Bastnäsite-(Ce) - Trimouns, Luzenac, Ariege, France
(#MINS9031)
Very sharp cluster of translucet Bastnäsite-(Ce) xls 6 mm wide with orangey color set on contrasting matrix.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 6 mm wide
 Overall size:36mm x 26 mm x 34 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS9042)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 mm wide
Overall size:28mm x 26 mm x 20 mm
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Parisite-(Ce)/Sinchisite-(Ce) - Trimouns - Luzenac - Ariege - France
(#MINS9040)
At Trimouns, Parisite-(Ce) and Synchisite-(Ce) are often present within the same crystal. Analyses on lots of specimen have shown that in sharp terminated crystal parisite-(Ce) is more often the main mineral...
Specimen weight:58 gr.
Crystal size:4 mm tall
Overall size:48mm x 33 mm x 26 mm
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Proustite - Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
(#MINS9041)
Cluster of old classc german intergrown crystals of Proustite up to 1,3 cm tall with intense dark red color.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,3 cm tall
Overall size:20mm x 11 mm x 30 mm
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Hellyerite with Zaratite - Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia (TL)
(#MINS9046)
Feature light green Hellyerite with emerald green Zaratite in association from the type locality. Older rare combination material. Other minerals associated, gaspeite, heazlewoodite and pentlandite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:masses
Overall size:47mm x 20 mm x 20 mm
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Erythrite - Aghbar mine - Bou Azzer distr. - Tazenakht - Ourzazate prov. - Souss-Massa-Draa reg. - Morocco
(#MINS9049)
Dark red colored crystals of erythrite up to 2,8 cm long in fan formation over the matrix.Showy.
Specimen weight:54 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm long
Overall size:55mm x 18 mm x 38 mm
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Pezzottaite - Sakavalana mine, Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro area, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar (TL)
(#MINS9045)
Pezzottaite hexagonal xls up to 3 mm long with good color with tourmaline in association on albite matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3 mm
Overall size:37mm x 12 mm x 36 mm
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Cinnabar on dolomite - Tongren pref. - Guizhou prov. - China
(#MINS9044)
Evident dark red crystals of cinnabar are in good evidence over the white matrix of dolomite with quartz in association. Very aestethic !
Specimen weight:21 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,1 cm
Overall size:55mm x 27 mm x 15 mm
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Desautelsite with Artinite - Artinite pit, Picacho Peak, New Idria Mining District, San Benito Co., California, USA
(#MINS9047)
Specimen rich of Orange-brown Desautelsite xls with tufts of Artinite in associaton.
Specimen weight:86 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:57mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Bismuth - Tazna mine - Cerro Tazna - Atocha-Quechisla Distr. - Nor Chichas prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#MINS9051)
Cluster on Bismuth xls up to 2,8 cm showing a metalic white-grey luster. An uncommin native specie.
Specimen weight:48 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.8 cm long
Overall size:25mm x 14 mm x 47 mm
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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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Fedorite - Murunskii Massif, Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Russia
(#MINS9043)
Rare creamy white platy Fedorite up to 1,5 cm on matrix.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,5 cm
Overall size:25mm x 22 mm x 7 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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Hogtuvaite - Bordvedåga, Høgtuva, Rana, Nordland, Norway (type locality)
(#MINS9038)
Black crystal of Høgtuvaite up to 1,7 cm in matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,7 cm long
Overall size:47mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Probertite - Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany
(#MINS9037)
Cluster of clear xls of Probertite in parallel growth , up to 5,5 cm long.
Specimen weight:120 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5,5 cm long
Overall size:67mm x 40 mm x 38 mm
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Hureaulite - Jocao pegmatite, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS9034)
Bright well defined orangey-pink Hureaulite xls up to 5 mm richly set on matrix.
