Spinel - Luc Yen - Yen Bai Prov. - Vietnam
(#GM20083)
Big dark violet colored crystals of spinel are in good evidence over the whitish matrix.
The specimen was etched to eliminate the calcite that covered the crystals.
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Specimen weight:350 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 36
 Overall size:102mm x 50 mm x 55 mm
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Silver var. Kongsbergite - Imiter Mine - Imiter Distr. - Tinghir Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM20073)
An evident, sculptural, leaf native Kongsbergite specimen from 2016 finds at the Imiter Mine of Morocco.
It's standing on ...
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Specimen weight:340 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 45 x 37
Overall size:62mm x 45 mm x 67 mm
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Fluorapatite - Slyudyanka - Lake Baikal area - Irkutsk Oblast - Russia
(#GM20068)
A big, azur-green colored crystal of fluorapatite is stunning over the matrix.Some traces of athers fluorapatites are visible too.
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Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 45
Overall size:55mm x 45 mm x 63 mm
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Lorenzenite - Lovozero - Pen. Kola - Russia
(#GM20063)
A big, well terminated crystal of lorenzenite is scattered out of the matrix.
In the old label is named as "ramseyte" but it's a synonym of this specie.
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Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:47mm x 40 mm x 22 mm
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Bultfonteinite and ettringite - N'Chwaning mines - Kuruman - Northern Cape - South Africa
(#GM20061)
This floater is completely made by evident, lilac colored crystals of bultfonteinite.
There are some colorless, little crystals of ettringite too, which ...
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Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 33 mm x 28 mm
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Vauxite - Siglo XX mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí deptm - Bolivia
(#GM20060)
The surface of this specimen is covered by pale azur colored crystals of vauxite.
Some of them are ...
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Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:56mm x 45 mm x 20 mm
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Fluorite over chalcedony - Mahodari - Nasik distr. - Maharastra - India
(#GM20056)
A big, yellow-brown colored sphere of fluorite is stunning in the center of a cluster of chalcedony.
Typical from this classic indian location.
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Specimen weight:665 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 42
Overall size:130mm x 125 mm x 50 mm
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Emerald (var. of beryl) - Muzo - Boyacà - Colombia
(#GM20052)
A twinned aggregate made with four crystals of emerald is in good evidence over the whitish calcite that cover this specimens.
It has a deep green color ...
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Specimen weight:300 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12 x 7
Overall size:68mm x 55 mm x 63 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.
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Specimen weight:350 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 68
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 68 mm
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Malachite - Tsumeb - Oshikoto Region - Namibia
(#GM20024)
A carpet of soft felted thin crystals of malachite covers the surface of this specimen.
The color is dark green: when you move the specimen under a light, it changes to pale
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Specimen weight:230 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:67mm x 32 mm x 31 mm
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Ramsdellite - Mistake Mine - Sam Powell Peak - Box Canyon Mining Distr. - Yavapai Co. - Arizona - USA
(#GM20020)
he surface of this specimen is covered by a grey crust of ramsdellite, that is an oxyde of manganese.
Several cleraly visible crystals are scattering over the crust.
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Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:62mm x 36 mm x 20 mm
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Metavivianite - Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore basin -Kerch peninsula - Crimea peninsula - Crimea Oblast' - Russia (ex Ukraina)
(#GM20014)
In an edge of a perfect fossil shell, there is an evident fan of olive-green colored crystals of metavivianite, that are paramorphosed after slightly radiated vivianite ...
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Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 18
Overall size:67mm x 50 mm x 34 mm
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Phlogopite - Emeldzhakskoe phlogopite deposit - Aldan - Aldan Shield - Sakha Republic - Eastern Siberian region - Russia
(#GM20009)
Big and perfect floater of Phlogopite, that is a phyllosilicate of the Mica group.
Both the surface are very brilliant so it's very difficult to photograph the real colour ...
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Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:72mm x 62 mm x 3 mm
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Strontianite - Machów mine - Tarnobrzeg City Co. - Subcarpathian Voivodeship - Poland
(#GM20002)
The surface of this specimen is partially covered by spheriacl aggregates of little orange colored crystals of strontianite.
