Chalcopyrite - Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR1612)
Stunning sample featuring two perfect bisphenoidal chrystals of Chalcopyrite froma famous italian locality.
Textbook old sample!
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:0.8 cm
 Overall size:34mm x 17 mm x 12 mm
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Gordaite (TL), Schwarzenbergite, Paratacamite - Sierra Gorda, ,Antofagasta, Chile
(#11790_GORD_DANI)
Tiny but nice greenish-light blue gordaite xx on matrix with deep green paratacamite and minor schwarzenbergite.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Vesuvianite xx (TL), Sodalite xx - Mt Somma, Campania, Italy
(#10949_VESU_DANI)
Superb vesuvianite xx on matrix with sodalite in association. Classic specimen for the type locality.
Specimen weight:426 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm
Overall size:85mm x 90 mm x 60 mm
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Heyrovskite (TL), Pyrite - Hůrky, Čistá, Rakovník, Bohemia, Czech Republic
(#11331a_HEYR_DANI)
Nice metallic grey Heyrovskite xx from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Fluorite, calcite and pyrite - Sant Cugat del Vallès - El Papiol - Baix Llobregat - Barcelona - Catalonia - Spain
(#GM24097)
Numerous small fluorite crystals are seeded across the surface of this sample.
They have a beautiful bright green color and are semi-transparent.
Some squat, translucent ...
Specimen weight:750 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:110mm x 100 mm x 58 mm
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Arsenopyrite, Quartz- Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
(#11153_ARSE_DANI)
Nice arsenopyrite xx cluster with quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:146 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (a)
Overall size:110mm x 40 mm x 50 mm
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Arsenopyrite - Julcani distr. - Angaraes prov. - Huancavelica depatm. - Peru
(#MINS9026)
Cluster of sharp Arsenopyrite xls up to 1,3 cm tall.
Specimen weight:112 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,3 cm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 33 mm
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Anatase, Pyrite, Quartz - Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
(#11658_ANAT_DANI)
Nice brown anatase xx with cubit pyrite and quartz xx.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:25mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Enargite - Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad, Peru
(#MINS9014)
Gorgeous old specimen with several tabular grey metallic crystals of enargite up to 3,0 cm tall set on matrix with pyrite in association.
Specimen weight:188 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,0 cm tall
Overall size:73mm x 45 mm x 30 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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Pyrite, Pyrrhotite - Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdàn, Chihuahua, Mexico
(#10972_PYRI_DANI)
Nice combo offering a magnificent pyrrothite xx surrounded by many pyrite xx.
Specimen weight:99 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm (pyrro)
Overall size:60mm x 55 mm x 30 mm
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Sartorite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS8876)
Cluster of Sartorite crystals up to 1,4 cm long set in dolomia matrix with sphalerite and pyrite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:132 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,4 cm long
Overall size:65mm x 45 mm x 35 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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Pyrite - Huanzala mine - Huallanca Distr. - Bolognesi Prov. - Ancash - Perù
(#GM23082)
From a new discovery in Peru.
A stunning aggregate of octahedral pyrites, an uncommon kind of crystallization.
The crystals are big, perfect, with well-defined edges, rounded corners and are partly interpenetrated with each other ...
Specimen weight:570 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 35 x 35
Overall size:90mm x 67 mm x 66 mm
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Pyrite, Galena, Baryte - San José mine, Oruro City, Bolivia
(#12366_PYRI_DANI)
Unsual specimen offering plenty tiny pyrte xx with galena xx and minor baryte xx.
Specimen weight:748 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:110mm x 95 mm x 45 mm
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Baryte on Pyrite and Sphalerite - Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, Romania
(#BALD0783)
Big Baryte's crystals aggregate, intersected with each other, laid on a matrix rich in sulfides (Pyrite and Sphalerite). Photographed under strong light.
