Mineral specimens search results

(para ver esta página en español)

Mineral specimens search results for [ ]

Very sharp Mimetite crystals that are mostly tabular, with a yellowish-orange color, translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix of white Calcite crystals.
Gowd Mine, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province Iran (08/2015)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.9 × 3.5 cm = 1.42” × 1.14” × 1.38”
Price: €230 / US$244 / ¥37520 / AUD$370

ME97Y3: Mimetite with Calcite

Short arborescent growths of dipyramidal crystals with notable curved faces and edges. They have an intense yellow color and are on a limonite matrix with small Calcite crystals. Of very good quality for the locality.
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango Mexico
Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.2 × 3.9 cm = 3.35” × 2.05” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Price: €260 / US$276 / ¥42420 / AUD$420

TC86AK0: Mimetite with Goethite

With a different presentation than other more common Mexican Mimetites, here it forms spheroidal aggregates on a Goethite matrix of crystals with a very sharp pyramidal habit, with good terminations, very bright and with a very intense yellow-orange color.
The piece comes from the collection of José Luis Vallecillo, from Madrid.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.1 × 5.1 cm = 3.70” × 3.19” × 2.01”
Price: €260 / US$276 / ¥42420 / AUD$420

11EN13: Mimetite, limonite

With a presentation different from that of other more common Mexican Mimetites, this one forms spheroidal aggregates, on a Goethite matrix, of crystals with a very acute pyramidal habit, with good terminations, with a bright luster and an intense yellow-orange color, highlighting the color contrast with the darker limonitic matrix.
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua Mexico
Specimen size: 11.0 × 10.5 × 4.0 cm = 4.33” × 4.13” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
Price: €90 / US$95 / ¥14680 / AUD$140

SV280CTF: Mottramite with Calcite

Group of Mottramite crystals with a dark green color and velvety appearance showing cavities which Calcite crystals have taken advantage of to develop, one of them very visible, forming defined faces and edges, with a soft pink color. The specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carles Curto No. 1982.33, whose digital catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region Namibia (±1982)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.67”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥13050 / AUD$130

NNB16AO6: Nagyágite on Rhodochrosite

Groups of lamellar and lustrous Nagyágite crystals on a matrix with pale pink Rhodochrosite coatings. The specimen, a European classic from the type locality for the species, comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number NAG-2), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania
Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 2.17” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm = 0.51” × 0.47”
Price: €1100 / US$1171 / ¥179470 / AUD$1800

NP46AN0: Nagyágite with Quartz

Unusually sharp lamellar crystals of Nagyágite and large for the species, somewhat lustrous, on a Quartz matrix. The specimen, from one of the great classical localities for the species, comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number NAG-8), whose catalogue entry we will send to the buyer.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania (±1850)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.35” × 2.95” × 1.77”
Price: €2400 / US$2556 / ¥391580 / AUD$3930

SV21800NXF: Nagyágite with Sylvanite and Quartz

An important piece due not only to the minerals that form it, but by the very association of both species on the same piece, which is not common. Metallic grey Nagyagite crystals with preferentially oriented growths, are implanted in a slightly pink crystalline Quartz matrix and accompanied by darker lanceolate crystals of Sylvanite. A historical specimen, obtained at the end of the 19th century, from a classic mining district in Romania that has deposits in which gold, silver and tellurium are exploited and that is the type locality (TL) for Nagyágite. From the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes whose handwritten record we will send to the purchaser.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Deva, Hunedoara Romania (±1850)
Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.6 × 1.1 cm = 2.72” × 1.81” × 0.43”
Price: €1800 / US$1917 / ¥293680 / AUD$2950

NH60Z1: Octahedral Fluorite

Group of very sharp and translucent octahedral crystals, with a very intense green color, that partially coat a granite matrix. A Spanish classic from a currently closed locality that only sporadically produces samples of this quality. This piece is from an old collection.
Berta Quarry, Can Domènech Hill, Roques Blanques Mountains, Sant Cugat del Vallès-El Papiol, Comarca Vallès Occidental / Baix Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia / Catalunya Spain
Specimen size: 6.2 × 6.1 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 2.40” × 1.69”
Price: €55 / US$58 / ¥8970 / AUD$90

AF98Z8: Octahedral Fluorite with Cassiterite

Octahedral crystal, a very rare crystalline form for Fluorite from Panasqueira. It is translucent, with a bluish-green color and white areas on the vertices. There is also a small and very bright group of cyclic Cassiterite twins on the underside of the crystal.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 4 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.57” × 1.54” × 1.14”
Price: €380 / US$404 / ¥62000 / AUD$620

SM430FR: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz

Octahedral Fluorite crystal, translucent, uniform green in color, on matrix, with Quartz.
Former collection of Jan Buma. Number 061016
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas) Pakistan (±2006)
Specimen size: cm =
Price: €430 / US$458 / ¥70150 / AUD$700

JR50X5: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Calcite

Group of very well defined octahedral crystals with clear green color, polycrystalline growths on their faces and small cubic recrystallizations on some of their octahedral points.
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2000)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 3.74” × 2.56” × 2.36”

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.5 cm = 2.36” × 1.77”
Price: €460 / US$489 / ¥75050 / AUD$750

TG76L1: Octahedral Fluorite with Quartz and Mica

Group of translucent octahedral Fluorite crystals, on a smoky Quartz crystal. The sample is from a locality where nowadays is quite difficult to obtain specimens.
Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region Kazakhstan (±1993)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.64” × 1.73” × 1.30”
Price: €175 / US$186 / ¥28550 / AUD$280

