40 specimens found!

CCN0249	_6 €
Pyrite, Hubeite with Calcite, Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	8x6x5cm	270g
Brown hubeite as well as pyrite and apophyllite growing on white dolomite rhombohedrons. Unfortunately many pyrite xls are damaged.

BAT1170	_7 €
Tyrolite with Azurite
Falkenstein district, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria (TL)
Miniature	3x1.8x0.7cm
Bluish green platy sprays of tyrolite (calcium copper arsenate) xls on both sides of the specimen. Associated by other copper minerals, namely azurite (dark blue) and probably devilline (light blue). Type locality for tyrolite.
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CRU0581	_8 €
Charoite, Aegirine
Murun Massif, Chara River, Davan, Torgo River Basin, Aldan Shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (TL)
Small Cabinet	5x4.5x3cm	55g
Pale violet charoite intergrown with aegirine needles. Older specimen (the mineral was described in 1978) with collection label.
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BAT1171	_8 €
Tyrolite with Azurite
Falkenstein district, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria (TL)
Miniature	3.8x2.5x0.7cm
Bluish green platy sprays of tyrolite (calcium copper arsenate) xls on both sides of the specimen. Associated by other copper minerals, namely azurite (dark blue) and probably devilline (light blue). Type locality for tyrolite.
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BCZ0636	_14 €
Slavikite
Skrivan, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic (TL)
Miniature	3.8x1.7x1cm
Cream colored crust of this rare sulfate mineral. Type locality

ARU1600	_19 €
Wiluite
Vilyui (Vilui, Wilui) River Basin, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic, Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (TL)
Thumbnail	1.7x1.3x1.3cm
Rare member of the vesuvianite group. Type locality.
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ADE0644	_20 €
Faujasite with Offretite
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (TL)
Thumbnail	1.2x1.2x0.8cm
Several freestanding colorless transparent octahedral xls of this rare isometric zeolite. Just visible with the bare eye. Associated with other zeolites. Type locality for faujasite.

CDE0640	_22 €
Faujasite with Offretite
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (TL)
Small Cabinet	5.5x4.5x3.5cm	65g
Several freestanding sharp, clear octahedral xls of this rare isometric zeolite. Just visible with the bare eye. Associated with other zeolites. Type locality.

BDE0643	_22 €
Faujasite with Offretite, Erionite
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (TL)
Miniature	4.2x2.2x2cm	13g
Several freestanding octahedral xls of this rare isometric zeolite. Just visible with the bare eye. Associated with other zeolites. Type locality for faujasite.
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BCZ1156	_22 €
Heyrovskyite Pb10AgBi5S18
Hurky u Cista, Velka Chmelistna (Grossmeleschen), Rakovnik, Bohemia (Boehmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic (TL)
Miniature	4.3x2.3x2cm	16g
Silvery-gray irregular grains to 9mm with occasional crystal faces. Rare lead silver bismuth sulfide from the type locality!
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CCN0927	_24 €
Apophyllite, Hubeite with Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	5.5x3x3cm	31g
Transparent, flat apophyllite xls, interspersed with hubeite clusters to 3mm, covering a quartz and dolomite matrix. Hubeite type locality
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BDE1076	_25 €
Miargyrite
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Braeunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (TL)
Miniature	3.3x2x1.2cm
Grains and patches of miargyrite (to several mm) in quartz matrix. From the type locality, a long defunct mine in the Freiberg mining district.
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CUS0575	_26 €
Meta-Schoderite Al2PO4VO4x6H2O
VanNavSan Claim, Fish Creek Range, Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA (TL)
Small Cabinet	5.8x5x3.3cm	54g
Thin olive yellow to brownish orange colored crust of metaschoderite and other vanadium minerals. Mined at least 15 years ago. Type locality!
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BRU0480	_27 €
Tausonite SrTiO3
Murun Massif, Chara River, Davan, Torgo River Basin, Aldan Shield, Saha (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia (TL)
Miniature	3x1.5x1.3cm
Well developed x (1mm, dark brown) of this rare strontium titanium mineral. This is the natural analogon of the synthetic material "fabulite". Type locality.

BBL0477	_28 €
Cylindrite Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 with Sphalerite
Poopo town, Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia (TL)
Miniature	4.2x2.6x2.6cm	44g
Numerous cylindrical xls in massive sphalerite. From the type location.