With the U.V. long waves ...
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Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:53mm x 23 mm x 37 mm
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Krausite, coquimbite and alotrichite - Monte Arsiccio mine - Sant'Anna di Stazzema - Lucca prov. - Apuan Alps - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM19104)
The unique real novelty at the Mineralshow of Munich 2019 is a recent found from Monte Arsiccio in Tuscany ...
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Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:K. mm. 2 C. mm. 10
Overall size:45mm x 21 mm x 19 mm
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Vesuvianite - Somma-Vesuvius Complex - Naples Province - Campania - Italy
(#GM19098)
A big, well-formed, brilliant and dark brown colored crystal of vesuvianite is visible in the vug of this specimen.
The back is layed to the matrix.
It was found almost ...
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Specimen weight:220 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:55mm x 57 mm x 43 mm
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Gillespite and sambornite - El Rosario - Ensenada Municipality -Bassa california - Mexico
(#GM19093)
Several veins of semibotryoidal red colored crystals of gillespite are sitting over a matrix of whitish and brilliant sambornite.
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Specimen weight:150 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:63mm x 43 mm x 37 mm
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Rosasite and gypse - Kamariza Mines - Agios Konstantinos - Lavrion Distr. Mines - Lavreotiki - East Attica - Attica - Greece
(#GM19092)
Severale small and green-blue colored sphere of rosasite are spread all over the surface of this specimen.
They are surrounded by little and brilliant crystals of gypse.
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Specimen weight:30 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:37mm x 32 mm x 23 mm
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Fizelyite and boulangerite over sphalerite - Herja mine - Chiuzbaia - Baia Mare - Maramures Co. - Romania
(#GM19088)
Some radiating aggregate of Fizelyite are visibile over the matrix of sphalerite: they are covered by a crust of boulangerite.
Classic from ...
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Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:40mm x 29 mm x 26 mm
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Legrandite - Ojuela Mine - Mapimí - Mun. de Mapimí - Durango - Mexico
(#GM19085)
An aggregate of yellow-orange colored crystals of legrandite is stunning in the middle of the vug of this specimen.
The legrandite is a rare arsenate of zinc.
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Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:70mm x 57 mm x 40 mm
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Lead and willemite - Garpenberg Norra mine - Garpenberg - Hedemora - Dalarna - Sweden
(#GM19080)
A big grey blade of lead is stunning over the matrix of this specimen
It's partially peeled off from the matrix.
The lead is an uncommon native element ...
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Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 21
Overall size:80mm x 25 mm x 32 mm
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Pearceite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#GM19074)
On the surface of this specimen there are some pearceite crystals with a thin-tabular shape and very well defined hexagonal outline.
They are very bright ...
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Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:63mm x 67 mm x 43 mm
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Ferberite - Tazna mine - Cerro Tazna - Atocha-Quechisla Distr. - Nor Chichas prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM19073)
Excellent specimen that is completely covered by brilliant and dark black colored crystals of ferberite.
The mail is of almost 40 mm of width.
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Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 38
Overall size:63mm x 47 mm x 38 mm
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Fluorite - Works of the Motorway - Baveno - Verbania-Cusio-ossola prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM19066)
The surface of this specimen is seeded by several octahedral, semitransparent and pale grey colored crystals of fluorite.
A curiosity from the locality of Baveno ...
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Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:62mm x 58 mm x 24 mm
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Traversellite (var. of diopside) - Traversella mine - Traversella - Chiusella valley - Canavese distr. - Torino prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM19065)
Several aggregates of crystals of this interesting variety of diopside cover both the surfaces of this specimen.
Typical from this famous alpine italian mine.
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Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:48mm x 36 mm x 23 mm
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Fluorite - Xianghualing mine - Chenzou - Hunan prov. - China
(#GM19055)
A big, octahedric, green colored and semitransparent crystal of fluorite is flanked by a bulky whitish quartzite.