Specimen weight:118 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:57mm x 40 mm x 35 mm
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Orthoserpierite - Chessy copper mines, Chessy, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France (TL)
(#MINS9033)
Cluster of blue xls of Orthoserpirite up to 1 mm from the type locality.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:52mm x 38 mm x 40 mm
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Yuanfuliite - Nuestra Señora del Carmen Mines, La Celia lamproite outcrops, Jumilla, Murcia, Spain
(#MINS9036)
Several groups of radial golden brown needles of rare Yuanfuliite up to 1-1.5 mm, with dull black Hematite in association.
Specimen weight:9 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1-1.5 mm
Overall size:23mm x 22 mm x 15 mm
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Edenite - Mautia Hill Location #4, Kongwa, Kongwa District, Dodoma Region, Tanzania
(#MINS9032)
Cluster of reddish, glassy, Edenite xls up 8-10 mm richly set on all side of this specimen.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7-10 mm
Overall size:48mm x 24 mm x 22 mm
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Phlogopite - Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia
(#MINS9035)
Fine crystal grouping of micaceous brown phlogopite measuring 2.2 cm in height is set on calcite matrix with minor blue apatite in association. Complete all around - very nice for the species/locality.
Specimen weight:109 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm tall
Overall size:50mm x 50 mm x 55 mm
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Cornwallite - La Atalaya prospect, Pastrana, Mazarrón, Murcia, Spain
(#MINS9030)
Specimen rich of bluish-green,Cornwallite spheres up to 2 mm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:60mm x 35 mm x 24 mm
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Bentorite with Portlandite - Hatrurim Formation, Negev, Israel (Type Locality)
(#MINS9028)
Bentorite is a very rare hydrated sulfate and is a member of the Ettringite Group. The Hatrurim Formation of Israel is the Type Locality. Portlandite is a rare Ca-hydroxide and is a member of the Brucite Group. Combination specimens are extremely ra.
Specimen weight:62 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm (bentorite) - Up t
Overall size:56mm x 35 mm x 45 mm
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Serpierite - Serpieri Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece
(#MINS9029)
Specimen with rare blue serpierite xls richly scattered in rosettes on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:170 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:85mm x 40 mm x 35 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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Kammererite (Chromian Chlinoclore), Chromite - Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey
(#MINS9022)
Sharp reddish purple Kammererite crystals up to 4 mm scattered on a thin layer of Kammererite microcrystals on matrix with Chromite.
Specimen weight:375 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:70mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Liddicoatite tourmaline - Ambalabe pegmatite, Manapa pegmatite Field, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
(#MINS9023)
Cluster of red Liddicoatite crystals up to 2,7 cm tall.
Specimen weight:34 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,7 cm tall
Overall size:34mm x 24 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
(#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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Microcline var. Amazonite - Crystal Peak area, Park and Teller Cos., Colorado, USA
(#MINS9001)
Nice blue amazonite crystal 2,3 cm tall, fully terminated on with albite in association.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,3 cm tall
Overall size:53mm x 27 mm x 38 mm
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Smithsonite (cobaltoan) - Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS9016)
This is a Cobaltian Smithsonite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia. Attractive, nicely-colored specimen of Cobaltian Smithsonite with shaped crystals; the Smithsonites have a good pink color, and lustrous, satiny xls.
Specimen weight:200 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:70mm x 35 mm x 45 mm
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Microlite on Albite - Ipè Mine - Governador Valadares - Minas Gerais - Brazil
(#MINS9008)
Cluster of orange octahedric also with corners modified by trapezohedron Microlite crystals up to 2.5 mm set on white contrasting Albite. A nice sample of this rare specie.Showy.
Specimen weight:36 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2.5 mm
Overall size:50mm x 27 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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Mimetite - Guatomo Mine ('Hat Yai' mimetite locality), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand.