Specimen weight:115 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 45 mm
Overall size:58mm x 44 mm x 40 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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Arsenopyrite on Lollingite - Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China
(#MINS8734)
A very attractive specimen with hundreds bright, sharp silvery xls of Arsenopyrite up to 7-8 mm on Lollingite matrix.
Specimen weight:360 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7-8 mm
Overall size:67mm x 55 mm x 60 mm
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Calcite, sphalerite and pyrite – Baccu Arrodas mine – Muravera - Sarrabus - South Sardinia Prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM23021)
Historic sample from the former Stoppani collection with original label.
It's an aggregate of parallel, whitish calcite crystals.
The dark areas are covered by microcrystals of pyrite and by larger ones of sphalerite.
Specimen weight:145 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 63
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 63 mm
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Baryte and pyrite - Lubin mine - Lubin Co. - Lower Silesian Voivodeship - Poland
(#GM23007)
Druse strewn with lamellar ocher crystals of baryte that are capped with a myriad of small shimmering crystals of pyrite
Specimen weight:425 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 16
Overall size:83mm x 70 mm x 42 mm
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Glaucophane with Fuchsite and Pyrite - Rio Oremo, Chiavolino, Pollone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy
(#BALD0736)
Tight intertwining of Glaucophane's crystals up to 5 mm. This mineral is pleochroic, and both colors (blue and blue-green) are visible depending on the crystals' orientation. There's green Fuchsite and a small Pyrite crystal on the rear.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:61mm x 40 mm x 26 mm
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Chalcopyrite, Siderite - Hezhang County, Bijie, Guizhou, China
(#11100_CHAL_DANI)
Very nice combo offering both shiny chalcopyrite xx with siderite xx.
Specimen weight:235 gr.
Crystal size:23 mm (s), 23 mm (ca)
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 55 mm
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Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite - Huaron mining district, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru
(#10735_CHAL_DANI)
Very nice combo offering both shiny chalcopyrite xx with siderite xx.
Specimen weight:277 gr.
Crystal size:22 mm (c), 16 mm (s)
Overall size:95mm x 60 mm x 20 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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Pyrite - Niccioleta mine, Massa Marittima, ,Tuscany, Italy
(#11149_PYRI_DANI)
Very nice classic pyrite xx on massive pyrite matrix.
Specimen weight:741 gr.
Crystal size:35 mm
Overall size:130mm x 40 mm x 80 mm
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Rhodochrosite with Fluorite, Quartz, Pyrite and Galena - Wutong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
(#BALD0735)
Numerous, well defined Rhodochrosite's crystals up to 19 mm, with a gorgeous pink color, lay on the matrix and come with crystals of Fluorite, Quartz, Pyrite and Galena. A small, real jewel, very aesthetic.
Specimen weight:206 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 19 mm
Overall size:85mm x 52 mm x 43 mm
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Lazurite, pyrite and chondrodite - Sar-e-Sang distr. - Koksha valley - Badakhshan prov. - Afghanistan
(#GM21063)
A big, dark blue colored crystal of lazurite is scattered out the whitish matrix of marble.
Some areas of it have an electric blue color.
Ther are some little, golden colored crystals of pyrite and some others of chondrodite ...
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25 x 22
Overall size:50mm x 32 mm x 53 mm
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Baryte, Pyrite - Andalusia, Spain
(#12575_BARY_DANI)
Nice baryte xx on matrix with pyrite associated.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:45mm x 20 mm x 35 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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Pyrite & Magnetite - Brosso Mine, Brosso, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
(#FERR1550)
Specimen with octaedric brilliant pyrite crystals on black magnetite.
Previously belonged to Dulbecco collection, then to Bonisoli collection, with labels.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:42mm x 27 mm x 16 mm
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Binnite (var. of Tennantite-(Zn)) -Lengenbach Quarry - Fäld - Binn - Goms - Valais - Switzerland
(#GM21003)
A big crystal of binnite is in good evidence over the whitish matrix of this specimen.
Several minicrystals of pyrites are seeded over all the faces of it.
