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Dyscrasite

$1,250

Bouismas Mine (Bouismass mine), Drâa-Tafilalet Region

This miniature of the silver antimonide Dyscrasite, forms a coral-like array of branching thick stems of a

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Cattierite with Siegenite

$150

Shinkolobwe Mine, Katanga Copper Crescent

A rare specimen of Cattierite, a cobalt sulphide, from its type locality at Shinkolobwe mine, in the Katanga

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Schaurteite

$3,500

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

Schaurteite, a calcium-germanium sulphate, is a very rare species from its type locality at Tsumeb and

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Mendipite with Chloroxiphite, Symesite and Diaboleite

$500

Torr Works Quarry, England

A potpourri of rare mineralogical delights from the famous Torr Works quarry (aka Merehead quarry) at Cranmore

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Paralaurionite with Diaboleite and Leadhillite

$5,000

Collins vein, Arizona

A fantastic large miniature/small cabinet specimen of almost solid crystalline Paralaurionite and Diaboleite

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Lillianite with Cosalite and Chalcopyrite

$2,000

Baita mining district, Bihor County

A very fine specimen containing two rare lead-bismuth sulphosalts, Lillianite and Cosalite with brassy

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Dyscrasite

$2,500

Uranium Mine No. 21 (Shaft No. 21), Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen)

Dyscrasite is a rare silver antimonide and this is a truly magnificent example of the species. From

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Hessite with Quartz

$1,500

Anna Mine, Alba Co.

A superb small miniature of equant lead-grey Hessite crystals form a piled-up cluster on top of a matrix of

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Sylvanite

$1,250

Sacarimb (Nagyag), Romania

Sylvanite, a gold-silver telluride, forms rich crystallised and granular ribbons and patches across the

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Native Iridium / Osmium (alloy)

$1,500

Urals Region, Russia

A glass phial containing two to three hundred loose granules of metallic lead-grey Native Iridium and Osmium

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Native Tellurium

$900

Fata Baii, Romania

A small cabinet specimen, rich in splendid micro-crystals of silvery tin-white Native Tellurium on a light

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Chalcoalumite, Ajoite and Brochantite on Native Copper and Cuprite

$100

New East Wheal Russell, England

A complexly mineralised miniature displaying Chalcoalumite (hydrous Al-Cu sulphate), Ajoite (hydrated

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Native Silver pseudomorph after Pyrargyrite

$1,500

Pribram, Czech Republic

A rare and unusual Native Silver pseudomorph after Pyrargyrite from the Příbram mining district in Central

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Argyrodite

$3,500

Himmelsfürst Mine, Germany

Argyrodite is an uncommon silver-germanium sulphide (Ag8GeS6) and this excellent specimen is from its type

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Iron Meteorite (found 1853)

$4,000

Tazewell meteorite, Tennessee

A sliced- sawn section of an Iron Meteorite with overall dimensions of 6.0 x 4.6 x 0.3 cm. This is part

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Nagyágite

$750

Baia de Aries, Romania

Nagyágite is a rare and complex lead-antimony-gold-tellurium sulphide and forms large bright silver

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Hessite

$7,500

Anna Mine, Alba Co.

Hessite is a rare di-silver telluride (Ag2Te) and this specimen is from the Anna Mine at Botești in Alba

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Betekhtinite

$500

Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Kazakhstan

An excellent and very representative specimen of the rare mineral Betekhtinite, a copper-iron-lead sulphide,

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Tellurantimony

$150

Golden Mile Mines, Western Australia

Two micromount-size flakes of metallic silver Tellurantimony from the Golden Mile mines of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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Marshite

$3,500

Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales

The very rare mineral Marshite is one of the must-have Broken Hill classics but is seldom available and then

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Calaverite

$450

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia

A rich 1.2 x 0.7 cm patch of metallic buttery-silver Calaverite invests a small sliver of milky Quartz from

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Kutnohorite

$800

Broken Hill, Australia

Kutnohorite is another classic mineral from the Broken Hill suite and this very fine specimen is an excellent

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Alabandite

$2,500

Zinc Corporation Mine, Australia

A terrific specimen of the rare manganese sulphide Alabandite from the Zinc Corporation mine at Broken Hill,

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Anglesite var. Green Anglesite