They have a strong chromatic contrast.
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Specimen weight:215 gr.
Crystal size:mm.58
Overall size:94mm x 47 mm x 44 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.
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Specimen weight:305 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 15
Overall size:85mm x 75 mm x 37 mm
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Voltaite and pickeringite - La Fossa Crater - Faraglione Nico - Porto Levante -Vulcano Island - Eolie Islands - Messina Prov. - Sicily - Italy
(#GM19053)
The surface of this specimen is covered by black and brilliant cristals of Voltaite, that is an uncommon sulphate of K + Fe + Al.
Some white areas of pickeringite are ...
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Specimen weight:93 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:45mm x 22 mm x 23 mm
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Vesuvianite - Bellecombe - Aosta Valley - Italy
(#GM19049)
Several small and brilliant crystals of vesuvianite are seeded over the surface of this specimen.
The green color is due because they are rich in chromium.
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Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 37
Overall size:70mm x 57 mm x 27 mm
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Epidote - Margone - Usseglio - Viù Valley - Lanzo valley - Torino prov. - Piemonte - Italia
(#GM19048)
A big, brilliant and dark green colored crystal of epidote is stunning over the matrix.
It's not perfectly terminated 'cause it was in contact in its upper top.
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Specimen weight:295 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 37
Overall size:92mm x 50 mm x 53 mm
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Epidote and diopside - Margone - Usseglio - Viù Valley - Lanzo valley - Torino prov. - Piemonte - Italia
(#GM19047)
The surface of this specimen is seeded by several brilliant and yellow-green colored crystals of epidote.
They are semitransparent too.
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Specimen weight:560 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7
Overall size:94mm x 80 mm x 46 mm
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Titanite - Tormiq valley - Haramosh Mts. - Skardu Distr. - Baltistan - Gilgit-Baltistan - Pakistan
(#GM19020)
Several transparent, brilliant and brown coloured crystals of titanite are spread all over the white surface of this specimen for a strong contrast.
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Specimen weight:105 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:78mm x 57 mm x 30 mm
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Opal - Fornaccia - Fornovolasco - Vergemoli - Apuan Alps - Lucca Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM19015)
Interesting specimen of brilliant white opal, that becomes yellow-lemon at the U.V. SHORT wave
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Specimen weight:223 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:125mm x 60 mm x 38 mm
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Quartz and ortochlase - Madagascar
(#GM19014)
Two long crystals of quartz have the 'fenster' top, with some windows and are partially growth as an 'artichoke', for a curious effect.
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Specimen weight:990 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 175
Overall size:175mm x 105 mm x 55 mm
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Spessartine garnet - Tongbei - Yunxiao Co. - ZhangZhou - Fujian - China
(#GM19011)
The surface of this excellent cluster is completely dressed by brilliant and dark red colored crystals of spessartine garnet.
The faces of the crystals are absolutely ...
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Specimen weight:600 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 6
Overall size:115mm x 105 mm x 40 mm
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Smithsonite and cerussite - Tsumeb - Otjikoto region - Namibia
(#GM19001)
The specimen is completely covered by crystals of cerussite and smithsonite: these last are pseudomorphic from the cerussites and surely some of them are in an intermediate.
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Specimen weight:480 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 18
Overall size:80mm x 66 mm x 63 mm
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Linarite - Baccu Locci mine - Villaputzu - Cagliari prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM18098)
A blue electric crust of Linarite is layed over the surface of this specimen.
Some crystals are visible somewhere.
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Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:48mm x 27 mm x 28 mm
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Dioptase - Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit - Altyn-Tyube area - Kirghiz Steppes - Karagandy prov. - Kazakhstan
(#GM18095)
The surface of this miniature is completely covered by dark green and brilliant crystals of dioptase.
A group of big crystals are perched on the top ...
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Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10
Overall size:43mm x 37 mm x 25 mm
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Hausmannite ps. after manganite - Ilfeld - Nordhausen - Hartz Mts - Thuringia - Germany
(#GM18087)
Several black and brilliant crystals of hausmannite ps. after manganite are visible over the surface of this specimen.
