Fine Mineral Specimens from all over the world
MAY 2023, New Mineral Edition
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BX01- Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania.
Sharp crystal of Vivianite, very bright, with very good transparency and an intense emerald green color. On matrix. Cute Vivianite in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 3 cm
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BX02- Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania
Vivianite crystal with high brilliance and intense green color. The Vivianite crystal grew into a matrix of Diorite rock breccia. Specimen in very
good condition.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 2.5 cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BX03 - Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania.
Vivianite specimen from the 2019 find in Romania. Glossy well formed thick crystal with a bit of matrix. The dimension, the quality and the deep green color are excellent composing a very nice Vivianite specimen in very good condition.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 290€ Available
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BX04 - Coquimbite. Javier mine, Ayacucho Department,
Peru.
Translucent purple crystals of very rare Coquimbite coming from a find in Peru. Specimens from this locality are probably world best for the specie. No damage.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 4 cm
Not available
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BX05 - Mimetite. Ojuela mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico.
Botroydal groups of Mimetite crystals with a nice yellow color on matrix. In very good condition.
Specimen size: 11 cm x 7 cm
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BX06- Dioptase with Plancheite. Mindouli, Pool Department, Republic of Congo.
Well formed biterminated crystals of Dioptase with well defined faces and edges, intense green color and high luster. On a rocky matrix partially coated by Plancheite aggregates. No damage, in perfect condition.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 4 cm x 3 cm
Main crystal size: 1.7 cm x 1 cm
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BX07 - Quartz with Rutile. Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil.
Biterminated Quartz crystal with a lot of inclusions of Rutile needles with very good luster and an intense golden colour. Beautiful specimen in very good condition.
Crystal size: 5.5 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 100€ Available
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BX08 - Fluorite with Arsenopyrite and Cassiterite. Yaogangxian mine, Yizhang Co, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.
Cube-shaped Fluorite crystals with excellent
transparency and “phantom” growths that vary from the pale lilac to the deepest violet. On matrix with well formed Arsenopyrite crystals and small Cassiterite crystals. Much better in person. In
excellent condition.
Specimen size: 9.5 cm x 7 cm
Main crystal size: 1.5 cm x 1.5 cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BX09 - Fluorite. Yaogangxian mine, Yizhang Co, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.
Transparent cubic crystal of Fluorite showing a nice color zoning with a graduation from purple to blue colors. On matrix of Muscovite. The condition is very good as seen.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 3.5 cm
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BX10 - Malachite. Shilu mine, Yangchun, Yangjiang, Guandong, China
Malachite specimen showing botryoidal growths with radial growths clearly visible on the lower of the piece. It has an intense green color and the silky luster compose a very aesthetic sample. No damage.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 6 cm
Price: 180€ Available
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BX11- Scheelite with Aquamarine. Pingwu mine, Huya township, Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China.
Natural etched crystal of Scheelite with an intense and vivid orange color and very bright. Also with a crystal of Aquamarine with very good transparency. Great floater specimen with very nice etchings all around and in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 4 cm
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BX12- Bournonite with Pyrite and Calcite. Stan Terg mine, Trepca Complex, Trepca Valley, Mitrovica, Kosovo.
Sharp highly lustrous
crystal of Bournonite to 2.5 cm in size forming a cyclic twin with very well defined faces and edges
and displaying the classic cogwheel shape. Nicely displayed on matrix of Pyrite and partially coated by white
Calcite. No damage.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 4.5 cm
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BX13 - Amazonite. Smoky Hawk Claim, Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado, USA
Twinned crystals of Microcline, variety Amazonite, following the Carlsbad law of Feldspar twinnings which are very uncommon for Amazonites. The
crystals show very well defined faces and edges and with a top grade color. Sharp form, undamaged and unrepaired specimen. Excellent value for a classic USA Microcline.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 4 cm
Price: 170€ Available
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BX14 - Rhodochrosite. Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima, Peru.
