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Apophyllite with Inesite

$4,500

New Broken Hill Consolidated Mine, New South Wales

Inesite is a hydrous calcium manganese silicate which at the Broken Hill mines in New south Wales, Australia,

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Chondrodite

$900

Tilly Foster Mine, USA

The Tilly Foster Iron mine at Brewster in Putnam County, New York, USA, worked a large iron ore deposit and

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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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Biehlite

$3,000

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Serious Tsumeb collectors and those interested in type localities, this is an important and amazing specimen!

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Alamosite

$200

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Alamosite is a rare lead inosilicate which forms sprays and platy colourless to white crystals at Tsumeb.

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Stolzite

$3,500

Sainte-Lucie Mine, Occitanie

Although Stolzite is a relatively rare mineral it is well known from several famous localities worldwide, yet

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Tetradymite

$5,000

Zupkov, Slovakia

A rare specimen of Tetradymite from the type locality at Župkov in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.

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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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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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Leadhillite

$6,000

Leadhills, Scotland

Substantial platy crystals of the rare lead sulphate carbonate Leadhillite are beautifully displayed across

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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 the Payún volcano in Mendoza Province,

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Sylvanite

$1,200

Săcărâmb, Hunedoara

I can only say whoever cracked open this specimen must have had a wonderful surprise! The back of this thin

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Fluor-Buergerite

$1,250

Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí

Fluor-Buergerite, formerly known as Buergerite, is a rare member of the Tourmaline Group and this first class

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Tapiolite

$850

Baixão da Laje mine, Rio Grande do Norte

An extremely rare example of crystallised Tapiolite from the Baixão da Laje mine in Grande do Norte, Brazil.

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Olivenite with Gartrellite

$1,400

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

An eye-catching and fabulous small miniature Olivenite with Gartrellite from the Tsumeb mine in the Otjikoto

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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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Schaurteite

$3,000

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

Schaurteite is one of the Tsumeb mine's sought after rare Gemanium species. On this specimen Schaurteite is

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Leiteite

$600

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

A nice solid and blocky example of the rare zinc arsenite Leiteite from its type locality at the Tsumeb mine

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Arsentsumebite

$450

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

This Arsentsumebite from Tsumeb mine in Namibia may be more a large micromount than a thumbnail, but defiantly

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Krennerite

$2,000

Sacarimb (Nagyag), Romania

Krennerite is a rare gold-silver telluride, similar to the gold telluride Calaverite. This cabinet specimen

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Nagyágite

$3,000

Sacarimb (Nagyag), Romania

Nagyágite is a rare lead-gold-tellurium-antimony sulphosalt often containing other metallic elements and forms

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Acanthite with Stephanite

$850

Johanngeorgenstadt, Germany

Intermixed Acanthite with Stephanite form a rich silver-black metallic crystalline group of part octahedral

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Gratonite

$2,500

Rio Tinto Mine, Andalusia

This specimen provides a great opportunity to acquire an exceptionally rare species from a world-famous yet

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Valentinite

$450

Březové Hory deposit, Bohemia

An excellent large miniature of snow-white bladed Valentinite crystals richly coating a matrix of Galena from

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Nagyágite

$800

Sacarimb (Nagyag), Romania

Nagyágite is a rare lead-gold-tellurium-antimony sulphosalt often containing other metallic elements and forms

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Dyscrasite

$650

St Andreasberg, Germany

A lovely miniature of the silver antimonide Dyscrasite from the St. Andreasberg district in Lower Saxony,

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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 of

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Liroconite

$6,500

Wheal Gorland, England

A very fine and rich specimen of Liroconite from Wheal Gorland, St. Day, Cornwall. Excellent blue to slightly

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Cassiterite

$3,500

Santa María del Oro, Mexico

There are many collectors who specialise in Cassiterite, a tin oxide, and if you are one looking for something

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Fluor-Buergerite

$2,500

Mexquitic, San Luis Potosí

Fluor-Buergerite is a rare species within the Tourmaline Group and this excellent small cabinet specimen is

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Freieslebenite

$1,500

Hiendelaencina, Spain

A rich miniature of the rare silver-lead sulphosalt Freieslebenite from Hiendelaencina in the Province

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Zincolivenite with Schultenite

$1,250

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

The rare mineral Schultenite forms white to colourless cleavages measuring to 9 mm towards one end of bright

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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 it fell

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Ludlamite with Siderite and Quartz

$7,500

Wheal Jane, England

If any specimen’s description has to begin with a great big massive Wow, then this is it! A Ludlamite

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Liroconite

$800

Wheal Gorland, England

A granular, large thumbnail matrix of iron-stained milky Quartz is richly coated with intergrown blades of

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Connellite with Chalcophyllite

$750

Wheal Gorland, England

The halide Connellite is a hydrous copper chloro-sulphate and is a rare mineral within Cornwall’s richly

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Sylvanite

$6,500

Cripple Creek, USA

Sylvanite is a rare gold-silver telluride named in 1835 for the region of Romania from where it was first

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Wherryite with Diaboleite

$900

Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, USA

A superbly-rich miniature of the lead-copper sulphosilicate Wherryite and lead-copper halide Diaboleite from

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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