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Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:57mm x 42 mm x 44 mm
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Heterogenite and malachite - L'Etoile du Congo mine - Lubumbashi - Katanga Copper Crescent - Katanga - Zaire
(#GM18082)
The surface of this specimen is covered by several brilliant and dark black crystals of heterogenite.
They are in strong contrast with the green of the malachite ...
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Specimen weight:43 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:54mm x 32 mm x 20 mm
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Erythrite - Aghbar mine - Bou Azzer distr. - Tazenakht - Ourzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draa reg. - Morocco
(#GM18080)
An aggregate of long, dark red colored crystals of erythrite is standing over the matrix.
A high quality specimen !
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Specimen weight:605 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 24
Overall size:78mm x 67 mm x 83 mm
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Calcite, willemite and franklinite - Franklin mine - Sussex Co. - New Jersey
(#GM18069)
Typical specimen from Frankiln mine !
Several black minicrystals of franklinite that are floaded in the bulky withish calcite.
Some traces of brick red colored ...
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Specimen weight:27 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:44mm x 32 mm x 14 mm
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Chalcocite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azzer Distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM18066)
Several dark grey colored crystals of chalcocite are in good evidence all around this specimen: they have metallic reflections too.
Some of them have a perfect shape ...
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Specimen weight:315 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 16
Overall size:80mm x 65 mm x 55 mm
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Montmorillonite, quartz and dolomite - Min. di Gambatesa - Val Graveglia - Ne (GE) - Liguria - Italy
(#GM18064)
The surface of this cluster is covered by whitish-pinkish minispheres of montmorillonite.
Several little, dark brown colored crystals of dolomite are visibile ...
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Specimen weight:430 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 1
Overall size:105mm x 75 mm x 32 mm
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Quartz var. "Tiger Eye" - Cape Prov. - Southafrica
(#GM18062)
"Tiger eye" is a mixture of quartz and anphibole and is chatoyant because of parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that mostly turned ...
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Specimen weight:520 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:82mm x 70 mm x 40 mm
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Baryte over rhodochrosite - Felsobanya mine - Maramures - Romania
(#GM18055)
The cluster is covered by pink rhodochrosite: some blades, pale grey-blue colored barytes are grown over it.
Some of them are encrusted by yellow-brown carbonate ...
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Specimen weight:1330 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:143mm x 87 mm x 68 mm
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Libethenite - Podlipa deposit - Lubietová - Banská Bystrica Co. - Banská Bystrica Region - Slovakia
(#GM18045)
A specimen where several little, brilliant, green dark colored crystals of Liebethenite are in strong contrast with the whitish matrix.
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Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:43mm x 28 mm x 32 mm
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Aluminite - Newhaven - East Sussex - England - United Kingdom
(#GM18044)
ypical loose chalky globular specimen of Aluminite, an uncommon sulfate of aluminium.
It was dug about 5 years ago.
From a classic worldwide locality for this specie.
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Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:47mm x 36 mm x 24 mm
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Amethyst quartz - Su Marralzu quarry - Osilo - Sassari prov. - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM18035)
A big crystal of amethyst quartz is stunning in the middle of this specimen.
Its top is not fulll, it has some cavities: it seems an aggregate of three crystals that are ...
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Specimen weight:565 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:97mm x 85 mm x 75 mm
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Fluorescent quartz - La Sassa - Montecatini Val di Cecina - Pisa Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#GM18025)
A bulky specimen of quartz that is fluorescent to lemon-yellow color at U.V. long waves alla round it.
The jagged area is not crystallized as a classic quartz.
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Specimen weight:245 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:67mm x 70 mm x 48 mm
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Anatase - La Lauzière massif - Savoie - Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - France
(#GM18017)
over the bulky quartzitic matrix, that is covered by a green chloritic crust.
Some of them have an elongated shape.
One is covered by chlorite.
A group of colorless ...