Rhodochrosite crystals with a prismatic shape and rhombohedral terminations. The crystals are between
translucent and transparent with a nice pink-red color and a very good contrast with the matrix. No damage.
Specimen size: 3 cm x 2.5 cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BX15 - Fluorapatite with Siderite. Panasqueira mines, Aldeia de Sao Francisco de Assis, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Group of prismatic crystals of Fluorapatite, very bright, with an excellent blue color in sunlight and green-blue color in artificial white
lights. Accompanied by Siderite. The condition is very good as seen. Much better in person. Notice the colors of these Apatites change
depending on the type of lights. Very good Panasqueira Fluorapatite.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 4 cm
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BX16- Fluorapatite. Anemzy, Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknés-Tafilalet, Morocco.
Well formed prismatic crystal of yellow Fluorapatite to 2 cm in
height. The color and luster are great as seen. It is nicely settled on Feldspar matrix, which it's very uncommon for the Apatites from Imilchil. In fine condition. No damage.
Specimen size: 5.5 cm x 4 cm
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BX17 - Fluorapatite. Cerro del Mercado mine, Durango,
Mexico.
Well formed prismatic crystals of Fluorapatite which are transparent and with a nice yellow color. On a matrix of Quartz Chalcedony. Very nice Apatite in excellent condition.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 4 cm
Price: 120€ Available
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BX18 - Rhodonite. San Martín mine, Huallanca District, Ancash Department, Perú.
Excellent miniature formed by very well developed flat prismatic crystals of Rhodonite, very sharp and with an excellent pink color. Very good Rhodonite specimen, increasingly scarce.
Specimen size: 2.3 cm x 2.3 cm
Price: 110€ Available
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BX19 - Fluorapatite with Calcite. Panasqueira mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
A floater specimen formed by a group of translucent crystals of Fluorapatite with a nice green color and lustrous faces. The three main crystals are in perfect condition. Also with white Calcite coatings. An excellent sample of the classic Fluorapatites from the Panasqueira mines, much better in person.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 6 cm
Main crystal size: 3 cm x 2.5 cm
Price: 160€ Available
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BX20 - Rubellite (Elbaite). Malkhan Pegmatitic Field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast, Transbaikal, Eastern Siberia, Russia.
Group of prismatic crystals of Elbaite, variety Rubellite, one of them clearly dominant to 2.5 cm x 1.2 cm in size, on matrix of white Albite. The
crystals have vivid colors with good luster. The condition is very good as seen. Much better in person.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 5 cm
Price: 120€ Available
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BX21- Bournonite, Pyrite and Calcite. Stan Terg mine, Trepca Complex, Trepca Valley, Mitrovica, Kosovo.
Small twinned crystals of Bournonite forming cyclic twins and displaying the classic cogwheel shape on matrix with small crystals of Pyrite and Sphalerite and coatings of white Calcite. A very good representative sample from the Stag Treg mine. Watch the video.
Specimen size: 10 cm x 7 cm
Price: 60€ Available
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BX22- Amethyst Quartz. Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg, Erongo, Namibia
Very bright transparent prismatic crystal of Quartz, variety Amethyst, with a satured color and very sharply defined amethyst colored phantom and with an aesthetic color gradation. Much better in person.
Specimen size: 4 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 90€ Available
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BX23 - Fluorite. Yaogangxian mine, Yizhang Co, Chenzhou, Hunan, China.
Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite, very sharp, bright, with very good transparency and with a
beautiful and vivid blue color. It is in very good condition. The main Fluorite crystal size is 2.5 cm on the edge.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 160€ Available
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BX24 - Fluorite with Quartz. Huanggangliang mine, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China.
Cubic crystals of Fluorite, very sharp and with very well defined faces and edges. The crystals are transparent, very bright and with an intense
green color. They are settled on a matrix composed of small Quartz crystals.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 4 cm
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