MZF99AO2: Olivenite

Growths of small acicular Olivenite crystals with a very vivid satiny luster, a deep and uniform green color, on matrix and with Quartz. This specimen is an excellent English classic from the Paul Sainfeld collection.
Wheal Gorland, Saint Day, Camborne - Redruth - Saint Day District, Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.61” × 1.06”
Price: €540 / US$575 / ¥88100 / AUD$880

TV87AL2: Olivenite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Matrix group of acicular Olivenite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, lustrous and very deep olive green. As on so many other occasions in Milpillas, among the best of the species.
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 2.4 cm = 3.03” × 2.60” × 0.94”
Price: €2400 / US$2556 / ¥391580 / AUD$3930

MB89AJ8: Olivenite with Quartz

Groups of dipyramidal Olivenite crystals on Quartz matrix, with very well defined faces and edges and polycrystalline growths. An English classic, unusually well crystallized. It is with an old handwritten label that we will send to the buyer.
Cornwall England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”
Price: €380 / US$404 / ¥62000 / AUD$620

TR48AL5: Olivenite with Quartz and Hydroniumjarosite

A novelty at Tucson 2020. Groups of very sharp Olivenite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with very well defined faces and edges and perfect terminal faces, transparent or translucent, bright and with a very deep olive-green color. On matrix with coatings of small yellowish-white botryoidal aggregates of Hydroniumjarosite. As in so many other occasions with Milpillas, among the best for the species.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 154, page 45
Milpillas Mine, level 992, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora Mexico (11-12/2019)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.78” × 2.52” × 1.57”
Price: €3200 / US$3408 / ¥522110 / AUD$5250

TLF86AN9: Olmiite

Sheaf-like growth of Olmiite crystals with well defined faces and edges, with good luster and a pale brown color, on matrix. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.79” × 0.83”
Price: €160 / US$170 / ¥26100 / AUD$260

EC97AK3: Olmiite

Group of crystals of short prismatic habit, well developed, of good size for the species, translucent and lustrous, color between pink and reddish, as was typical of the first finds of this species.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.26” × 1.10” × 0.83”
Price: €280 / US$298 / ¥45680 / AUD$450

EG6K9: Olmiite

Excellent miniature. The prismatic crystals are similar to a wheatsheaf with good brilliance and color. On rocky matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.98” × 0.79” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
Price: €110 / US$117 / ¥17940 / AUD$180

EV28AI0: Olshanskyite

Druse, on matrix, of well-differentiated elongated crystals that are transparent, colorless and extraordinarily bright with very sharp crystalline forms. On the Olshanskyite small Andradite crystals have grown. The Olshanskyite from the Shijiangshan mine was previously well-known for its quality, largely overtaking the best known to date for the species, but a recent find has raised the roof of quality to unforeseen levels. The sample has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (04/2017)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.73” × 1.50”
Price: €320 / US$340 / ¥52210 / AUD$520

TC2580ERY: Olshanskyite with Roweite, Andradite and Wurtzite

Groups of Olshanskyite crystals, with a very elongated shape, transparent, colorless and lustrous. With very sharp crystal forms and related with minor Roweite, Andradite and Wurtzite. Olshanskyites from the Shijiangshan mine were already known for their quality, which far surpassed the best known to date for the species, but a very recent find has raised the quality ceiling to unsuspected levels. From this new find we have been able to choose among the best specimens recovered. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Shijiangshan Mine, Yinwu, Linxi, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (04/2017)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 3.03” × 2.13” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”
Price: €580 / US$617 / ¥94630 / AUD$950

HM180TF: Opal (variety hyalite)

These Opals (variety hyalite) appeared for first time during the Tucson Show 2014. Botryoidal nodule very aesthetic and transparent, which shows fluorescence even in daylight, on matrix. In fact it fluoresces under almost any type of light: LED, fluorescent, daylight, and of course also with ultraviolet light. The only light with which they do not react is with incandescent bulbs.
Zacatecas Mexico
Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.63”
Price: €180 / US$191 / ¥29360 / AUD$290

EG47AC1: Opal (variety hyalite)

Very aerial botryoidal growths completely clear, colorless, very bright and implanted on a rocky matrix.
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Hungary (11/2013)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.52” × 1.89” × 1.50”
Price: €240 / US$255 / ¥39150 / AUD$390

EH67AC1: Opal (variety hyalite) with Aragonite

Crown-shaped growth of very aerial botryoidal aggregates, completely clear, colorless, very bright, with white botryoidal Aragonite formations and implanted on a rocky matrix.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #41, August 22, 2015 edition, page 9
Tarcal, Eperjes-Tokaj Mountains, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Hungary (11/2013)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.6 × 3.8 cm = 2.60” × 1.42” × 1.50”
Price: €260 / US$276 / ¥42420 / AUD$420

We work with the IMA approved names for minerals. If you are not sure of the IMA name for the mineral you are looking for you can select it from the following list


Home page Minerals		About us		Client Comments		Friends of Minerals Forum		Feedback Form		Search


US Minerals	Mexico & Canada Minerals	Spanish Minerals	Spanish Fluorite	Portugal - Panasqueira	French Minerals
European Minerals	FSU Minerals	Moroccan Minerals	African Minerals	Brazilian Minerals	South American Minerals
Chinese Minerals	Tukey, Asia & Australia Minerals	Joaquim Callen's Photo Gallery	The Daunis Collection	The Jan Buma Collections	The Carles Curto Collection