NEWS
January 2010: the largest update in three years: several hundred specimens added, and more to come soon! Recent highlight is the feature on the Dugupi-Maanshan locality. However there is even more to discover, please check the new and updated entries, (marked with "+") in the search menues!
 

HIGHLIGHTS
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DUGUPI-MAANSHAN, FINALLY REVEALED! FEATURED IN THE JAN/FEB 2010 ISSUE OF THE MINERALOGICAL RECORD MAGAZINE
   
 
All specimens
 
Featured specimens
 
Top specimens
 
       
             
             
  QINGLONG DACHANG   SPODUMENE   LUC YEN VIETNAM  
  Creedite, Fluorite, Barite, Calcite, Stibnite; highly esthetic.   Green, pink, blue and transparent; from Kunar, Afghanistan.   Particular emphasis on large spinel specimens.  
         
             
             
  SILVER   PSEUDOMORPHS   ANTIMONY  
  New finds from China, classics from Germany, more...   From worldwide locations. Expect the unusual.   Antimony minerals, mainly from Chinese locations. Expect more than just Stibnite!  
       
             
             
  GAOLIGONGSHAN   LEAD   DIOPTASE  
  Aquamarine, Topaz, Epidote, Tourmaline from a remote mountain range in Yunnan, China. Large selection.   Pyromorphite, Mimetite, Crocoite, Galena, Wulfenite, to name a few...   From localities that are almost forgotten...  
         
             
             
  TYPE LOCALITY   SHIMEN JIEPAIYU   CALCITE  
  Worldwide specimens from type localities.   Realgar, Orpiment and Calcite at it´s best!   Large selection with a wide range of crystal habits.  
       
             
             
  SAXONY   TUNGSTEN   LAVRION  
  Classical mining area. Most specimens are from findplaces that do not longer exist.   From Pingwu Xuebaoding, Yaogangxian and other locations.   Classical mining area with a wide range of specimens. Small and affordable.  
       
             
             
  WALDHAMBACH   EMERALD   FLUORITE  
  Amethyst and other minerals from a German location that is otherwise known for agate specimens.   From three different continents. More Colombian specimens to come. Affordable!   Wide range of sizes, colors and locations. Emphasis on China and Spain.  
       
             
             
  MOGOK   FLUORESCENT   SPAIN  
  A variety of minerals from the famous Mogok Stone Tract and surrounding areas.   Specimens with particularly intensive or multicolor fluorescence.   Famous findplaces for Fluorite and other minerals. Mainly Asturias.  
       
             
             
  AZURITE / GERMANY   CASSITERITE   BARITE  
  From Altenmittlau, labeled as "best German azurite location", ca 1995   Chinese Cassiterite. Expect unusual findplaces, sizes and transparency.   Crystallized specimens from many, particularly Chinese locations.  
       
             
             
  TOPAZ   EPIDOTE   RUBY  
  From China, Burma and Germany, with and without matrix, new finds!   Individual crystals as well as associations with other minerals. Have a look!   From Burma, Vietnam and China, with and without matrix, crystallized, and above all affordable!