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Specimen weight:65 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:52mm x 37 mm x 32 mm
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Analcime and epidote - Imilchil - Er Rachidia Prov. - Drâa-Tafilalet Region - Morocco
(#GM18013)
On a very dark green carpet of crystals of epidote two big withish spheres of analcime are visible, with another minor.
From a recend find in Morocco ...
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Specimen weight:420 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:92mm x 70 mm x 63 mm
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Cylindrite - Santa Cruz mine - Poopó town - Poopó Prov. - Oruro Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM18008)
Some fans made by long and dark grey colored crystals of Cylindrite are spread all over the surface..
TYPE LOCALITY.
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Specimen weight:370 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 23
Overall size:82mm x 61 mm x 44 mm
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Tetrahedrite over pyrite- Casapalca Mine - Casapalca - Huarochiri Prov. - Lima Deptm. - Peru
(#GM18007)
This specimen is made by bulky pyrite that is partially crystallized on a face.
Its surface is covered by big, dark and partially brilliant crystals of Tetrahedrite ...
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Specimen weight:420 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 32
Overall size:100mm x 50 mm x 45 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.
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Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 26
Overall size:61mm x 42 mm x 26 mm
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Proustite and pyrargirite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon prov. Lima dept. - Peru
(#GM18004)
.Two evident aggregates of reddish proustite are featuring over this cluster.
Some other minor reddish smaller crystals are seeded somewhere.
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Specimen weight:130 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:67mm x 59 mm x 22 mm
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Stannite, quartz, arsenopyrite and muscovite - Yaogangxian Mine - Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field - Yizhang Co. - Chenzhou Pref. - Hunan Prov. - China
(#GM18001)
A nice tip of a hyalin quartz is rounded by:
- grey-goldish metallic crystals of stannite
- grey, striked, opaque crystals of arsenopyrite
- yellow blades of muscovite.
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Specimen weight:165 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:57mm x 46 mm x 64 mm
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Olshanskyite - Shijiangshan mine - Linxi - Linxi Co. - Ulanhad League - Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - China
(#GM17106)
The olshanskyite is the unique new from Munich Mineralshow of this year.
It's a rare borate and this is a miniature that is futuring long and perfected crystals ...
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Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:15 mm.
Overall size:47mm x 25 mm x 30 mm
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Epidote - Pampa Blanca Distr. - Castrovirreyna prov. - Huancavelica Deptm. - Peru
(#GM17101)
Two elegant intersected fans of highly lustrous deep-olive green crystals of epidote with fantastic flashes of gemmy yellow-green color ...
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Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 73
Overall size:73mm x 52 mm x 40 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.
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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.
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Specimen weight:190 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:70mm x 52 mm x 45 mm
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Hyalophane and siderite - Zagradski Potok mine - Zagradski Creek - Busovaca - Zenica-Doboj Canton - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (with VIDEO !)
(#GM17090)
Fantastic specimen of this variety af albite, that has the typical 'knee' crystallization.
The main crystals are almost transparent and of gem quality ...
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Specimen weight:660 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:105mm x 93 mm x 43 mm
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Cookeite on quartz - Stand-on-Your-Head No. 1 mine - Bland - Saline Co. - Arkansas - USA (with VIDEO!)
(#GM17082)
A specimen of cookeite, a lithium mica, on quartz crystals.
The cookeite occurs as small grey-green "balls", rather like buckshot, on the crystalline quartz.
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Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:75mm x 40 mm x 34 mm
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Grossular garnet - Sierra de Cruces - Mun. de Sierra Mojada - Coahuila - Mexico
(#GM17059)
Some big, dark cherry coloured crystals of grossular garnet, with others minor, are stunning over the matrix of this specimen.
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Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 17
Overall size:62mm x 25 mm x 53 mm
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Ruby (var. of corundum) - Gairo - Kilosa distr. - Morogoro Region - Tanzania
(#GM17056)
A couple of perfect shaped crystals of ruby is scattered over the matrix.
The crystals become red fire to the long u.v. waves.
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Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:54mm x 50 mm x 38 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.
