Pink manganocalcite with a pearly appearance, covered with small crystals of pyrite, on a matrix rich in sphalerite.It comes from the Madan mining sector, Smolyan province, Bulgaria.This sample measures 8 cm wide by 5.5 cm high and 6.5 cm thick.Its weight is 233 grams.Reference: 0878Additional...
Romanechite (manganese oxide containing barium) in the form of a two-pronged black coral, contrasted by spheres of a yellow ferric oxide, probably goethite.It comes from a 2020 discovery made in Veszprém, Veszprém county, Hungary.This specimen measures 3.2 cm high by 1.6 cm wide and 1.4 cm...
Yellow fluorite with a slight frost inside the cubes typical of the deposit.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.Weighing 225 grams, this fluorite is 7 cm long, 7 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.Note slight touches.Reference: 0872Additional...
Beautiful architecture for this pyrite with crystals with truncated edges and finely striated faces.This aesthetic piece comes from the Huaron mine in the Pasco province in Peru.It measures 10.6 cm high, 6.4 cm wide and 5.2 cm thick.Its weight is 482 grams.Reference: 0867Additional photos and...
Old piece with white and spherical prehnite with some okenite tassels.She comes from the district of Pune, Maharashtra, India.This sample measures 12.2 cm long by 9 cm wide and 4.8 cm thick.Its weight is 398 grams.Reference: 0866Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Piece showing on matrix orange and spherical crystallizations of stellerite, as well as beige crystals of orthoclase.This specimen comes from Tatatila in the State of Veracruz in Mexico.It measures 9.3 cm wide by 6.7 cm high and 3.6 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 227 grams.Reference:...
Old piece showing a cube of galena resting in a crystallization of beige dolomite. A second cleaved galena crystal is found at the bottom of the sample.It comes from the Joplin lead deposits in Missouri, USA.This mineral measures 7 cm wide by 4.7 cm high and 1.9 cm thick.Its weight is 74...
Very good quality sample of hedenbergite, with a dark green aesthetically contrasted by the gold of the pyrite.This piece from an old collection comes from the Island of Elba, Province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy.It measures 8.4 cm wide by 5.8 cm high and 4.6 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 234...
Small nice piece of quartz with inclusions (goethite?) and calcite crystals.It comes from Aouli, Mibladen, Province of Midelt, Region of Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco.This quartz measures 6.6 cm high by 5.1 cm wide and 2.6 cm thick.Its weight is 94 grams.Reference: 0828Additional photos and online...
Piece of amethyst on gangue, with a first group of small pale purple crystals, and next to two tangled crystals of a more pronounced color.It comes from the Las Vigas sector, Vera Cruz state, Mexico.This specimen measures 5.3 cm long by 4.4 cm wide and 3.8 cm high.Its weight is 68...
Beautiful piece of adamite on a matrix of limonite, with a first crystallization on the top and a second more discreet in a geode on the side.This specimen is from the Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.It measures 6.9 cm high by 6.3 cm wide and 3.2 cm thick.Its weight is 266 grams.Reference:...
Piece presenting on a slightly bluish pyrophyllite gangue a rutile crystal with a good luster.It comes from the Graves Mountain deposit, Lincoln Co., Georgia, USA.This sample weighs 320 grams.It measures 7.6 cm long by 6.2 cm wide and 5.8 cm high. The rutile measures 1.5 cm at its...
Brown calcite with a stalactite-like formation, from a rarely offered US deposit for the species.It comes from a discovery by Bud Ehrle in the 1970s, in Alzada, Carter County, Montana, USA.This piece, with remnants of shell mother-of-pearl, measures 9.1 cm long, 4.8 cm wide and 2.1 cm at the...
Piece of soft colored prehnite on a micro-crystallized quartz mat.She is from Pune District, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India.This sample measures 10 cm long by 6.6 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.Its weight is 190 grams.Reference: 0803Additional photos and online ordering on the DGminéraux...
Aesthetic presentation for this fuchsite covered on the top by a crystallization of hyaline quartz.This muscovite a green variety that contains chromium.This Peruvian sample weighs 273 grams.It comes from Pasto Bueno, Pampas District, Pallasca P, ÁncashIt measures 9.6 cm long by 7.3 cm wide and...
Alpine association of a gem crystallization of sphalerite on a gangue of tetrahedrite and bournonite.This piece comes from the coal mines of La Mure, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.It measures 4.8 cm long by 2.8 cm wide and 2.3 cm thick.Its weight is 47 grams.Reference:...
Good sample of brilliant hematoid quartz, red orange in color, on a matrix with volumes.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.Weighing 516 grams, this mineral is 9.5 cm long, 9 cm wide and 5.5 cm thick.Despite a discreet touch according...
Piece combining, under an orange coating, yellow fluorite (main crystal with a 4 cm edge) and quartz tips.Sample with touches but still very significant for the deposit.It comes from the L'Argentolle mine, Saint-Prix, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.Weighing 447 grams, this...
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...
Infrequent matrix sample of sturmanite, a secondary mineral in manganese-bearing deposits.It comes from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.This specimen measures 8 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.4 cm thick.Weight of 251 grams.Reference: 0746Additional photos and online...