(#MINS9021)
Gemmy and lustrous, golden-yellow mimetite crystals up to 4 mm richly and aesthetically cover the matrix. Beautiful the contrasts with the dark matrix.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:68mm x 38 mm x 12 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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Luinaite-(OH) - Bald Hornet Prospect, Snoqualmie Mining District, King County, Washington, USA
(#MINS9003)
Sprays of Luinaite-(OH) in/on a nice quartz xl.Luinaite-(OH) is a very rare Tourmaline Group species, only found in about nine places in the world. The only reported locality for this species in North America is the Bald Hornet Claim.
Specimen weight:12 gr.
Crystal size:3-4 mm
Overall size:16mm x 14 mm x 37 mm
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Natrochalcite with Antlerite - Chuquicamata mine, Calama, Antofagasta Region, Chile
(#MINS9011)
Specimen rich of darl green Antlerite xls aup to 1,5 mm with emeraldi green Natrochalcite on white contrasting matrix. Natrochalcite is a very rare hydrated sodium, copper sulfate and the Chuquicamata Mine of Chile is the type locality.
Specimen weight:135 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:68mm x 60 mm x 45 mm
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Brucite - Killa Saifullah, Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan
(#MINS9012)
Yellow botryoidal brucite aggregates of high luster sporting some quite well defined crystal faces and edges.
Specimen weight:14 gr.
Crystal size:na
Overall size:47mm x 30 mm x 15 mm
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Tinzenite - Molinello Mine - Graveglia Valley - Genoa Province - Ligury - Italy
(#MINS9002)
Specimen with orange lenticular crystals up to 4 mm wide with quartz xl in association.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 4 mm
Overall size:45mm x 18 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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Fluorite - Marienschacht Mine, Wölsendorf, Schwarzach bei Nabburg, Schwandorf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS9005)
Cluster of glassy, transparent to translucent Fluorite xls up to 8 mm with color changig to green to golden brown with internal iron oxide inclusions.
Specimen weight:178 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 8 mm
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 33 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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Meionite - Bear Lake, Litchfield, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada
(#MINS9007)
Many sharp, prismatic, well-formed white crystals of Meionite up to 9 mm.
Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 9 mm tall
Overall size:56mm x 31 mm x 40 mm
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Papagoite - New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Little Ajo Mountains, Ajo Mining District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA (TL)
(#MINS9006)
Deep blue papagoite ftom the type locality.Very hard-to-obtain.
Specimen weight:38 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 45 mm x 18 mm
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Bismuth - Tazna mine - Cerro Tazna - Atocha-Quechisla Distr. - Nor Chichas prov. - Potosí Deptm. - Bolivia
(#MINS9020)
Cluster on Bismuth xls up to 3,5 cm showing a metalic white-grey luster. An uncommin native specie.
Specimen weight:125 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 3,5 cm long
Overall size:41mm x 28 mm x 35 mm
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Sudoite - Cedec Valley - Gran Zebrù, Valfurva - Sondrio prov. - Lombardy - Italy
(#MINS9015)
Several rare hexagonal pearly sudoite crystals up to 6 mm hosted in a porphyritic dyke outcropping along the side of Cima di Pale Rosse at about 3000 m amsl. Alpine mineral.
Specimen weight:90 gr.
Crystal size:Up to mm. 6
Overall size:65mm x 50 mm x 18 mm
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Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua mine - Oyon - Lima Deptm. - Peru
(#MINS9010)
Several red colored and brilliant crystals of rhodochrosite
up to 5 mm are spread over the manganese matrix.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm wide
Overall size:41mm x 23 mm x 31 mm
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Phenakite on Dravite - Anjanabonoina pegmatites, Betafo District, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
(#MINS9019)
Cluster of super gemmy and glassy, colorless phenakite crystals u to 5 mm set on large dravite xl.
Specimen weight:208 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:87mm x 42 mm x 38 mm
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Graeserite - Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8998)
Extremely rare Graeserite xls up to 1.5 mm on matrix.
Specimen weight:74 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1.5 mm
Overall size:33mm x 30 mm x 26 mm
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Stibivanite - Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy (TL)
(#MINS8996)
Olive green stibivanite needles up to 1 mm on matrix.A good specimen from the co-type locality.
