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...
Bright green cuprosklodowskite (note: a uranium-bearing mineral) appearing as fine acicular to fibrous crystals that form delicate radiating aggregates on a dark matrix.This specimen comes from the Musonoi mine, located in the Kolwezi region of the Congo.The mineral measures 3.2 x 2.3 x 1.5...
Black to very dark brown Uvite (appearing green under lighting), featuring highly lustrous, well-defined crystals associated with translucent to pinkish-hued Magnesite crystals.This specimen originates from Brumado, in the state of Bahia, Brazil.Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.2 cmWeight: 8.8...
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...
A piece of bright, vibrant green fuchsite—a green variety of muscovite colored by chromium.Specimen from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.1 x 4.4 cmThis specimen weighs 188 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
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...
"Grape agate" is the common name for this botryoidal chalcedony. The specimen shown here is a high-quality floater, featuring a bicolored purple and green appearance.This specimen originates from Mamuju, in the West Sulawesi region of Indonesia.The mineral measures 14.5 x 5.6 x 4.9 cm.The...
Lustrous Peruvian pyrite with octahedral crystals, accompanied by sphalerite.This specimen originates from the Huaron Mine in the Pasco region of Peru.Dimensions: 6 x 4.6 x 3 cmThe specimen weighs 168 grams.Additional photos and online ordering available on the DGminéraux...
A beautiful epidote specimen forming dense clusters, featuring olive-green to dark green hues and a highly sparkling luster. Some crystals show old, well-patinated fractures that bear witness to the piece's history.This specimen was discovered in Hakkâri, in the Hakkâri region of Turkey.It...
A well-developed glendonite forming a star-shaped aggregate, displaying beautifully on a spherical rock concretion. It is the result of the pseudomorphosis of ikaite into calcite; the term "glendonite" specifically refers to this type of pseudomorph.This mineral was discovered at Solenitsa, in...
