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Pargasite in Marble

$5,500

Sungate Mine, Vietnam

Pargasite is a rare sodium-calcium-magnesium-aluminium silicate and in this show-stopping large cabinet

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Native Iridium-osmium

$3,500

Urals Region, Russia

A rare old red wax-sealed glass miniature bottle filled with metallic silver-grey grains of Native

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Tsumcorite

$2,500

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Tsumcorite is a rare lead arsenate and is named for the Tsumeb Corporation who operated this world famous

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Quartz (Japan Law Twin)

$4,000

Kurasawa mine (Otome mine), Yamanashi

Surely this small cabinet specimen ticks all the boxes with being an excellent example of a Japan Law twin

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Stolzite

$1,500

Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales

The lead tungstate, Stolzite, forms a solid solution series with wulfenite, a lead molybdate and is one of the

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Henmilite on Olshanskyite

$1,700

Fuka Mine, Japan

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

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Calcite var. Cuprian (aka Cuprocalcite)

$6,000

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Cuprian Calcite, also known as Cuprocalcite, is a copper-rich variety of Calcite with a lesser well-known

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Azurite with Arsentsumebite

$3,500

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

I hesitate to use the word showstopper, but in the case of this miniature Azurite with Arsentsumebite, I feel

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Phosgenite

$7,500

Monteponi Mine, Sardinia

The lead-zinc Monteponi mine in the municipality of Iglesias is in the south west of the island of Sardinia,

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Amber with included Insect

$200

Baltic Sea, Europe

Water-worn Amber pebbles containing included insects are always fascinating even if, like me, you know very

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Quartz var. Eisenkiesel and Amethyst

$600

Heißer Stein Mine, Germany

Amethyst from Heißer Stein mine in the Wölsendorf Fluorite Mining District of Germany is very uncommon and the

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Liroconite with Clinoclase

$2,500

Wheal Gorland, England

Liroconite, a hydrated copper aluminium arsenate hydroxide, carries a kudos within Cornish collections that no

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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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Schneiderhöhnite with Quartz and Tennantite

$2,500

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

This small miniature of the very rare iron arsenate Schneiderhöhnite in a matrix of mixed Tennantite and

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Fahleite (Mineral GS1)

$500

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

The unnamed ‘Mineral GS1’ has long been an enigmatic species from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia, looking more

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Wendwilsonite and Roselite on Cobaltoan Calcite

$350

Aghbar Mine, Morocco

Wendwilsonite, a rare calcium-magnesium-cobalt arsenate occurs as excellent broad bladed crystals to about 5

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Native Silver with Sternbergite

$500

Eliáš Mine, Czech Republic

This miniature, rich in Native Silver and the silver-iron sulphide Sternbergite, is a rare combination of

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Dyscrasite on Native Arsenic

$1,200

Uranium Mine No. 21, Central Bohemia Region

This is a quite remarkable miniature of wonderfully crystallised Dyscrasite on sooty dark grey Native Arsenic

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Native Silver pseudomorph after Dyscrasite

$900

Pribram, Czech Republic

A magnificent ex-matrix large miniature of Native Silver pseudomorphing crystals of Dyscrasite from the

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Primary Malachite

$8,500

Mashamba West Mine, Katanga Copper Crescent

The Mashamba West mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is famous for its superb specimens of

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Andorite with Zinkenite and Pyrite

$800

Itos Mine, Oruro Department

This remarkable large cabinet specimen of Andorite with Zinkenite and Pyrite is from Itos mine in the Oruro

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Gratonite

$950

Excelsior Mine, Peru

A superbly crystallised thumbnail of the rare lead-arsenic sulphosalt Gratonite from its type locality at the

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Hematite ps. after Magnetite var. Martite

$500

Payún Matrú volcano, Argentina

This is quite an amazing miniature specimen composed of aligned rows and columns of superbly crystallised

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Meteorite (L/LL4 Chondrite)

$1,245

Bjurbole meteorite, Southern Finland Region

The Bjurböle Meteorite was observed to fall at 21:30 hours on 12th March 1899, exactly 122 years ago today

