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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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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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9141)
Salmon-pink color vayrynenite crystal 1,4 cm tall from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:1,4 cm tall
Overall size:3mm x 1 mm x 14 mm
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Senarmontite - Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche, Ain Beida, Constantine Province, Algeria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9146)
Cluster of rare Senarmontite in octahedral crystals up to 4 mm richly set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:26mm x 23 mm x 25 mm
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Kutnohorite - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
(#MINS9139)
Cluster of Kutnohorite xls up to 10 mm with intense pink in color from the famous Wessels Mine of South Africa.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm
Overall size:20mm x 11 mm x 12 mm
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Minyulite - Ross Annibal mine, Black Hills, Lowrence County, South Dakota - USA
(#12057a_MINY_DANI)
Gorgeus stunningly xls rich minyulite specimen.
Specimen weight:56 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:50mm x 20 mm x 30 mm
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Metavoltine - Alcaparrosa mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Antofagasta, Chile
(#11977_META_DANI)
Specimen sporting yellowish-brown metavoltine xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:42mm x 38 mm x 30 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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Diopside - Miount Vesuvius, ,Campania, Italy
(#11325_DIOP_DANI)
Gorgeous gemmy diopside xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:Piedmont
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Dadsonite xx - Saint-Pons area, Provence-Alps, France
(#11315_DADS_DANI)
Rare nice metallic acicular dadsonite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 15 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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Sanidine, Phlogophite and ? - Mt Somma, Campania, Italy
(#12379_SANI_DANI)
Nice sanidine xx, with green phlogophite xx and creamy unknown xx
Specimen weight:35 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Tetranatrolite - Schoellkopf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
(#11907_TETR_DANI)
Nice brigth white tetranatrolite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 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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Aeschinite-(Y) (TL) - Urstad Feldspar mine, Hidra, Flekkefjord, ,Vest-Agder, Norway
(#11711_AESC_DANY)
Historic Aeschnite xx on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Beryllonite - Mont Saint Hilaire, ,Québec, Canada
(#11710_BERY_DANI)
Rare white Beryllonite on matrix from MSH.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:20mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Berzelianite - Rožná, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina, Czech Republic
(#11705_BERZ_DANI)
Excellent metallic silvery grey specimen of this rare selenium mineral.
Specimen weight:29 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 20 mm
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Rinkite-Ce - Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., ,Arkansas, USA
(#11692_RINK_DANI)
Gorgeouis yellow brown acicular rinkite xx on matrix with black aegirine.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Kunzite (var. of spodumene) - Dara-e-Pech pegmatite field - Dara-e-Pech Distr. - Kunar - Afghanistan
(#GM25048)
A floater of pale pink col,ored crystal of kuinzite, a variety of spodumene.
It's typical from this Afghan locality.
Specimen weight:66 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:66mm x 33 mm x 23 mm
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Mordenite - Montresta - Oristano prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM25047)
Several cottony tufts of white mordenite cover almost entirely, but in a chaotic manner, the surface of this Sardinian specimen.
From a find in the last century.
Specimen weight:700 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:135mm x 97 mm x 65 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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Malachite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lumumbashi - Haut Katanga - Zaire
(#GM25041)
Beautiful and shiny dark green zoned malachite plate with lighter stripes.
Only the front is polished, the other faces are natural.
On the back there is ...
Specimen weight:220 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:110mm x 37 mm x 25 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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Colemanite - Bigadiç - Balikesir Prov. - Marmara Region - Turkey
(#GM25038)
The surface of this specimen is covered with whitish, translucent crystals of colemanite, an uncommon borate.
Traces of this mineral are also in the underlying part of the specimen.
Specimen weight:700 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 27
Overall size:100mm x 88 mm x 57 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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Montgomeryite - Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
(#MINS8912)
Cluster of Montogomeryite crystals up to 1-1.5 mm richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to1.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 18 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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Scawtite with Thaumasite - Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
(#MINS9132)
White glassy fibrous scawtite on basic calcium silicate and carbonate matrix with thaumasite in association.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:46mm x 45 mm x 28 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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Eclarite - Bärenbad Mine (Bärnbad Mine), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria (Type Locality)
(#MINS9110)
Shiny,whitish-grey Eclarite blades on quartz matrix from the Type Locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 23 mm x 12 mm
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Lanthanite-(Ce) - Britannia Mine, Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales, UK (TL)
(#MINS9109)
Lanthanite-(Ce) sub-mm clear glassy crystals set on matrix with malachite in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:30mm x 18 mm x 12 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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Parakeldyshite - Tul'iok river valley, Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula, Kirovsk district,Murmansk Region - Russia (TL)
(#MINS9105)
Bright white crystalline aggregates of Parakeldyshite from the type locality.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:sum-mm
Overall size:38mm x 21 mm x 25 mm
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Griceite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9104)
Pale yellow crystals of Griceite from the type locality.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Uo to 0,5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 34 mm x 20 mm
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Bismutite, Fluorite - Clara mine, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#11402c_BISM_DANI)
Yellow to light brown bismitite xx with fluorite xx.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:< 1mm
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Dugganite - Empire mine, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
(#11303c_DUGG_DANI)
Nice tiny greenish very rare dugganite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 34 mm x 25 mm
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Koninckite - Kociha, Rimavská Sobota Co., Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
(#9694c_KONI_DANI)
Specimen very rich of rounded white koninckite tufts on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:45mm x 35 mm x 15 mm
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Posnjakite - Richtarova - Staré Hory - Slovakia
(#GM25027)
A partly mammillary crust of a light and dark blue color partially covers the surface of this specimen.
