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Meteorite Chondrite

$2,500

Transylvania, Romania.

This interesting block of Chondrite Meteorite is from the historic region of Transylvania in Romania and

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Dyscrasite with Native Arsenic

$3,000

Uranium Mine No. 21, Central Bohemia Region

The silver antimonide Dyscrasite forms magnificent and showy skeletal crystals to 4 cm long over a naturally

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Dadsonite

$750

St Pons, Barcelonette

A matrix of chocolate coloured Siderite crystals to 1.2 cm hosts a rich nest of inter-woven metallic-grey

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Bustamite

$600

North Mine, New South Wales

Bustamite is a calcium manganese inosilicate and famously occurs as superb rose to candy-pink crystals within

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Hydroxylherder-ite

Hydroxylherderite

$950

Barra De Salinas, Brazil

A terrific creamy-white crystal of the relatively rare phosphate Hydroxylherderite, from the granite

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Ludlamite

$6,000

Huanuni mine, Bolivia

The Huanuni mine in Dalence Province, Bolivia is one of the world’s richest tin deposits and the veins and

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Tsumcorite With Wulfenite

$800

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

Excellent micro-crystals of bladed Tsumcorite are abundantly intergrown atop this specimen from the Tsumeb

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Cotham Marble (Stromatolite, Triassic, Rhaetian Stage)

$2,500

Somerset, England

Unlike anything we usually showcase, this museum-size specimen is a sawn and polished slab of Cotham Marble, a

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Szaibélyite on Volkovskite

$1,200

Panel 848, North Yorkshire

Something quite different from the British Isles, an amazing, good-sized cabinet specimen of the rare borates

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Calcite (twinned crystal)

$1,500

Gillfoot Mine, England

Fabulous twinned Calcites from the West Cumbrian iron mines need little introduction as they are recognised

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Botallackite

$1,800

Cligga Mine, England

Botallackite is a rare copper oxychloride and forms where there is interaction between seawater and copper

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Polybasite

$2,000

Himmelsfürst Mine, Germany

The silver-copper sulphosalt Polybasite is always an attractive mineral when well crystallised, making it

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Zinkenite with Chalcostibite and Siderite

$9,500

Saint-Pons area, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

This quite magnificent small cabinet specimen of Zinkenite with Chalcostibite and Siderite is from a rarely

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Mellite

$950

Csordakúti Mine, Fejér Co.

Here at Crystal Classics, despite all the wonderful old collections we acquire, the rare and unusual mineral

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Strengite

$350

Kiirunavaara Mine, Norrbotten County

A great location piece of the rare iron phosphate Strengite, from the gigantic Kiirunavaara mine in the town

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Andorite

$700

San José Mine, Oruro Department

Andorite is a relatively rare lead-silver-antimony sulphosalt which characteristically forms foliated masses

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Djurleite

$850

Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Kazakhstan

Djurleite is a copper sulphide, forming thick tabular crystals with deeply striated prism faces, similar to

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Betekhtinite

$800

Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Kazakhstan

Betekhtinite is a rare copper-iron-lead sulphide. This excellent ex-matrix, large thumbnail, is a mass

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Chalcosiderite

$2,500

Wheal Phoenix, England

Rich druses of dark emerald-green crystals of Chalcosiderite are one of the signature minerals of the famous

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Witherite

$1,500

Nentsberry Haggs Mine, England

Witherite, a relatively rare barium carbonate, crystallises in the orthorhombic system and forms

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Hydroxylapatite with Albite

$1,200

Oksoyekollen, Norway

An outstanding single crystal of the rare phosphate Hydroxylapatite is perched on the matrix of massive

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Alstonite

$100

Brownley Hill Mine, England

Alstonite is a rare barium-calcium carbonate which forms in low-temperature hydrothermal veins. This

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Xanthoconite with Proustite

$750

Himmelfahrt Mine, Germany

Probably more than fifty deep cherry-red Xanthoconite crystals are scattered across the 6 x 3 cm surface of a

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Stephanite and Proustite

$450

Schlema-Hartenstein District, Germany

A fine, good-size thumbnail, richly displaying two classic silver sulphosalts, Stephanite and Proustite, from