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Specimen weight:155 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:60mm x 43 mm x 36 mm
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Paravauxite - Siglo Veinte mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM17054)
Several crystals of paravauxite are scattering out the crust of the same material that covers the surface.
TYPE LOCALITY
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Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 43
Overall size:55mm x 55 mm x 24 mm
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Babingtonite, prehnite and quartz - Qiaojia Co. - Zhaotong Pref. - Yunnan prov. - China
(#GM17048)
Several perfect terminated, brilliant and black colored crystals of babingtonite are scattering over the matrix of prehnite.
Some hyalin quartzes are visible somewhere.
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Specimen weight:103 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 11
Overall size:56mm x 64 mm x 50 mm
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Quartz "reverse scepter" twinned, var. amethyst - Llocalla mine - Bombori - Chayanta prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#GM17040)
Some nice amethyst quartz are seeded over the surface of this specimen.
Almost four of them are crystallized as "reverse scepter": the top of the crystals are little ...Gmineral - Discount Gallery
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 13
Overall size:85mm x 62 mm x 23 mm
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Andalusite (var. Chiastolite) - Sangping mine - Xixia Co. - Nanyang pref. - Henan prov. - China
(#GM17017)
Large sectioned chiastolite crystal with polished faces on both ends, to show the typical cross-formation.
The chiastolite is a variety of andalusite.
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Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 28
Overall size:28mm x 20 mm x 9 mm
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Clinochlore (var. pennine) and quartz - Ossola Valley - Verbano-Cusio-Ossola prov. - Piedmont - Italy
(#GM17011)
Several black classic crystals of pennine are visible over this specimen, with some very transparent quartzes.
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Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:48mm x 36 mm x 35 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas mine - Grootfontein Distr. - Otjozondjupa Region - Namibia
(#GM16103)
This fine, well crystallized, high quality descloizite specimen is from the locality that is the undisputed world champion for this mineral species.
The pictures are ...
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Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 19
Overall size:37mm x 32 mm x 28 mm
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Semseyite and sphalerite - Herja mine - Chiuzbaia - Baia Mare - Maramures Co. - Romania
(#GM16080)
An evident grey-methallic rosette of acicular crystals of semseyte is placed near the top of this miniature.
The matrix is made by ...
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Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:36mm x 31 mm x 34 mm
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Chalcostibite and zinkenite - Saint-Pons area - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
(#GM16062)
Two big good terminated and partially intersected crystals of chalcostibite are layed down the matrix that is coverd by brownish crystals of siderite ...
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Specimen weight:250 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:75mm x 57 mm x 50 mm
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Euchroite - Driekyna - Lubietová - Banská Bystrica Co. - Banská Bystrica Region - Slovakia
(#GM16049)
A dark green colored aggregate of euchroite is in good evidence over the dark brown matrix.
It's of 27 mm of size, some other minors are visible too.
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Specimen weight:88 gr.
Crystal size:--
Overall size:85mm x 52 mm x 20 mm
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Corkite on goethite - Serra da Mina mine - Cercal - Santiago do Cacém - Setúbal distr. - Portugal
(#GM16043)
Several yellow-brown minicrystals of corkite are spread over the matrix of black goethite.
The pictures are overligthened to show the details.
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Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:65mm x 40 mm x 32 mm
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Legrandite - Ojuela Mine - Mapimí - Mun. de Mapimí - Durango - Mexico
(#GM16015)
The surface of this specimen is completely covered by long yellow crystals of legrandite, a rare arsenate of zinc.
They are so numerous that seems like a carpet !
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Specimen weight:130 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:60mm x 51 mm x 27 mm
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Wavellite over quartz - Siglo XX mine - Llallagua - Rafael Bustillo prov. - Potosí deptm - Bolivia
(#GM15167)
Classic specimen of wavellite from this bolivian mine: the botryoidal creamy coloured crystals of wavellite are grown over the long hyalin quartzes.