It is posnjakite, an uncommon copper sulfate and ...
Specimen weight:85 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:58mm x 47 mm x 37 mm
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Humite - San Vito quarry - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania – Italy
(#GM25026)
Signifint sample where there are some dark amber in color and semi-transparent crystals of humite.
Vesuvius is now declared a Park and it is impossible ...
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm 1,5
Overall size:60mm x 52 mm x 45 mm
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Geocronite - Sala Silver Mine, Sala, Sala Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden (TL)
(#MINS9099)
Silvery-grey geocronite with galena in association from the type locality.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:up to 2 mm
Overall size:23mm x 17 mm x 24 mm
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Paulingite-(Ca) - Vinařice, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
(#MINS9096)
Cluster of yellowish Paulingite xls up to 1 mm with honey brown colored center richly scattered on all matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:42mm x 18 mm x 30 mm
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Copper (native)- Oumjrane mining area, Tinghir, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
(#12768_COPP_DANI)
Very nice arborescent native copper.
Specimen weight:3 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm
Overall size:35mm x 45 mm x 5 mm
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Uvite, Magnesite - Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
(#12749_MAGN_DANI)
Nice red uvite crystals sits on lear nice magnesite crystals. Very cute.
Superb magnesite crystals cluster with uvite and tiny globular goethite? crystals.
Specimen weight:314 gr.
Crystal size:19 mm (m), 2 mm (u)
Overall size:100mm x 75 mm x 60 mm
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Pargasite on marble - Luc Yen mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai, Vietnam
(#12507_PARG_DANI)
Very nice pargasite xls on marble matrix.
Specimen weight:225 gr.
Crystal size:11mm
Overall size:90mm x 65 mm x 40 mm
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Silver - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12296_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 5 mm
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Remondite-(Ce) - Mont Saint Hilaire, ,Québec, Canada
(#11683_REMO_DANI)
Orange-red rare Remondite/Ce xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:30mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine, Box Canyon District, Arizona, USA
(#11679_RAMS_DANI)
Very nice metallic grey Ramsdellite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:13 gr.
Crystal size:14 mm
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Rancieite - Montecchio, Veneto, Italy
(#11675_RANC_DANI)
Black Ranceite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:17 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:Piedmont
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Richellite (TL) - Richelle, Visé, Wallonia, Belgium
(#11674_RICH_DANI)
Yellow-brown Richelite xx from the type locality.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:60mm x 40 mm x 15 mm
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Mcguinnesite with Vuagnatite - Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Red Mountain District, Mayacmas Mts , Mendocino Co., California, USA (Type Locality)
(#MINS9095)
Blue green rare Mcguinnessite up to 1,5 mm scattered on matrix from the type locality with minor vuagnatite in association.
Specimen weight:26 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 24 mm x 16 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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Corkite on goethite - Serra da Mina mine - Cercal - Santiago do Cacém - Setúbal distr. - Portugal
(#GM25021)
Several yellow-brown minicrystals of corkite are spread over the matrix of black goethite.
The pictures are overligthened to show the details.
Ex Bruno Cerato collection with original label.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 32 mm
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Natrolite, Rhodochrosite - Mont Saint Hilaire, Québec, Canada
(#12829_NATR_DANI)
Very nice combo offering gemmy Natrolite with a nice Rhodochrosite rosett
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm (n)
Overall size:25mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Molybdenite - Moly Hill mine, La Motte, Quebec, Canada
(#12438_MOLY_DANI)
Very nice molybdenite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:59 gr.
Crystal size:20 mm
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Silver, Pyrargiryte? - Porco, Agua de Castilla, Potosì, Bolivia
(#12291_SILV_DANI)
Very nice pseudo-wire silver with Pyrargiryte?
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:20mm x 20 mm x 10 mm
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Tremolite - Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk, Russia
(#11896_TREM_DANI)
Rare green tremolite xx on matrix.kal.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:10 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Anatase, Hessonite Garnet - Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy
(#11663_ANAT_DANI)
Nice dark red Anatase xx with red Hessonite xx..