$2,000

MMM Mine, Australia

One part-gemmy, brilliant equant limey-apple-green Anglesite crystal is perched at the edge / top of a dark

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Marshite with Cerussite and Malachite

$7,500

Broken Hill, Australia

A sublime Marshite specimen, one of the essential Broken Hill classics, but very rarely obtainable with such a

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Bannisterite

$2,500

Zinc Corporation Mine, Australia

Bannisterite is a black mica-like mineral and a rare phyllosilicate. A 5.0 x 3.0+ cm area of platy

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Stolzite

$3,500

Sainte-Lucie Mine, Occitanie

Although Stolzite is a relatively rare mineral it is well known from a number of famous localities worldwide,

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Cryolite

$3,500

Ivigtut Cryolite Deposit, Greenland

A superb, good-sized cabinet specimen of the sodium hexafluoroaluminate mineral Cryolite, from perhaps its

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Miargyrite

$8,500

Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Germany

Crystals of the rare silver-antimony sulphide Miargyrite are developed in this very fine specimen up to 7 mm

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Mellite

$950

Artern, Thuringia

An excellent deep golden-honey to deep butterscotch skewed octagonal crystal of Mellite from Artern in the

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Plagionite on Galena

$4,000

Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, North Rhine-Westphalia

Grey-black metallic globular clusters of the very rare mineral Plagionite are richly distributed over a

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Mellite

$300

Artern, Thuringia

Mellite is an very unusual organic compound, an aluminium benzene hexacarboxylate hydrate. This deep

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Whewellite

$900

Schacht 38 Mine, Germany

Whewellite is a relatively rare organic mineral, a hydrated calcium oxalate. This is a near-perfect,

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Siegenite

$450

Stahlberg Mine (Schwabengrube), Germany

Excellent crystals of dark steel-blue Siegenite with an attractive iridescence from its type locality at

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Harmotome

$450

St Andreasberg, Germany

A large plate of Quartz-rich matrix is covered on both faces with glassy, translucent milky-white Harmotome

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Connellite with Malachite and Chalcophyllite

$2,500

Wheal Unity, Cornwall

An absolutely superb specimen of the hydrous copper chloro-sulphate Connellite from the enigmatic Wheal Unity

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Nasonite in Datolite and Goethite

$300

Torr Works Quarry, England

Nasonite is one of the Holy Grails from the rare oxychloride suite occasionally found in Torr Works quarry at

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Mendipite

$1,000

Torr Works Quarry, England

A first-class specimen of delicate pink Mendipite with an outer crust of sooty black manganese oxides from the

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Boracite

$750

Boulby Mine, England

Boracite, magnesium borate, occurs sporadically in the Permian potash beds in Boulby mine at Loftus near the

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Harmotome

$250

Strontian, North West Highlands

Harmotome is one of the rarer zeolites, but is found as excellent crystal from around the mines at Strontian,

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Otavite on Malachite with Cerussite

$1,200

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

An old-time specimen dating back to the very early days of mining at Tsumeb, the extremely rare mineral

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Indite with Dzhalindite (Specimen & Polished Mount)

$500

Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Far-Eastern Region

Minerals incorporating the element Indium (In) are far from common and these two specimens, a small sawn slice

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Hubeite with Quartz, Pyrite and Calcite

$5,000

Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Hubei Province

Hubeite is a rare Ca-Mn-Fe sorosilicate and was only named in 2001 after Hubei Province in China. This

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Henmilite on Olshanskyite

$1,700

Fuka Mine, Japan

Equant azure to deep inky-blue crystals of the Ca-Cu borate Henmilite are scattered over the surface of

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Väyrynenite

$5,000

Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan

A stunning and wonderful specimen of the very rare Mn-Be phosphate Väyrynenite from the complex granitic

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Nikischerite with Vivianite and Pyrite

$2,500

Huanuni mine, Bolivia

An ugly but excellent specimen of the very rare Na-Fe-Al sulphate Nikischerite from its type locality at the

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Tantalite-(Mn)

$750

Nazareno, Brazil

A choice double terminated crystal of Tantalite-(Mn) from the São João del Rei pegmatite province of Nazareno

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Tantalite-(Mn)

$850

Nazareno, Brazil

An excellent orthorhombic crystal of Tantalite-(Mn) from the São João del Rei pegmatite province of Nazareno