Specimen weight:77 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size:48mm x 28 mm x 27 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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Vinogradoite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
(#MINS8994)
Acicular crystals of vinogradovite well terminated up to 1 mm in a vug of matrix with yellow leucosphenite xls in association.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:37mm x 33 mm x 20 mm
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Lengenbachite - Lengenbach Quarry - Binnatal - Wallais - Switzerland (Type Locality)
(#MINS8999)
Metallic, steel-gray Lengenbachite needles up to 0.8 mm in a vug of white contrasting dolomia matrix from the famous Swiss and type locality.
Specimen weight:33 gr.
Crystal size:up to 0.8 mm tall
Overall size:42mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Lanthanite-(Nd) - Niikoba, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, Japan
(#MINS8994)
Cluster of pink clear tabuar crystal of lanthanite-(Nd)up to 2 mm in a vug of basalt matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:27mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Monazite-(Ce) - Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
(#MINS8997)
Single xl of amber yellow Monazite aesthetically set upon a small matrix of dolomite.
Very well defined xl, with amazing chromatic contrast against the white matrix.
Specimen weight:31 gr.
Crystal size:0,2 cm
Overall size:23mm x 25 mm x 22 mm
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Geocronite - Fantiscritti, Miseglia quarrying basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8991)
Stout dipyramidal crystal of gray metallic geocronite, up to 0.5 mm in length on marble matrix.
Specimen weight:57 gr.
Crystal size:0.5 mm
Overall size:42mm x 33 mm x 38 mm
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Agardite-(Ce) - Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
(#MINS8992)
Cluster of apple-green radiating sprays of Agardite-(Ce) on baryte matrix.
Specimen weight:5 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 mm
Overall size:20mm x 12 mm x 15 mm
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Dioptase with Mottramite -Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8979)
Cluster of bright xls of Dioptase up to 5 mm with adamantine luster on matrix with green Mottramite in association. Very nice combo from Tsumeb mine.
Specimen weight:106 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:95mm x 80 mm x 27 mm
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Coquimbite - Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
(#MINS8975)
Superb cocuimbite xx 2,7 cm long on matrix with splendid lilac colour .White spays of alotrichite and reddish Roemerite in association.
Specimen weight:25 gr.
Crystal size:2,7 cm long
Overall size:38mm x 32 mm x 27 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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Goudeyite - Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA (TL)
(#MINS8984)
Very rare rounded green aggregates of goudeyite on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:44 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Langite - Podlipa deposit - Lubietová - Banská Bystrica Co. - Banská Bystrica reg. - Slovakia
(#MINS8987)
Cluster of dark azure Langite xls up to 1 mm set on matrix.
Specimen weight:22 gr.
Crystal size:up to 1 mm
Overall size:40mm x 30 mm x 18 mm
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Glaukosphaerite - Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia
(#MINS8981)
Specimen rich of bright green xls of Glaukosphaerite with lime green Galpeite in association.
Specimen weight:60 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:50mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
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Syngenite - Holyn - Kalusa Salt deposit - Ivano-Frankivs'k Oblast' - Ukraine (Type Locality)
(#MINS8989)
Nice specimen of this rare potassium sulfate.
Semitransparent crystals up to 2,5 cm set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:42 gr.
Crystal size:2,5 cm wide
Overall size:48mm x 25 mm x 43 mm
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Sarabauite - Sarabau Mine - Bau Sarawak - Malaysia (Type Loc.)
(#MINS8983)
Vivid red Sarabauite crystals up to 3 mm wide on matrix from type loc.
Specimen weight:11 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:33mm x 20 mm x 15 mm
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Manganite - Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
(#MINS8988)
Here we see sharp and lustrous crystals of steel gray Manganite xls up to 1,2 cm. a nice specimen with well developed and sharp edged crystals. They are excellent striated as well, mostly superbly terminated.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 12 mm
Overall size:53mm x 25 mm x 35 mm
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Quartz (phantom) with Hematite - Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
(#MINS8980)
Water clear parallel quartz with very nice and well defined hematite topped phantoms.