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:35mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Alunogen - Le Cetine mine, Chiusdino, Tuscany, Italy
(#11660_ALUN_DANI)
Nice creamy Alunogen on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 20 mm x 30 mm
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Manganberzeliite - Varenche mine, Saint-Barthélemy, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#9264_MANG_DANI)
Very rare red Manganberzielite tiny xx and masses on matrix.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 25 mm x 13 mm
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Vivianite in fossil shell - Kamysh-Burun Trough - Kerchenskoe deposit - Kerchenskyi (Fe) ore basin - Kerch Peninsula - Crimea - Russia
(#GM25016)
In an aggregate of small fossil shells one of them shows an opening.
You can see the interior, which is filled with bundles of vivianite crystals.
It is glued to the plastic base.
Specimen weight:37 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:21mm x 31 mm x 38 mm
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Titanite - Tormiq valley - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM25013)
Several transparent, brilliant and brown coloured crystals of titanite are spread all over the white surface of this specimen for a strong contrast.
Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:78mm x 57 mm x 30 mm
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Szaibélyite (Ascarite)- Brosso Mine, Brosso - Italy
(#11651_ASCH_DANI)
Specimen fully covered of Szaibelyite on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 30 mm
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Ecdemite (Heliophyllite) - Lavrion district mines, Attika, Greece
(#11336_ECDE_DANI)
Glassy transparent Ecdemite pseudoexhagonal xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 15 mm
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Axinite - Bourg d'Oisans,Haute Savoie, France
(#10522a_AXIN_DANI)
A classic. Nice axinite xx on matrix.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:17 mm
Overall size:80mm x 25 mm x 45 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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Pharmacosiderite, Carminite, Malachite - Cap Garonne mine, Le Pradet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
(#9947b_PHAR_DANI)
Nice creamy pharmacosiderite cubes with globular malachite and carminite xls on matrix.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:1 mm
Overall size:55mm x 30 mm x 23 mm
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Pargasite - Luc Yen - Yen Bai - Vietnam
(#GM25008)
Some green pargasite crystals are clearly visible on the white matrix of saccharoid marble.
On the back you can see a large brown crystal of hydroxylclinohumite, of which a tip can also be seen in front.
The sample was etched ...
Specimen weight:260 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:100mm x 95 mm x 22 mm
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Analcime - Siusi Alp - Sciliar -Castelrotto - Bolzano prov. - Trentino-Alto Adige - Italy
(#GM25006)
A large white crystal of analcime is prominent on the matrix.
A classic specimen from this well-known Alpine location that has given so many specimens to collections around the world.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 40 x 31
Overall size:60mm 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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Bukovskýite - Kaňk, Kutná Hora, Kutná Hora District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic (TL)
(#MINS9071)
Tanc earthy nodular bukovskyite in a solid grouping. Very good for this species; from the type locality.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:37mm x 32 mm x 30 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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Zircon and biotite - Astor - Astor Valley - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#MINS9076)
A brown-reddish colored, well shaped crystals of Zircon up to 9 mm are set on matrix rich of biotite.
Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Mimetite - Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand.
(#MINS9081)
Lustrous, golden-yellow mimetite crystals up to 6 mm richly and aesthetically cover the matrix.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:37mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Hematite - Mount Cervandone, Devero Valley - Italy
(#MINS9075)
Cluster of very nice hematite crystals up to 5 mm with high luster from a classic alpine locale.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:up to 5 mm
Overall size:32mm x 25 mm x 12 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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Diopside - Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy
(#MINS9074)
Cluster of sculptural gemmy diopside xls up to 1,1 cm from the famous, nowadays closed locality.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:3mm x 9 mm x 23 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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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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Sulphur - Perticara Mine, Novafeltria, Rimini Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
(#MINS9080)
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:8 gr.
Crystal size:1,8 cm wide
Overall size:25mm x 21 mm x 15 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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Phosinaite-(Ce) on Ussingite - Palitra pegmatite, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
(#MINS9058)
Spray of brown prysmatic crystals of Phosinaite-(Ce) into violet Ussingite matrix.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm
Overall size:34mm x 18 mm x 18 mm
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Ferrierite - Albero Bassi - Santorso - Vicenza prov. - Veneto - Italy
(#GM24111)
Typical ferrierite specimen with spheroidal and felted crystals.
It comes from a classic locality in Veneto for this species.
Incidentally, it would be the 'Type Locality' for heulandite-K
Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:57mm x 63 mm x 47 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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Rhodizite rich of Rubidium (Rb) - Tetezantsio - Madagascar
(#MINS9053)
In foreground sharp, gemmy, yellow-green crystal of Rhodizite rich of Rb 3 mm wide perched on pegmatitic matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:3 mm
Overall size:16mm x 13 mm x 21 mm
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Anatase - Miage Glacier - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#GM24105)
A handful of black, shiny and with metallic reflections anatase crystals, are scattered across the light surface of the piece.
There are white, partially crystallized areas of alvite.
Classic ...
Specimen weight:160 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:71mm x 45 mm x 31 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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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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Franckeite, Jamesonitete - San José mine, Oruro City, Bolivia
(#12364_FRAN_DANI)
Mushroom shaped specimen offering a myriad of tiny jamesonite and frankeite xx.
Specimen weight:568 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:70mm x 70 mm x 60 mm
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