Fine Mineral Specimens from all over the world
February 2023, New Selection of Minerals
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BU01 - Rhodochrosite. Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru
Rhodochrosite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, with a prismatic shape and rhombohedral terminations. The crystals are transparent with a vivid red color and a very good contrast with the matrix. No damage. The main crystal measures 1 cm x 0.35 cm.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 240€ Available
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BU02- Fluorite with Quartz. Panasqueira mines, Barroca Grande, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Very well formed cubic crystal of Fluorite to 1.9 cm in size with very well defined faces and edges, intense violet color and also a marked zoning. It is disposed on a druse of Quartz crystals with high brightness and transparency. The condition is very good as seen. With small crystals of Siderite scattered throughout the Quartz. Much better in person.
Specimen size: 12 cm x 7 cm
Price: 220€ Available
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BU03- Aquamarine with Muscovite. Pingwu mine, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan, China.
Tabular crystals of Beryl, variety Aquamarine, very rich in faces. They are transparent with high brightness and nice color. Aerial crystals on matrix of Muscovite. The main crystal measures 2.7 cm x 1 cm. Nice and aesthetic specimen in very good condition.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 3 cm
Price: 420€ Available
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BU04 - Beryl, variety Heliodor. Khoroshiv (Volodarsk-Volynskii), Zhytomyr Oblast Ukraine.
Floater doubly terminated Beryl crystal (variety heliodor), completely transparent, very lustrous, with very nice golden yellow color and showing the typical etched surfaces rich in very well defined dissolution forms. An European classic in pristine condition, gem quality and good size. No damage.
Specimen size: 4.8 cm x 1.3 cm
Price: 280€ Reserved
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BU05- Spessartine Garnet with Quartz and Feldspar. Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian Province, China.
Sharp trapezohedral Spessartine crystals with very well developed faces and edges and very well defined growth patterns. The crystals have very good transparency, they are extraordinarily bright and with a very intense and vivid color. On Microcline Feldspar and with smoky Quartz crystals. In excellent condition.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 3.7 cm
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BU06- Spessartine Garnet with Quartz and Feldspar. Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian Province, China
Sharp trapezohedral Spessartine crystals with very well developed faces and edges and very well defined growth patterns. The crystals have very good transparency, they are extraordinarily bright and with a very intense and vivid color. On Microcline Feldspar and with smoky Quartz crystals. In excellent condition. An excellent specimen at very good price.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 7 cm
Price: 90€ Available
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BU07- Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania.
Nice Vivianite specimen from the 2019 find in Romania. Glossy well formed crystals in parallel growth on matrix with small crystals of Quartz. The dimension, the quality, the brilliance and the deep green color are fantastic. Great Vivianite specimen in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 8 cm x 7.5 cm
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BU08- Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania.
Vivianite crystals with good brilliance and a pleasing and intense green color. The Vivianite crystal grew into a matrix of Diorite rock breccia, so it is
attached to the mother rock. Specimen in very good condition. One of the most relevant and the most important discoveries in Europe since
decades. Nice specimen at an excellent price.
Specimen size: 9 cm x 5 cm
Price: 110€ Available
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BU09- Amethyst Quartz. Chibuku mine, Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.
Scepter crystal of Quartz, variety Amethyst, with very sharply defined amethyst colored phantom and with an aesthetic color gradation. Very bright and very good transparency. Outstanding sample of the new Amethyst Quartz finds at this promising locality in Zimbabwe. In perfect condition.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 5 cm
Price: 150€ Available
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BU10- Fluorite. Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia, China.
Octahedral crystals of Fluorite with nice red color and very well defined faces and edges. From the 2019 find at Huanggang, China. The combination of habit and color is one of the most sought after for this specie. With visible inclusions of Actinolite fibers. This kind of Fluorites has previously come from the Alps and also a few similar pieces from Pakistan. Good Fluorite from The Huanggang mine.
Specimen size: 3.5 cm x 3.3 cm
Price: 290€ Available
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BU11- Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guandong, China
Aesthetic Malachite specimen with a wonderful velvety luster. It has bubbly botryoidal surfaces with a nice green color, fibrous structure around the edges and all over the bottom. No damage.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 70€ Available
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BU12- Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guandong, China.
Aesthetic Malachite specimen with a wonderful velvety luster. It has bubbly botryoidal surfaces with a nice green color, fibrous
structure around the edges and all over the bottom. No damage.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 80€ Available
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BU13- Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guandong, China.
