldom seen in s.
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:57mm x 54 mm x 40 mm
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Cuprodongchuanite - Sanguozhuang, Dongchuan District, Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province China (TL)
(#MINS8995)
Translucent, lustrous pale bluish green spheroidal aggregates of Cuprodongchuanite, a rare phosphate of lead, copper and zinc, discovered very recently and approved by the IMA as a new species in 2021
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 0.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Linarite - Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa Mining District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
(#MINS8986)
Electric Blue Linarite crystals up to 2-3 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2-3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 28 mm x 35 mm
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Cuprian adamite (var. of adamite - Ojuela mine - Mapimì - Mun. de Mapimì - 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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Rosasite, Hemimorphite - Ojuela mine, Mapimì, Durango, Mexico
(#11687_ROSA_DANI)
Nice deep green rosasite xls with transparent hemimorphite xx on limonite matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Merlinoite (TL), Phillipsite - Cupaello quarry, Santa Rufina, ,Latium, Italy
(#11814_MERL_DANI)
From type locality. Nice merlinoite xx specimen with globlualr Phillipsite.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 32 mm x 30 mm
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Bornite over pyrite - Milpillas mine - Cuitaca - santa Cruz Municipality - Sonora - Mexico
(#GM23027)
A thin dark layer of bornite covers the surface of the pyrites visible on this specimen.
On the main one (18 mm.) there are some small areas where the golden yellow color of the underlying pyrite can be seen.
The matrix is ...
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:57mm x 34 mm x 48 mm
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Tlapallite-Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (Type Locality)
(#MINS8703)
Matrix hosting green Tlapallite on matrix with black Hessite in association.From the type locality.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:masses
Overall size:53mm x 27 mm x 38 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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Owner : Rolando Minerals (Torino - Italy) 