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Whewellite with Smythite inclusions

$900

-435m level, Thuringia

If you have been looking for a good specimen of the rare, hydrated calcium oxalate Whewellite, then this, I

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Stephanite

$450

Niederschlema, Germany

This thumbnail specimen of the silver antimony sulphosalt Stephanite, is a great example of this rare mineral

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Proustite with Stephanite, Argentopyrite and Arsenopyrite

$850

Niederschlema, Germany

The mine at Niederschlema in Saxony, Germany lay south-west of Chemnitz and a little north of Germany’s border

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Botallackite

$1,500

Cligga Mine, England

A weathered plate of mottled Cligga Head granite, its top surface richly coated with deep green-teal-blue

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Witherite

$150

A4119 road cutting, Rhondda-Cynon-Taff (Glamorgan)

Occasionally minerals specimens are found in unexpected new locations following engineering work which has

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Mendipite

$200

Torr Works Quarry, England

This small cabinet specimen is a fine example of the rare lead oxyhalide, Mendipite, named for the Mendip

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Albite var. Pericline

$250

Pfitsch Pass, Austria

Pericline is a variety of Albite feldspar which occurs as elongated milky-white crystals, extended on their

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Vivianite

$1,200

Blackbird Mine Complex, USA

A rare and strikingly beautiful purple, indigo and violet Vivianite from the famous Blackbird Mine Complex in

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Native Iron

$1,200

Bühl, Germany

Because iron is such a common element in the Earth’s crust, it would be easy to think Native Iron would be

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Semseyite

$2,500

Herja Mine, Romania

Although Semseyite is a lead-antimony sulphide, it is classified as a sulphosalt due to it containing both a

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Pucherite

$350

Schneeberg, Saxony

Pucherite is an extremely rare bismuth vanadate and this richly crystallised specimen is from its type

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Dioptase with Wulfenite

$2,500

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Although the lead molybdate Wulfenite is common throughout the Tsumeb orebody, its occurrence with Dioptase in

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Cubanite

$1,200

Henderson No.2 Mine, Canada

An excellent specimen of iridescent pale brassy Cubanite from Henderson No. 2 mine at Chibougamau in Québec,

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Eulytine

$2,500

Schneeberg, Saxony

The rare bismuth silicate Eulytine forms orange-brown, often sub-botryoidal crystals with a glossy resinous

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Aikinite with Native Gold and Galena

$3,500

Berezovskii, Russia

Aikinite is an extremely rare lead-copper-bismuth sulphide often associated with precious metals and this

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Sylvanite

$1,200

Cripple Creek, USA

The mere mention of Cripple Creek instantly conjures images of gold, the Wild West, gun-fights and old mining

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Maucherite

$7,000

Eisleben, Saxony-Anhalt

Maucherite is an extremely rare nickel arsenide and this magnificent, crystallised miniature is from its type

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Mellite

$1,200

Tatabánya, Hungary

Mellite is one of the rare organic minerals which occur in nature, containing benzine salts and the elements

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Microcline var. Hyalophane

$400

Zagradski Potok Mine, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hyalophane is the glassy transparent variety of Microcline Feldspar and this beautiful example is from the

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Pucherite

$500

Pucher Shaft, Germany

For the dedicated systematic collector or anyone with an interest in rare and exotic species, Pucherite is a

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Köttigite with Gypsum

$500

Mapimí, Durango

Köttigite is a rare, hydrated zinc arsenate and occurs on this fine miniature as long tabular prismatic

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Amber with Insect

$200

Baltic Sea, Europe

Amber is a fossil tree resin and sometimes contains fossilised flora and fauna which became caught and

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Schneiderhöhni-te

Schneiderhöhnite

$4,000

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Schneiderhöhnite is one of Tsumeb’s extremely rare iron arsenates and forms small black lustrous crystals. It

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Sperrylite

$6,000

Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Eastern-Siberian Region

Sperrylite is a platinum arsenide and this good-sized miniature is from the Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit in the