Specimen weight:19 gr.
Crystal size:3,5 cm tall
Overall size:28mm x 18 mm x 35 mm
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Fluorite - Mahodari quarry, Sinnar, Nashik District, Nashik Division, Maharashtra, India
(#MINS8982)
Translucent, yellow fluorite ball 2,2 cm wide aesthetically set on crust of sparkly quartz crystals.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:2,2 cm wide
Overall size:38mm x 38 mm x 35 mm
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Bayleyite - Gerstenegg-Grimsel cable tunnel, Gerstenegg, Grimsel area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland
(#MINS8985)
Specimen with vivid yellow sub-mm Bayleyite crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:sub-mm
Overall size:24mm x 10 mm x 10 mm
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Valentinite - Nová Alexander adit, Kolársky vrch deposit, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
(#MINS8968)
White radial aggregates of valentinite xls to 10 mm on grainy gray stibnite.
Specimen weight:100 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 10 mm
Overall size:52mm x 45 mm x 30 mm
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Perovskite - Akhmatovskaya Kop' - Nazyamskie Mountains - Zlatoust - Chelyabinsk Oblast - Russia (TL)
(#MINS8972)
Black colored Perovskite xl 7 mm wide on minor matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:8 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 7 mm
Overall size:22mm x 18 mm x 20 mm
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Jennite - Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Haßberge District, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
(#MINS8974)
Group of rare Jennite in acycular crystals on matrix.
Specimen weight:46 gr.
Crystal size:1-2 mm
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 22 mm
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Woodwardite - West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK (TL)
(#MINS8973)
Royal blue Woodwardite from this classic Cornish locality..A rare hydrated copper sulfate from an old find.
Specimen weight:4 gr.
Crystal size:-
Overall size:22mm x 15 mm x 6 mm
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Lawsonite var. Chromian Lawsonite - Cape Marmari - Grammata Bay - Syros Island - Cyclade Island - Kykládes Pref. - Aegean Islands deptm. - Greece
(#MINS8976)
Several dark green crystals of this rare sorosilicate are spread over the surface of this specimen.
The unusual green colour is due because it's the 'Chromian' variety of lawsonite.
Specimen weight:40 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 5
Overall size:35mm x 25 mm x 20 mm
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Weloganite with Dresserite - Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada (TYPE LOCALITY)
(#MINS8969)
Sharp, bright yellow Weloganite xl 9 mm set nicely on matrix with the typical layered prismatic shape with rare white Dresserite crystals in ballsup to 3 mm in association set on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:9 mm
Overall size:50mm x 47 mm x 32 mm
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Cobaltite - Tunaberg skarns, Tunaberg, Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
(#MINS8954)
A distinct lustrous metallic cobaltite crystal in matrix 6 mm in size well exposed.A rare Sulphides from the clasic swedish locality.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:6 mm
Overall size:35mm x 18 mm x 16 mm
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Andalusite - Bregaglia Valley, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy
(#MINS8971)
Very well represented prismatic Xls of Andalusite on quartzite 2,8 cm tall.
The Andalusite shows an intense colour and a good luster.
Classic old italian Alpine stuff.
Classic italian stuff.
Specimen weight:310 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2,8 cm
Overall size:105mm x 60 mm x 50 mm
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Pyrophyllite - Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA
(#MINS8964)
Radial sprays of iridescent, golden-yellow and cream colored pyrophyllite blades cover all sides of this striking and very nice specimen from Graves Mountain.
Specimen weight:47 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 10 mm wide
Overall size:50mm x 30 mm x 30 mm
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Eosphorite - Ilha claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8966)
Cluster of brown terminated eosphorite crystals up to 1,0 cm on matrix.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:45mm x 30 mm x 16 mm
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Descloizite - Berg Aukas - Grootfontein District - Otjozonjupe Region - Namibia
(#MINS8965)
This nice, well crystallized, high quality descloizite specimen is from the locality that is the undisputed world champion for this mineral species.
