Fine Mineral Specimens from all over the world
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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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AV04 - Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania.
Aerial lustrous crystal of Vivianite with gem quality. It is completely transparent and shows a glossy green emerald color. On matrix of a dark-grey
Diorite rock. Very nice new find from Romania, one of the most relevant and the most important discoveries in Europe since decades. No damage.
Video taken in natural light and photos using white light lamps.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm
Crystal size: 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm
Price: 270€ Available
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AV02 - Vivianite. Rosia Poieni mine, Muska, Alba, Romania.
Group of terminated and very well formed translucent crystals of Vivianite, up to 3 cm in height, with intense green color. On a matrix with small crystals of Pyrite. Very aesthetic specimen in perfect condition, without damage. A mineralogical novelty. One of the most relevant and the most important discoveries in entire Europe since decades. Video taken in natural light and photos using white light lamps.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 3.5 cm x 2 cm
Price: 300€ Available
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BN07 - Ferberite, Sphalerite and Quartz. Panasqueira mines, Barroca Grande, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Other fine combo Panasqueira specimen formed of brilliant crystals of tabular Ferberites accompanied by well developed Sphalerite crystals.
They are disposed on matrix of Quartz crystals. In excellent condition.
Specimen size: 7.5 cm x 6 cm
Price: 170€ 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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BQ23 - Spessartine Garnet with Feldspar and Muscovite. Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian Province, China.
Gemmy crystal of Spessartine Garnet with very well defined faces and edges and growths patterns, it is aesthetically disposed on matrix of Albite and Muscovite. The Spessartine has an excellent color, high luster and very good transparency.
Specimen size: 4.5 cm x 4 cm
Price: 180€ Available
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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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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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BY14 - Anglesite. Touissit, Touissit-Bou Bekker District, Jerada province, Morocco.
Transparent to translucent yellow crystals of Anglesite disposed on Galena matrix. In very good condition. A Moroccan classic, increasingly scarce.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 3 cm
Price: 160€ Available
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AQ17- Vivianite. Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Oruro, Bolivia.
Well positioned large translucent crystal of Vivianite with nice green color on matrix. It is in excellent condition, no damage. A very fine Vivianite with good size. Watch video.
Specimen size: 7.5 cm x 6 cm x 4 cm
Price: 480€ Available
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BW12- Celestine with Calcite. Laman celestine deposit, Qala e Naw District, Badghis, Afghanistan.
Large prismatic crystal of Celestine with very well formed faces and edges and an intense sky blue color. Disposed on matrix with very acute light yellow scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. The Celestine crystal measures 6.5 cm x 3.5 cm..These new Celestines are among the finest in the world.
Specimen size: 8.5 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 320€ Available
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AC06 - Cassiterite with Arsenopyrite. Panasqueira mines, Aldeia de Sao Francisco de Assis, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Great Cassiterite specimen from the Panasqueira mines. It consists of a flawless Cassiterite crystal with very well defined faces and edges and glossy color. Some portions of the crystal shows good transparency. On a matrix of Arsenopyrite and Chalcopyrite. Very good Cassiterite. Watch video.
Specimen size: 5 cm x 3.5 cm
Price: 150€ Available
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BW05- 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: 8 cm x 4 cm
Price: 250€ Available
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BV33- Fluorapatite. Panasqueira mines, Aldeia de Sao Francisco de Assis, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Group of green Fluorapatite crystals on matrix with very well defined faces and edges, nice color and good luster. The condition is very good. The matrix is composed by small needles of Schorl Tourmaline and with Calcite crystals on the back.
Specimen size: 6 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 140€ Available
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BQ17 - Amethyste Quartz. Amatitlán, Eduardo Neri Municipality, Guerrero, Mexico.
Sharp crystal of Amethyst accompanied by other smaller crystals in parallel growth. With deep and vivid violet color and very good transparency. The Amethysts from Amatitlán are different from those from Las Vigas, they are becoming harder and
harder to find and are highly valued by collectors. This one is a very nice Guerrero Amethyst. It is in very good condition.
Specimen size: 4.7 cm x 1.5 cm
Price: 170€ Available
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BV40 - Quartz with Pyrite, Muscovite and
Cassiterite. Panasqueira mines, Aldeia de Sao Francisco
de Assis, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Transparent crystals of Quartz, very bright, and with coatings of Pyrite crystals. They are associated to small crystals of Cassiterite, Muscovite and Siderite. In very good condition
Specimen size: cm x cm
Price: 130€ Available
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BS09- Hemimorphite. Mfouati, Mfouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo.
Botroydal growths of Hemimorphite with a vivid and intense blue color. A beautiful and fairly new find of blue Hemimorphite from the M'fouati mine in the Congo. No damage.
Specimen size: 36 cm x 2.3 cm
Price: 65€ Available
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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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BR18 - Aquamarine with Microcline Feldspar. Pingwu mine, Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Sichuan, China.
Well formed snow-white Microcline crystals, very bright and accompanied by three tabular crystals of Beryl, variety of Aquamarine, one of them clearly dominant and in aerial position. The Aquamarines are totally transparent with clear colors and very rich in faces. No damage.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 5.5 cm
Price: 210€ Available
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BN20- Fluorapatite with Siderite. Panasqueira mines, Barroca Grande, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Aggregate of green Fluorapatites with intense brilliance and vivid color. Accompanied by lenticular crystals of Siderite. Good aesthetic. No damage.
Specimen size: 6.5 cm x 4 cm
Price: 140€ Available
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BU10- Fluorite. Huanggang mine, Chifeng Prefecture, Inner Mongolia, China.
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BN18 - Fluorapatite with Quartz, Muscovite and Siderite. Panasqueira mines, Barroca Grande, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Group of Fluorapatites with a very nice violet color and good brilliance. On matrix of Quartz and Muscovite with coatings of Siderite. These Apatites are the most sought-after Panasqueira minerals by the good collectors. In very good condition, no damage. From a recent find.
Specimen size: 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm
Price: 160€ Available
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BS14 - Calcite. Qinglong mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.
New find from China. Group of elongated Calcite crystals with very acute pyramidal habits. The
crystals have an intense cream white color. It is in perfect condition.
Specimen size: 7 cm x 6 cm
Price: 130€ 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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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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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