CGR0621	_28 €
Laurionite PbClOH
Lavrion District Mines, Attiki (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece (TL)
Small Cabinet	5x5x4cm	90g
Colorless needles to 3mm in vugs of ancient silver mining slag. Type locality. More xls of other white minerals on the specimen. From the famous Laurion mining area (the last mine closed in 1977).
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CES1177	_28 €
Jarosite with Hematite, Goethite
Jaroso Ravine, Sierra Almagrera, Los Lobos, Cuevas de Almanzora, Almeria, Andalusia, Spain (TL)
Small Cabinet	6x5x3.5cm	125g
Vug in hematite matrix, lined with sharp, lustrous, dark brown transparent jarosite xls to about 2mm. Excellent crystallization from the type locality.
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CCN1355	_28 €
Hubeite with Apophyllite, Dolomite, Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	7.5x4.5x3.5cm	90g
Wild jumble of transparent apophyllite, brown hubeite and light brown dolomite, all well crystallized, growing on a single quartz x. Floater specimen from the type locality of hubeite.
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CCN1411	_28 €
Hubeite with Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	5x3x2.5cm
Very well developed crystallization of hubeite, quite large for this species. From the type locality of this rare manganese mineral!
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CCN0931	_32 €
Hubeite with Apophyllite, Quartz, Pyrite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	5.5x3.5x2.5cm	29g
Brown crusts of hubeite included apophyllite covering several quartz tips growing out of a double terminated phantom quartz! Hubeite type locality.
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CAT1169	_32 €
Tyrolite with Azurite
Falkenstein district, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz area, Inn valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria (TL)
Small Cabinet	7.5x6.5x3cm	148g
Very rich covering of bluish green platy sprays of tyrolite (calcium copper arsenate) on both sides of the specimen. Associated by other copper minerals, namely azurite (dark blue) and probably devilline (light blue). Type locality for tyrolite.
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BNA0633	_33 €
Germanite Cu13Fe2Ge2S16, Renierite
Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia (TL)
Miniature	2.2x1.4x0.9cm
Pinkish violet patches of germanite and bronze pink renierite in massive polymetallic sulfide ore. Type locality for germanite.
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BCA1159	_34 €
Hawleyite CdS, Plumbojarosite with Galena, Sphalerite, Siderite
Hector-Calumet mine, Calumet, Galena Hill, Mayo Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada (TL)
Miniature	3.3x3x2cm	29g
Bright yellow microcrystalline crusts on a matrix of siderite (light brown), galena, sphalerite (reddish black) and plumbojarosite (yellow-brown). Hawleyite is the cubic equivalent of greenockite. Rare cadmium mineral from the type locality!
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CCN0929	_35 €
Hubeite, Inesite with Quartz, Apophyllite, Pyrite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	8x4x4cm	90g
Freestanding clusters of hubeite with individual xls to 3mm, some partially included in apophyllite, growing on quartz. Pyrite cubes. Individual inesite xls to 5mm. Good hubeite crystallization from the type locality.
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CCN0930	_35 €
Hubeite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	8x5x3cm	74g
Freestanding clusters of hubeite with individual xls to 5mm (!) growing on quartz. Well developed chalcopyrite xls. Excellent hubeite crystallization from the type locality.
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CCN0933	_35 €
Inesite, Hubeite included Quartz with Pyrite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	5.5x5x5cm	178g
Salmon colored inesite xls to 1.5cm associated with quartz xls and pyrite. Note the hubeite inclusion in one of the quartz xls.
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BCN0966	_35 €
Inesite, Babingtonite with Hubeite, Quartz, Chalcopyrite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Miniature	4x3.5x3cm	25g
Three of the rarer species from Fengjiashan Mine on a single specimen: several pink inesite xls to 1cm, numerous mm sized babingtonite xls and brown hubeite xls as overgrowth on rock crystals. All species are well crystallized and undamaged! Thumbnail floater.
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CDE1606	_35 €
Preisingerite, Bismutite ps Bismuthinite
Arme Hilfe Mine, Ullersreuth, Hirschberg, Vogtland, Thuringia, Germany (TL)
Small Cabinet	5x4x3cm	70g
Rare secondary bismuth minerals: Dark grey preisingerite (analyzed) and bismutite (white to yellow, partially pseudomorph after bismuthinite) in brown limonite matrix. Found 2005. Bismutite type locality.
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ARC0641	_38 €
Kalipyrochlore
Lueshe Mine, Kivu, Dem Rep Congo (Zaire), (TL)
Thumbnail	0.7x0.6x0.6cm
Octahedral x from the type locality (and probably only locality) of this rare niobium mineral. The specimen was found in the mid 1970s, then called safiannikoffite.

