Sample with a natural presentation of vanadinite on goethite.It comes from Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.This piece measures 14.9 cm long by 5.3 cm high and 7.6 cm wide.Its weight is 638 grams.Reference: 0759Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Beautiful presentation for this classic of German mineralogy, a beige-on-pink crested baryte, sprinkled with chalcopyrite crystals.It comes from a deposit inaccessible since 2004, the Dreislar mine, Medebach, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, Germany.This specimen measures 7 cm long by 6.6 cm wide...
Floating cluster of slightly yellow cerussite crystals.This good sized piece comes from the M'Fouati mine, Bouenza department, Republic of Congo.It measures 7 cm wide by 5.8 cm high and 5.1 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 349 grams.Reference: 0755Additional photos and online ordering on the...
Fully crystallized stalactite of bright quartz with inclusion-rich crystals, probably goethite.Piece from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Region of Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.It measures 10 cm high, 10 cm long at the base and 4.9 cm thick (2.3 cm for the stalactite).Its weight is 351...
Shiny quartz hedgehog with crystals rich in inclusions (probably goethite), surmounted by a barite tassel.Piece from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Region of Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.It measures 8.9 cm wide by 7.6 cm thick and 6 cm wide.Its weight is 503 grams.Reference: 0751Additional...
Sample of Fuchsite, a variety of muscovite containing chromium, with transparent quartz crystals.This piece comes from Peru, from Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca P, Áncash.It measures 10.2 cm long by 7.2 cm high and 5.9 cm thick.Its weight is 387 grams.Reference: 0745Additional photos and...
Piece of blond spherosiderite on solid quartz, covered with a crystallization of calcite.Siderite from the Laguépie aggregate quarry, Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France.It measures 10.7 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3 cm thick.Its weight is 147 grams.Light traces of contact.Reference:...
Prehnite helmet, a classic for the species and the alpine mineralogy.It comes from La Combe de la Selle, St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.This sample measures 2.9cm long by 2.3cm wide and 1.8cm thick.Measurements off base.Reference: 0734Additional...
Polysynthetic manganocalcite sample with two main terminations.Quasi-floating part with a strong reaction to long UV rays.It comes from the Dalnegorsk Mining District, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Russia.Weighing 89 grams, this specimen is 8.6 cm long, 3.3 cm wide and 3.1 cm...
Pretty baryte with brilliant blue crystals on a beige baryte gangue.It comes from the Cavnic mine, Maramures, Romania.This piece comes in at 9.5cm long by 7.1cm wide and 5.1cm at its thickest.Its weight is 493 grams.Reference: 0702Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Tabular crystal of andorite with several terminations and typical striae. One side has a light beige coating of cervantite or stibiconite.Specimen from the November 2004 discovery made at the San José mine, Oruro, Cerdaco province, Bolivia.It measures 1.6 cm wide by 1.4 cm high and 0.5 cm...
Piece with a pink matrix of rhodochrosite surmounted by finely crystallized white calcite, then crystals of tetrahedrites measuring up to 8 mm.It comes from the Boldut mine, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania.Specimen measuring 7 cm long by 4.2 cm wide and 4.1 cm thick.Its weight is 191 grams.Reference:...
Sample of native bismuth, chemical element with symbol Bi, presented here in the form of crystals molded after quartz crystals. It was taken from the tin and tungsten-rich Dayu Co. county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China. This bronze-colored specimen measures 1.9 cm long, 1.3 cm wide and 0.7 cm...
Rarely offered, sample of native lead in the form of a partially tarnished sheet resting on an epidotite matrix (rock formed almost entirely of crystallized epidote). This piece is from the Garpenberg Norra (north) Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden. It measures 2.7 cm long by 1.6...
Natural presentation for this quartz carried by sphalerite var. cleophane.Typical coin from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.It measures 7.4 cm long by 4 cm high and 2.8 cm thick.Its weight is 72 grams.Reference: 0639 Additional photos and online order on the DGminerals...
Fluorite with light purple crystals and green core, partially covered with quartz and spherical pyrite.This aesthetic piece comes from the mine of El Hamman, Province of Khemisset, Region of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco.It measures 9.3cm wide by 6.1cm high and 5.2cm, for a weight of 383...
Lavender-colored fluorite, crystallized on both sides. It has several crystals of fluorite called "lighter" and galena.Piece from Greenlaws mine, Daddry Shield, Weardale, County Durham, England.It measures 12.2 cm long, 7.7 cm wide and 5.1 cm at the thickest.Weight of 515 grams.Reference:...
Gypsum crystals var. selenite, with a beautiful luster, on porphyry matrix.This piece comes from the Municipality of Tatatila, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.It measures 7.1 cm long, 4.9 cm wide and 4.7 cm thick.Its weight is 142 grams.Reference: 0622Order online on the DGminerals...
Light purple amethyst crystals, with a 5.8 cm main crystal.This piece is from Las Vigas, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico.It measures 5.8 cm long, 3.8 cm wide and 1.8 cm thick.Its weight is 29 grams.Reference: 0618Order online on the DGmineraux...
Barite with tabular crystals covered with orange ferric oxides.It comes from the Redoutières mine, Chaillac, Indre, France. This mine closed in 2006.Sample measuring 6.6cm long, 6.5cm wide and 4.8cm thick.Its weight is 260 grams.Reference: 0611Order online on the DGmineraux...
Uncommon sample of aurichalcite with a fine overcrystallization of hemimorphite.It comes from the Mechelen mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.This specimen is 4.2cm long, 2.8cm wide and 1.5cm thick.Its weight is 20 grams.Reference: 0608Order online on the DGmineraux...
Very shiny sample of gemstone barite crystals resting on a fine crystallization of pyrite.It comes from the Mechelen mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.This specimen measures 7.2cm long by 4.7cm wide and 3.8cm thick.Its weight is 125 grams.Reference: 0605Order online on the DGmineraux...
Sample of tabular barite with some minor shocks that do not spoil the aesthetics of the piece.It comes from the Mechelen mine, Saint Laurent le Minier, Gard, France.This barite is 10cm long, 7.5cm high and 5.2cm thick.Its weight is 478 grams.Reference: 0602Order online on the DGmineraux...
Partial cube of green fluorite, covered with a fine crystallization of quartz, embedded in bars of barite.Piece from the Fontsante mine, Tanneron, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.It measures 6.7 cm long, 4.6 cm wide and 3.3 cm thick.Its weight is 161 grams.Reference: 0601Order online on...