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Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 3
Overall size:70mm x 50 mm x 38 mm
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Chalcocite - Bouismas Mine - Bouismas - Bou Azer distr. - Tazenakht - Ouarzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draâ Region - Morocco
(#GM15161)
A really new that I presented on my table in Munich !!
A new found of chalcocite from Bouismas, a mineral that is really rare in Morocco.
This specimen is ...
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Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 20
Overall size:28mm x 21 mm x 12 mm
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Plumbogummite - Yangshuo mine - Yangshuo Co. - Guilin pref. - Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region - China
(#GM15081)
Excellent cluster of plumbogummite that covers with a thick crust the yellow pyromorphite.
The unhealthy area shows the details ...
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Specimen weight:391 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 8
Overall size:81mm x 62 mm x 71 mm
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Analcime - Iscoba Mt - Nulvi - Anglona - Sassari Province - Sardinia - Italy
(#GM15051)
A big crystal of white coloured analcime, plus others minor, is in good evidence over the surface of this specimen.
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Specimen weight:124 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 26
Overall size:65mm x 55 mm x 36 mm
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Bournonite - Saint-Pons - Ubaye valley - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
(#GM14097)
Some black crystals of bournonite are visible inside the vug of this specimen: this specie is not ...
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Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 4
Overall size:21mm x 18 mm x 31 mm
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Chalcostibite and siderite - Saint-Pons - Ubaye valley - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France
(#GM14094)
A long dark grey crystal of chalcostibite is visible on an edge of the specimen. Some traces of brown siderite are layed down the white massive calcite ...
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Specimen weight:113 gr.
Crystal size:26 mm.
Overall size:47mm x 44 mm x 19 mm
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Galena, sphalerite and quartz - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GM14058)
A complex aggregate of grey crystals of galena and dark crystals of sphalerite, that are intergrowth together. Some colourless crystals of quartz are visbile at its bottom.
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Specimen weight:101 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 25
Overall size:38mm x 35 mm x 53 mm
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Sphalerite - Sovietskii mines - Dal'negorsk -Primorskiy Kray - Far-Eastern Region - Russia
(#GM14052)
A brilliant dark pluri-twinned crystal with a bit of matrix at its bottom. The aggregate is crystallized as the 'spinel law', very rare for this specie !
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Specimen weight:98 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 37
Overall size:37mm x 31 mm x 47 mm
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Fluoro-richterite -Wilberforce - Monmouth Township - Haliburton Co. - Ontario - Canada
(#GM13164)
Some semi-lustrous deep green crystals of this rare inosilicate are visible all around the specimen.
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Specimen weight:110 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12
Overall size:47mm x 35 mm x 48 mm
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Hausmannite - Wessels mine - Hotazel - Kalahari manganese fields - Northern Cape prov. - South Africa
(#GM13115)
A big aggregate of dark crystals of hausmannite is scattering out at the top of this specimen. The crystals are black, brilliant and with metallic-reflexes. The pictures ...
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Specimen weight:306 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 12 x 15
Overall size:56mm x 56 mm x 50 mm
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Scapolite - Yates mine - Otter Lake - Pontiac RCM - Outaouais - Québec - Canada
(#GM13098)
Some big crystals of scapolite are in good evidence, with traces of some other minors. Classic from this locality ! It becomes from an old collection.
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Specimen weight:165 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 75
Overall size:50mm x 38 mm x 75 mm
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Galena, sphalerite and dolomite - Black Cloud mine - Iowa Gulch - Leadville - Leadville distr. - Lake Co. - Colorado - USA
(#GM13056)
Several dark red litlle crystals of sphalerite are spread all over the surface of the matrix, with some crystals of whitish dolomite. A grey big crystal of galena is ...
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Specimen weight:140 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10 x 8
Overall size:63mm x 45 mm x 43 mm
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Cuprite - Mashamba Wets mine - Kolwezi - Western Area - Shaba - R.D. Congo
(#GM12052)
Several octahedrons of dark red cuprite are spread all over a bit of matrix.
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Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 9
Overall size:45mm x 24 mm x 12 mm
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