Aesthetic Malachite specimen with a wonderful velvety luster. It has bubbly botryoidal surfaces along the top with a nice green color, fibrous structure around the edges and all over the bottom. No damage.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 80€ Available
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BU14 - Dolomite. Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Navarra, Spain.
Very well defined rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite forming interpenetration twinnings. The Dolomite crystals have very good transparency and high brilliance. These twins have been
historically very appreciated by collectors. Also due to their transparency, these dolomites are considered, together with those from Brumado, Brazil, the best in the world. An excellent Spanish
classic. In excellent condition.
Specimen size: 8 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 120€ Available
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BU15 - Amethyst Quartz. Chibuku mine, Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.
Sharp scepter crystal of Quartz, variety Amethyst, with a satured color and very sharply defined
amethyst colored phantom and with an aesthetic color gradation. Very bright and very good transparency. Outstanding sample of the new Amethyst Quartz finds at this promising locality in Zimbabwe.
Aesthetic specimen in very good condition.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 150€ Available
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BU16 - Amethyst Quartz. Chibuku mine, Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe.
Excellent specimen composed of a group of crystals of Quartz, variety Amethyst, with a satured color and very sharply defined amethyst colored phantom and with an aesthetic color gradation. Very bright and very good transparency. Outstanding sample of the new Amethyst Quartz finds at this promising locality in Zimbabwe. Aesthetic and in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 5.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 280€ Available
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BU17 - Baryte. Teresita mine, Portman, La Unión, Murcia, Spain
Group of sharp tabular crystals of Baryte with good brightness and very nice blue color on Goethite matrix. Aerial group of well-outlined lamellar Baryte crystals with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, lustrous and with a uniform and nice sky-blue color. Excellent quality for the locality.
Specimen size: 10 cm x 8 cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BU18 - Amethyst Quartz. Amatitlán, Eduardo Neri Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico.
Beautiful Mexican Amethyst. Some of the best Amethysts in the world came from the far region of Amatlitán, Guerrero in Mexico. The crystals from Guerrero are larger around the lower and middle part, tapering towards the ends, a good way to generally distinguish them from the locality of Veracruz, also in Mexico. This specimen comprises two well formed crystals accompanied by Hyalite opal. The colour is a deep reddish purple. The crystals show an excellent clarity with phantoms of colour along the prisms and with reflecting fluid inclusions. The cause of that colour is those Fe3+ atoms substituting for some silicon atoms. This one is an excellent Guerrero Amethyst.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 5 cm
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BU19 - Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guandong, China.
Aesthetic Malachite specimen with a wonderful velvety luster. It has bubbly botryoidal surfaces along the top with a nice green, fibrous structure around the edges and all over the bottom. No damage.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 3.5 cm
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BU20 - Quartz, variety Amethyst. Piedra Parada, Tatatila Municipality, Veracruz, Mexico.
Fine Amethyst sample from Piedra Parada. It is composed of two transparent crystals with scepter growths, with very nice color and high brilliance. It is in an excellent condition. Much better in person.
Specimen size: 6.3 cm x 5 cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BU21 - Bixbyte with Topazs. Thomas Range, Utah, USA.
Cuboctahedral crystal of Bixbyite of good size with very sharp crystal forms, very bright luster and on a matrix of Rhyolite rock with transparent Topaz crystals with nice color. Excellent specimen in great condition. Better in person.
Specimen size: 9 cm x 6 cm
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BU22 - Calcite. Zhudi lead-zinc mine, Zhudi Village, Liancheng County, Longyan Prefecture, Fujian province, China.
Well formed flattened prismatic crystals of Calcite with hexagonal shapes and a marked zoning, these Calcites are known as
"sandwich Calcites". The tabular crystals have a translucent zone sandwiched between two milky white zones. Under long wave UV light this form of Calcite is highly fluorescent with a beautiful rich orange glow. Disposed on matrix of dark
grey limestone. Nice
Calcite from a new discovery in China. The condition is excellent.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 80€ Available
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BU23 - Calcite. Zhudi lead-zinc mine, Zhudi Village, Liancheng County, Longyan Prefecture, Fujian province, China.
New find from China. Group of well formed prismatic crystals of Calcite with hexagonal shapes and a marked zoning, these Calcites are known as
"sandwich Calcites". The crystals have a light pink color in the center sandwiched between two zones with whiter sades on the
edges. Under long wave UV light this form of calcite is highly fluorescent with a beautiful rich orange glow. Great contrast to the matrix of blackish grey limestone. Excellent
Calcite from a new discovery in China. The condition is very good as seen.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 4 cm
Price: 130€ Available