Churchite-(Y) - Maffei Mine ,Auerbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany (Type Locality)
(#MINS9048)
Nice whitish sprays of Churchite-(Y) up to 1.5 mm richly set on limonitic matrix from the TL.Churchite-(Y) is a rare hydrated yttrium phosphate, a member of the Gypsum Supergroup.
Specimen weight:103 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
 Overall size:60mm x 45 mm x 27 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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Väyrynenite - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9004)
Beautiful, rich salmon-pink color and high luster on this gem vayrynenite crystal from Shengus, Pakistan. Vayrynenite is a rare Mn-Be-phosphate.
Specimen weight:2 gr.
Crystal size:8 mm wide
Overall size:8mm x 3 mm x 7 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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Spinel - Pamir - Tajikistan
(#GM24060)
Some large black spinels are stunning on the surface of this specimen: one is perfectly formed and intact, the others are not.
The original tag lists the provenance as CIS ...
Former mineralogical collection of Sandro Maggia: no. S-70.
Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 22
Overall size:43mm x 35 mm x 30 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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Fluellite - Tom's Quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
(#MINS8926)
Fluellite is a rare hydrated phosphate. This active open pit phosphate mine is well-known for a wide variety of rare and unusual phosphates. Specimens of this size and richness are very uncommon from here.....
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 25 mm
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Goyazite - Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
(#MINS8937)
Rich specimen covered with sharp goyazite crystals to 4 mm.
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:60mm x 32 mm x 33 mm
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Vauxite - Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia (Type Locality)
(#MINS8680)
Cluster of blue Vauxite xls up to 1-2 mm. A fairly rare iron phosphate (and one of the very few blue iron-containing minerals)
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-2 mm
Overall size:48mm x 30 mm x 14 mm
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Variscite - Wiśniówka Wielka, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland
(#FERR1575)
Several apple green globular aggregates of Variscite are scattered on matrix.
Former Sandro Maggia collection, with label.
Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:0,5 cm
Overall size:60mm x 25 mm x 12 mm
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Kulanite and siderite - Big Fish River - Dawson Mining District - Yukon - Canada
(#MINS8412)
Several very lustrous deep blue-green crystals up to 3.5 mm of this rare phosphate are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3.5 mm
Overall size:63mm x 38 mm x 15 mm
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Yoshimruraite - Taguchi mine, Shitara, Kitashitara County, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
(#FERR1530)
A reference piece with small orange-brown crystals of yoshimuraite; the very rare barium manganese titanium silicate phosphate and associated with rhodonite. This is from an old mine, now abandoned since a long time.
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:55mm x 20 mm x 25 mm
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Planerite - Montgomery County Quarry, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States of America
(#FERR1493)
A rich array of Planerite in white-greenish spheres is scattered atop this piece.
The Planerite spheres are associated to another mineral, in white tuffs as you can see from the pics, that I was not able to identify.
Specimen weight:61 gr.
Crystal size:.
Overall size:50mm x 42 mm x 20 mm
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Beryllonite - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM17097)
A thumbnail of this sodium, beryllium phosphate with a classic crystallization.
It's a floater, no matrix.
The weight of the crystal is 8 gr.
Gmineral - Discount Gallery
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 18
Overall size:18mm x 11 mm x 11 mm
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Paravauxite - Siglo Veinte mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí dept - Bolivia
(#GM17093)
Several whitish crystals of paravauxite, a not common phosphate, are spread all over the surface.
TYPE LOCALITY.
Gmineral - Discount Gallery
Specimen weight:190 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:70mm x 52 mm x 45 mm
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