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Chalcopyrite with Calcite and Quartz
Chalcopyrite with Calcite and Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Calcite and Quartz.

EM73X6: Aggregate of disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals with pseudotetrahedral shape, with very well defined faces and edges and showing a very intense luster. They are on matrix with growths of white lenticular Calcite crystals. The sample has a great quality for the locality, where good Chalcopyrite crystals are uncommon.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 9.2 × 4 cm = 5.7” × 3.6” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.0” × 0.8”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


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Chalcopyrite with Quartz

EF47X2: Twinned crystals of Chalcopyrite with single forms and very well defined faces and edges. They are bright and are on a matrix of Quartz crystals. The quality is excellent for the locality.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 12 × 7.8 × 3.2 cm = 4.7” × 3.1” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”


Chalcopyrite with Quartz. Chalcopyrite with Quartz.
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Ferberite with Calcite and Quartz
Ferberite with Calcite and Quartz. Ferberite with Calcite and Quartz.

MB68X5: Curious polysynthetic Ferberite crystals with a leaf shape. They are very bright and are on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite. Ferberite is a very infrequent species at Baia Sprie.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 8 × 3.9 cm = 4.4” × 3.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.2”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


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Bournonite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Pyrite

MC46X3: Very well defined cyclic twins of Bournonite with the so called cogwheel shape, with small Chalcopyrite and Pyrite crystals, and on a matrix of Quartz crystals, some of them inverse scepters.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.3 × 3.4 cm = 3.1” × 2.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Bournonite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Pyrite.
Bournonite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Pyrite. Bournonite with Quartz, Chalcopyrite and Pyrite.
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Galena with Calcite
Galena with Calcite. Front
Front
Galena with Calcite. Top
Top

EA27X3: Aggregate of cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with rounded edges and the very prominent spinel law twin. The Galena crystals are partially coated by groups of very acute scalenohedral Calcite crystals.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 4.9 × 4.3 cm = 3.6” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3 × 3 cm = 1.2” × 1.2”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

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Barite with Stibnite

EP14T8: Group of sharp tabular crystals of Barite, very transparent and bright and with small inclusions of Stibnite.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania (±1980)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.2”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Barite with Stibnite.
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Semseyite with Sphalerite
Semseyite with Sphalerite. Semseyite with Sphalerite.
Semseyite with Sphalerite.

MF27S3: Rosette aggregates of very bright Semseyite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, which is rare for the species, and with very sharp crystals of Sphalerite and small coatings of Pyrite.
Baia Sprie Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures  Rumania

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.7 × 3.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.6” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”


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Galena with Sphalerite and Quartz

EB89X1: Very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena that have the clearly dominant octahedron. They are extraordinarily bright, much more so than is typical of the samples from this locality, are partially coated by small crystals of Quartz and with twinned crystals, also very bright, of Sphalerite.
Cavnic, Maramures  Rumania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.3 × 4.3 cm = 4.1” × 3.7” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Galena with Sphalerite and Quartz. Galena with Sphalerite and Quartz.
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Calcite with Quartz and Dolomite
Calcite with Quartz and Dolomite. Calcite with Quartz and Dolomite.

MF66S9: Very flattened rhombohedral crystals of Calcite. They have a lenticular habit and are white, very bright and show curious curvatures on their faces and edges, being implanted on a group of Quartz crystals and on Calcite matrix.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures  Rumania (10/2003)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 9.2 × 4 cm = 3.6” × 3.6” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.3”

Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Rhodochrosite with Quartz

EK28V2: Druse of small rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite with pronounced curves, showing the so called “saddle” shape. They have a very intense pink color and are on a matrix of small white crystals of Quartz.
Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Maramures  Rumania (1960-1970)

Specimen size: 16.5 × 11.5 × 4.9 cm = 6.5” × 4.5” × 1.9”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
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Barite with Quartz
Barite with Quartz. Front
Front
Barite with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Barite with Quartz.

E97TS0: Group of tabular crystals of Barite. They are bright, transparent and have deep yellow color and are on matrix with small crystals of Quartz. A spectacular sample coming from an old mine now closed and abandoned.
Roata Mine, 230 Level, Cavnic, Maramures  Rumania (12/1995)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 9.3 × 5.7 cm = 5.0” × 3.7” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.0” × 0.8”


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Galena with Semseyite, Siderite, Pyrrhotite and Pyrite

TZ47X1: Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, bright and well defined, with radial growths of sharp platy crystals of Semseyite. Some of the faces of the Galena show very well marked skeletal growths.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania

Specimen size: 8 × 6.4 × 5 cm = 3.1” × 2.5” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.5”


Galena with Semseyite, Siderite, Pyrrhotite and Pyrite. Galena with Semseyite, Siderite, Pyrrhotite and Pyrite.
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Pyrite-Pyrrhotite with Semseyite, Galena and Ankerite
Pyrite-Pyrrhotite with Semseyite, Galena and Ankerite. Pyrite-Pyrrhotite with Semseyite, Galena and Ankerite.