Specimen weight:16 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm
Overall size:50mm x 40 mm x 20 mm
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Manganvesuvianite - N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF - S. Africa
(#MINS8977)
Very nice bright maroon/red prisms up to 6 mm that covers entirely this specimen. Likely from the 2002 original find.
Specimen weight:18 gr.
Crystal size:up to 9 mm
Overall size:30mm x 25 mm x 18 mm
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Iowaite - Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
(#MINS8961)
Hexagonal yellow crystals of Iowaite up to 5 mm on transparent gypsum.
Specimen weight:15 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 5 mm
Overall size:37mm x 9 mm x 28 mm
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Pyroxmangite - Molinello mine - Graveglia Valley - Ligury - Italy
(#MINS8959)
Specimen rich of Pyroxmangite xls up to 2 mm set on matrix. A rare manganese specie.
Specimen weight:50 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 2 mm
Overall size:57mm x 45 mm x 20 mm
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Stokesite - Urucum claim, Barra do Cuieté, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
(#MINS8960)
Globular growth, practically spherical, a floater, of platy crystals. The development of the crystals and their luster are excellent for this rare calcium and tin silicate.
Specimen weight:10 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 4 mm
Overall size:18mm x 16 mm x 10 mm
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Sphalerite with native arsen- Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
(#MINS8962)
A single xls honey translucent tetrahedra of Sphalerite is perched on a matrix of white granular dolomia. A classic from the swiss Alps!
Specimen weight:68 gr.
Crystal size:5 mm
Overall size:40mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
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Rhodocrosite - Gambatesa Mine, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
(#MINS8956)
Interesting specimen featuring pink spherical aggregates of Rhodochrosite, scattered on braunite matrix matrix.
Showy specimen from a not very known italian locale.
Specimen weight:45 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1,0 cm
Overall size:35mm x 20 mm x 40 mm
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Kimuraite-(Y) - Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Higashi-Matsuura-gun, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan
(#MINS8950)
Pearly aggregate 7 mm wide of Kimuraite-(Y) well-placed on the basalt matrix. Is a very rare hydrated calcium-yttrium-neodymium carbonate found in fissures in alkali olivice baslats.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 7 mm long
Overall size:38mm x 32 mm x 27 mm
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Aurichalcite - Temperino mine - Campiglia Marittima - Livorno Prov. - Tuscany - Italy
(#MINS8947)
Very nice deep light blue aurichalcite in acicular crystals up to 2 mm on limonite matrix.
Specimen weight:24 gr.
Crystal size:mm. 2
Overall size:45mm x 40 mm x 21 mm
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Protochabourneite - Sant'Olga tunnel - Monte Arsiccio mine - Sant'Anna di Stazzema - Stazzema - Apuan Alps - Lucca prov. - Tuscany - Italy (TL)
(#MINS8946)
Dark grey metallic Protochabournéite in sub.mm xls on matrix from the type locality.
Specimen weight:20 gr.
Crystal size:< 1 mm
Overall size:38mm x 30 mm x 12 mm
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Senegalite - Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Tambacounda Region, Senegal (TL)
(#MINS8942)
Rich and extremely well displaying Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals, with an intense yellow green color and transparency. The specimen is from a 2008 find at the Type Locality for the species.
Specimen weight:70 gr.
Crystal size:2 mm
Overall size:75mm x 45 mm x 22 mm
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Cerussite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
(#MINS8934)
Very nice glassy slighly reddish colorless translucent twinned Cerussite crystals grouping up to 3,5 cm wide, no matrix or point of attachment. Former Dr. Francesco Bedognè collection with original label.Acquired in Chiavenna(SO) show year 1975.
Specimen weight:80 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 35 mm x 28 mm
Overall size:40mm x 35 mm x 28 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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