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Stephanite

$5,000

Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Saxony

Lustrous flattened orthorhombic crystals of the rare sulphosalt Stephanite form flying saucer-shaped hexagonal

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Pyrargyrite and Stephanite with Argentopyrite

$9,500

Freiberg, Germany

This museum grade miniature displays magnificent crystals of Pyrargyrite, a silver-antimony sulphosalt, from

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Siegenite

$4,000

Victoria mine, North Rhine-Westphalia

Siegenite is a rare cobalt nickel sulphide and beautifully crystallised specimens such as this are remarkably

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Eulytine

$1,750

Sauschwart Mine, Saxony

Eulytine is a rare bismuth silicate which, in this specimen, forms 1 to 2 mm, highly lustrous gemmy crystals

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Djurleite on Quartz

$2,000

Dzhezkazgan Mining District, Kazakhstan

Djurleite, a relatively rare copper sulphide, forms magnificent black straited crystals on a matrix of bright

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Topaz on Orthoclase

$8,500

Murzinka Mine, Urals Region

A rare and stunning specimen of pale blue Topaz crystals on a terminated Orthoclase crystal from the Murzinka

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Leiteite with Ludlockite

$3,000

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

A gorgeous large thumbnail of the rare zinc arsenate Leiteite which forms glassy striated lustrous sheets over

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Schultenite with Zincolivenite

$6,000

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

A glassy and lustrous, 7 x 4 mm crystal of the very rare lead arsenate Schultenite sits prominently at one end

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Xanthoconite

$500

Trebsko, Czech Republic

Micro-crystals of the rare silver-arsenic sulphosalt Xanthoconite form tiny clusters of orange-red to

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Franckeite with Zinkenite and Stannite

$2,500

Itos Mine, Oruro Department

An outstanding specimen of superbly crystallised Franckeite with Zinkenite very richly encrusting a largely

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Millerite with Calcite

$750

St Andreasberg, Germany

A rare and relatively rich old-time specimen of Millerite on Calcite from the St. Andreasberg mining district

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Chondrite Meteorite (Fell 30th January 1868)

$700

Pultusk meteorite, Mazowieckie

A thumbnail sized, rounded, irregular Chondrite Meteorite, designated the Pultusk meteorite for where in fell

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Acanthite with Nickeline

$1,500

Měděnec, Bohemia

A rare specimen of Acanthite and Nickeline from the polymetallic orebody at Měděnec in the Krušné Hory

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Cerussite

$500

Wheal Rose, Cornwall

An extremely rare location specimen of well crystallised Cerussite on massive Galena from Wheal Rose at

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Chalcophyllite

$275

Wheal Gorland, England

A fine small miniature of turquoise-green Chalcophyllite crystals lining two vugs in a grey and tan,

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Azurite

$200

Pikedaw-Grizedales Veins, North Yorkshire

A very rare specimen of Azurite from the Pikedaw-Grizedales Veins near Craven in North Yorkshire,

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Whewellite

$400

Oberschlema, Saxony

Whewellite is an unusual mineral due to its carbon organic content and is a hydrated calcium oxalate.

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Argentopyrite

$1,250

Niederschlema, Germany

Argentopyrite is a relatively rare mineral, being a silver-iron sulphide. This specimen, from

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Hematite ps. after Magnetite var. Martite

$600

Payún volcano, Mendoza Province

A stunning and classic pseudomorph of Hematite after Magnetite from Payún volcano in Mendoza Province,

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Rockbridgeite-Hentschelite var. Andrewsite

$400

Phoenix United Mine, Cornwall

The classic Cornish mineral Andrewsite is actually a mixture of Rockbridgeite and Hentschelite with minor

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Mendipite

$150

Torr Works Quarry, England

A good representative specimen of the rare lead oxychloride Mendipite from Torr Works quarry at Cranmore,

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Iron Meteorite (Gibeon, polished)

$3,000

Gibeon, Hardap Region

A magnificent partly sawn and polished block from the Gibeon meteorite, weighing in at 2.96 kg; making this a

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Charlesite

$3,500

N'Chwaning Mines, South Africa

An impressive crystallised specimen of the extremely rare mineral Charlesite from the N'Chwaning mines at

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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