EE27V2: Aggregates of laminar crystals of Pyrrothite partially coated and replaced by Pyrite, with crystals of Galena showing dissolution shapes, small lenticular crystals of Ankerite and rosettes of laminar crystals of Semseyite, all on a matrix of Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (±1980)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.8 × 5 cm = 4.6” × 3.9” × 2.0”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


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Sphalerite with Galena, Pyrite and Siderite

ER76T8: Group of twinned crystals of Sphalerite with a dominant tetrahedron, very bright and on matrix, with small cuboctahedral crystals of Galena and with Quartz, Siderite and Pyrite, also crystallized.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 12 × 10.2 × 5.8 cm = 4.7” × 4.0” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Sphalerite with Galena, Pyrite and Siderite. Sphalerite with Galena, Pyrite and Siderite.
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Calcite with inclusions
Calcite with inclusions. Front
Front
Calcite with inclusions. Top
Top

EQ14T8: Aggregate of rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with very marked curved faces and edges giving the so-called “saddle” shape. They are on matrix, with abundant “plumosite” (Boulangerite-Jamesonite) inclusions at the back of the sample.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.3 × 5 cm = 3.7” × 3.3” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.3 cm = 1.6” × 0.9”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

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Barite with Realgar inclusions

EP47T8: Group of sharp tabular crystals of Barite, very transparent and bright and with zoned red inclusions of small crystals of Realgar.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9 × 5.3 cm = 4.6” × 3.5” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Barite with Realgar inclusions. Barite with Realgar inclusions.
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Stibnite with Pyrite
Stibnite with Pyrite. Stibnite with Pyrite.
Stibnite with Pyrite

MC69R3: Group of thick short prismatic crystals of Stibnite, with excellent terminations, typical of the Poiana Botizei mine, a locality that in its best times offered not too many samples but commonly of good quality.
With a label from the Joan Abella i Creus collection that we’ll send to the buyer.
Poiana Botizei Mine, Baiut, Maramures  Rumania (±1986)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 10.5 × 7.4 cm = 5.2” × 4.1” × 2.9”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.7”


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Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz

EA63X3: Sharp Sphalerite crystals with the dominant and very well defined form of the tetrahedron. They are deep black, have an excellent luster, and are on a matrix with very bright and deeply striated Pyrite crystals. They are partially coated by small Quartz crystals.
Rodna Mountains, Maramures  Rumania (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 11.2 × 4.2 cm = 5.0” × 4.4” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz.
Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz. Sphalerite with Pyrite and Quartz.
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Nagyágite with Quartz
Nagyágite with Quartz. Nagyágite with Quartz.

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TJ86W1: Parallel and skeletal growths of much flattened and extraordinarily well defined crystals, which is really uncommon for this mineral. They also are unusually bright and are on matrix. A great classic.
Sacarîmb (Nagyág), Hunedoara County  Rumania

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 2.6” × 1.6” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”


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Sylvanite with Quartz

EF68R3: Partially dendritic growths of very elongated and flattened crystals on matrix. A classic of Rumanian mineralogy.
Baia de Aries (Offenbánya), Apuseni mountains, Alba County, Transylvania  Rumania

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 2.1” × 1.6” × 0.8”


Sylvanite with Quartz. Sylvanite with Quartz.
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Gold with Quartz
Gold with Quartz. Gold with Quartz.
Gold with Quartz

EZ16W9: Dendritic growths of extraordinarily bright crystals, elongated and very flattened, on a rocky matrix with Quartz. An European classic with an old label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Rosia Montana, Apuseni Mountains, Alba County, Transylvania  Rumania

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”


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Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions

Herja mine is world famous for its great Stibnite and it sometimes also produces very unusual black Calcite. The color is due to the Boulangerite inclusions.

Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions

MA59H2: Two interlaced disks of lenticular crystals of Calcite. The snowy white color on the front turns to dark gray on the back due to Boulangerite inclusions.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (10/2003)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.2”


Calcite with Boulangerite inclusions.
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Calcite with Boulangerite
Calcite with Boulangerite. Front
Front
Calcite with Boulangerite. Rear
Rear

T46BS0: Mossy aggregates of felted crystals of Boulangerite completely filling a parallel growth of flattened rhombohedral crystals of Calcite with well developed curvatures of their faces. The sample is from an old mine now closed and abandoned.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (04/2001)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.6” × 2.5” × 1.7”


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Turt

Turt, Satu Mare, Maramures. This is not really a new locality, as the mine has been active for many years. But what is new is that they recently began to find high quality specimens in this mine. That said, the finds are fairly infrequent and depend on the area of the mine being worked.

Calcite

TZ46Q1: Rosette growth of lenticular crystals formed by very flattened rhombohedra with curved edges. On a matrix of the same Calcite, with Pyrite. A classic from a closed mine.
Turt, Satu Mare, Maramures  Rumania (2002)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 1.4”

Fluorescent long & short UV


Calcite.
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Galena with Siderite
Galena with Siderite.

E6RC9: More brilliant than others, this Galena from Turt displays very well with its separate crystals of galena on the clean brownish Siderite all on the matrix formed of massive Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite.
Turt, Satu Mare, Maramures  Rumania (1999)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 3.1” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”


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