Specimen weight:175 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 34 mm
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Bertrandite, Quartz, Fluorite, Pyrite, Ferberite - Kara-Oba W deposit, Karazhal, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
(#BALD0615)
On a group of milky Quartz's ctystals up to 66 mm, hundreds of white Bertrandite's crystals up to 5 mm are laid down, with two nice octahedral green Fluorite's crystals (22 mm), Ferberite (10 mm) and a myriad of extremely shiny Pyrite's…
Specimen weight:390 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:100mm x 70 mm x 78 mm
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Pyrite - Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#BALD0588)
Group of compenetrated, pentagon-dodecahedral Pyrite's crystals. The major is 62 mm. There are some traces of Hematite.
Specimen weight:706 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 62 mm
Overall size:85mm x 70 mm x 55 mm
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Bournonite, quartz and pyrite - Machacamarca - Machacamarca distr. - Cornelio Saavedra prov. - Potosí deptm - Bolivia
(#GM18006)
A big 'cogwheel' shaped, dark grey colored crystal of bournonite is in good evidence over the surface of this specimen.
Some other minors are visible all around.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 26
Overall size:61mm x 42 mm x 26 mm
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Vauxite (TL), Metavauxite (TL) and Paravauxite (TL) - Siglo XX mine, Llallagua, ,Potosí Department, Bolivia
(#9220_VAUX_DANI)
Specimen featuring nice blue color radiating aggregates of Vauxite xls associated with fibrous super rare Metavauxite xls and tabular Paravauxite xls.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 26 mm x 22 mm
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Augelite, quartz and pyrite - Machacamarca mine - Machacamarca - Machacamarca Distr. - Cornelio Saavedra prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM17055)
This specimen features several fine, sharp, lustrous, colourless crystals of augelite up to 4 mm associated with minor quartz and octahedral pyrite on the matrix.
Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:60mm x 43 mm x 36 mm
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Hutchinsonite - La Libertad Mine, Quiruvilca, Peru
(#FERR1225)
On a flattish sulphide/pyrite matrix are scattered several crystals of hutchinsonite, with crystals to around half cm. A very good example of this rare and classic sulphosalt from Quiruvilca. Formerly in the M. Motta collection.
Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:to 0.5 cm
Overall size:80mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
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Arsenopyrite, Stolemberg mine, Gressoney-la-Trinité, Valley of Aosta, Italy.
(#7428_ARSE_DANI)
Rare arsenopyrite crystals from the historical stolemberg mine.
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm
Overall size:32mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Arsenopyrite, Stolemberg mine, Gressoney-la-Trinité, Valley of Aosta, Italy.
(#7377_ARSE_DANI)
Rare arsenopyrite crystals from the historical stolemberg mine.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:7 mm
Overall size:50mm x 36 mm x 26 mm
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Bertrandite, Quartz and Pyrite - Kara-Oba deposit, Betpakdala Desert, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
(#FERR0819)
Cluster with rich coverage of pearl white Bertrandite xls, spread over smoky Quartz xls, and associated with Pyrite in cubic xls.
Campione in ottime condizioni.
Specimen weight:304 gr.
Crystal size:bertrandite to 1 cm
Overall size:87mm x 70 mm x 45 mm
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Gypsum - Niccioletta Mine, province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
(#FERR0668)
Cluster of pearl white Gypsum xls with good translucency, from a classic italian mine exploited for Pyrite up to mid '90's and then closed.
Specimen weight:91 gr.
Crystal size:to 5 cm
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 50 mm
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Chalcopyrite and Quartz - Neve quarry, Masso, Province of Genova, Liguria, Italy
(#FERR0442)
Classic oldtimer from Liguria, featuring one single, very clean, bi-sphenoidal xl of Chalcopyrite, associated with xls of transparent quartz on matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:1 cm
Overall size:6 x 5,8 x 5 cm
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Owner : Ferrero 's (Torino-Italy) 