CCN0792	_38 €
Apophyllite, Hubeite, Calcite, Quartz var Amethyst
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	6.5x4.5x3cm	69g
Apophyllite xls to 1.5cm growing on a calcite and amethyst matrix. In between the apophyllie are minute xls of hubeite..

CIT1172	_38 €
Augite var Fassaite, Vesuvianite with Calcite
Fassa Valley, Trento Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (TL)
Small Cabinet	9x8x6cm	436g
Green xls of fassaite (to 5mm, some transparent!) intergrown with brown vesuvianite (to 1.5cm, some peripheral xls damaged) and blue calcite. Colorful combination from a famous findplace, the type locality for augite var. fassaite. The base is saw-trimmed.
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CKA1200	_40 €
Dioptase
Altyn-Tyube (Altyn-Tube) deposit, Kirghiz Steppes (Asiatic Steppes), Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast), Kazakhstan (TL)
Small Cabinet	7x7x4cm	233g
Dioptase xls to 1cm. Tips slightly damaged on one side, does however not distract from the overall appearance. Type locality.
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CCN0932	_42 €
Hubeite, Dolomite, Calcite, Apophyllite with Quartz
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	9x6x5cm	215g
Sharp white dolomite rhombohedrons to 3cm completely overgrown ("iced") by flat transparent calcite xls. The secondary coating (only on one side) consists of clear apophyllite and quartz, both crystallized. Included in the apophyllite and also freestanding are clusters of brown hubeite. Type locality. Looks better (more regular) in person!
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CCN1361	_48 €
Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Hubeite with Quartz, Dolomite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Small Cabinet	8.5x6x5.5cm	245g
One side of the specimen is dominated by a combination of brown crusts of hubeite included quartz and pyrite cubes, and the other side is dominated by rounded tetrahedrons of chalcopyrite (to 1cm) and dolomite xls overgrown by quartz.
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CDE0659	_70 €
Uranocircite with Barite, Quartz
Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Falkenstein, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany (TL)
Small Cabinet	6x4x4cm	170g
Freestanding, well crystallized platy uranocircite on barite matrix (a strong indicator that it is actually uranocircite and not autunite) from the type locality. The strong daylight fluorescence provides a stark contrast to the surrounding smoky quartz xls. Found in 1986.
fluorescent LW and SW bright greenish yellow!
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BDE1069	_75 €
Pucherite, Schumacherite
Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maassen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany (TL)
Miniature	4.2x3.5x1.8cm	37g
Very well developed xls of reddish brown pucherite, as well as brownish yellow crusts of schumacherite, two rare bismuth vanadates. From a long defunct mine, type locality for schumacherite.
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CUS0471	_90 €
Jahnsite-(CaMnMg)
Tip Top Mine (TL), Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Small Cabinet	7.5x6.5x5cm	263g
Rich covering of brown xls, up to 2mm, as big as they get. Type locality. The mine is no longer in operation and flooded. Mined in the 80s.
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DCN0928	_90 €
Manganilvaite, Hubeite with Dolomite, Quartz, Pyrite
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper-Wollastonite mine), (TL), Edong Mining District, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
Cabinet	10.5x8x7.5cm	382g
Black clusters of manganilvaite xls and brown crusts of hubeite included apophyllite, covering a quartz and dolomite matrix. Unusual association! Hubeite type locality.
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DCH1214	_120 €
Orthoclase var Adularia, Limonite ps Hematite with Chlorite
St Gotthard Massif, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland (TL)
Cabinet	18x11x7cm	900g
Classical alpine combination of milky white adularia xls, dark green chlorite and a 1.8cm "Eisenrose" (iron rose) hematite altered to limonite. From an older collection, found before 1980.
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BCA1146	_210 €
Kulanite, Siderite
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada (TL)
Miniature	3x2.5x1.8cm	20g
Blocky dark green kulanite xls to 0.7cm in association with yellow transparent siderite and a colorless transparent, striated x, possibly wardite. Kulanite is a rare barium iron phosphate. Type locality. Note that the size and appearance of the largest x is quite exceptional for this species!
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