Native copper with irregular, branching forms, featuring pronounced relief and an interplay of copper tones and bluish oxidized areas.This specimen originates from the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, USA.Its dimensions are 8.2 x 5 x 2.3 cm.The weight of this copper specimen is 92...
Peruvian pyrite with small, shiny, striated crystals on a massive pyrite matrix.It comes from the Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Ancash, Peru.This pyrite measures 7.9 cm long by 5.6 cm wide and 2.9 cm thick.Its weight is 313 grams.Additional photos and order online on the DGmineraux...
Azurite specimen consisting of a compact aggregate of deep blue tabular crystals with well-developed faces and high luster.This fine piece comes from the Chessy mine, located in the Rhône department of France.It measures 5.1 x 4 x 2.8 cm.The weight of this azurite is 80 grams.(Measurements...
A beautiful combination of lustrous, well-defined black to dark brown sphalerite crystals, accompanied by small, clear calcite crystals that provide a lovely contrast.Specimen from the Les Malines mine, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, France.Dimensions: 8.2 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm.Weight: 182 grams.Additional...
A smoky quartz specimen featuring several well-formed crystals; it makes for a lovely display piece, despite some minor imperfections along the edges.It was collected in Yunxian, in the Fujian region of China.This specimen measures 8.2 x 6.3 x 5.3 cm.The piece weighs 250 grams.Additional photos...
Apophyllite composed of numerous translucent white crystals, with delicate pale green areas and a beautiful bouquet-like arrangement.Coin from Pune, state of Maharashtra in India.This sample has dimensions of 7.9 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm.The weight of this piece is 43 grams.(Measures outside the...
Highly lustrous black sphalerite covered with numerous translucent, honey-colored calcite crystals, creating a beautiful, high-contrast combination.This specimen comes from the Elmwood Mine in Smith County, Tennessee, USA.Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm (maximum width).The specimen weighs 112...
A fine orpiment specimen featuring tabular to prismatic crystals; it is a vivid, translucent orange-yellow, displaying beautiful growth striations and a characteristic resinous luster.This specimen originates from the Quiruvilca mine in the Quiruvilca region of Peru.The mineral measures 6.8 x 5 x...
Epidote featuring heavily striated, prismatic crystals ranging from black to very dark green, forming an aesthetic sheaf-like aggregate.This specimen comes from a sought-after locality: Knappenwand, Untersulzbach, Austria.Its dimensions are 3.6 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm.The specimen weighs 17...
Dark green malachite, in lamellar aggregates and rosettes, coating black, finely granular goethite, which in turn sits on a quartz crystal.Specimen from M'ssici, a site located in the Alnif area of Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco.It measures 5.1 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm.The specimen weighs 28 grams.(Measurements...
Goethite pseudomorph after pyrite, retaining the original pyrite crystal forms with sharply defined cubic crystals.This specimen originates from La Morte in Isère, France.It measures 3.1 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm.The specimen weighs 53 grams.(Measurements exclude the display base)Additional photos and...
A flat brucite specimen with delicate light yellow hues.This specimen comes from Qilla Saif Ullah, located in the Balochistan region of Pakistan.It measures 6.5 x 5.8 x 1 cm.The mineral weighs 29 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
Intense blue lazurite in compact, irregularly shaped crystalline masses, featuring beautiful deep blue hues and lighter veinlets.This specimen comes from Ladjuar Medam, located in the Koksha region of Afghanistan.Dimensions: 6 x 3.6 x 4.1 cmThe weight of this mineral is 80 grams.(Measurements...
Translucent pale pink to mauve fluorite, featuring massive crystallization in columnar aggregates with distinct color zoning.This mineral originates from the Maine-Reclesne mine in the Saône-et-Loire region of France.It measures 6.7 x 5.8 x 2.8 cm.The specimen weighs 232 grams.Additional photos...
Translucent fluorite with polysynthetic cubic crystals—ranging from gray to slightly greenish—associated with numerous quartz crystals, several of which feature an elongated habit and fine luster. A lovely piece that loses a bit of its appeal in photographs...This mineral comes from the Hunan...
Dark, well-formed, and lustrous sphalerite crystals, associated with an abundant coating of small quartz crystals, creating beautiful contrasts between the sphalerite's black to reddish-brown hues and the clear quartz.This specimen originates from Shuikoushan, in the Hunan region of China.It...
Specimen featuring "sea urchin"-like aragonite clusters and spherical calcite formations on a basalt matrix.This mineral was found in Gergovie, Auvergne, France.Dimensions: 6.6 x 5.6 x 3.6 cmThe specimen weighs 80 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
A fine association featuring numerous steel-gray tetrahedrite crystals with a metallic luster—well-crystallized and shiny—accompanied by small golden pyrite crystals and quartz.This specimen comes from the Cavnic mine in the Maramureș region of Romania.Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 2.8 cm (maximum...
Crystallized torbernite on matrix, featuring shiny, millimeter-sized crystals. As this is a uranium-bearing mineral, it requires appropriate storage.This specimen was discovered at Les Bois Noirs, St-Priest-Laprugne, France.It measures 7.9 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm.The specimen weighs 170 grams.Additional...
A cluster of bi-colored "whistle" barite crystals from a deposit that is completely inaccessible today. Note the contact marks in various places.This specimen was found in Maine-Reclesne, in the Saône-et-Loire region of France.The piece measures 7.9 x 6.3 x 4.8 cm.The specimen weighs 443...
A remarkable goethite specimen showing a coating over quartz points.It was collected at the Montroc quarry in the Tarn region of France.This specimen measures 7.4 x 6 x 4 cm.The piece weighs 72 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
"Mandarin" quartz—named for the beautiful orange color resulting from surface oxides.This specimen was found in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.Its dimensions are 8 x 7.3 x 2.9 cm.The piece weighs 103 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
A specimen featuring a well-defined carrollite crystal on calcite—an association typical of the deposit—accompanied by raw chalcopyrite.This specimen comes from a sought-after locality: Kambove, Haut-Katanga, Congo.It measures 6.4 x 5 x 4.7 cm.The sample weighs 186 grams.Additional photos and...
Nice presentation for this piece, with prismatic erythrite crystals overhanging a carpet of pink picropharmacolite spheres.It comes from the mine of Bou Azzer, province of Ouarzazate in Morocco.Specimen measuring 6.2 cm long by 4.6 cm wide and 3.1 cm at the thickest.Its weight is 107...
