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Bournonite with Freibergite

$2,000

Viboras Mine, Potosí Department

This is a spectacular open group of superb Bournonite crystals displaying an excellent cogwheel habit, all

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Tyrrellite with Umangite and Klockmannite

$150

Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se occurrence, Saskatchewan

For the species collector this large thumbnail contains three rare selenide mineral species from the Eagle

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Freieslebenite, Siderite and Quartz

$10,000

Filon Rico, Castile-La Mancha

Freieslebenite is a rare silver-lead-antimony sulphosalt and in this superb specimen forms as

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Stephanite

$15,000

Himmelfahrt Mine, Germany

This is a world-class miniature of the rare silver-antimony sulphosalt Stephanite, displaying magnificent

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Ettringite

$7,500

N'Chwaning Mines, South Africa

Ettringite is a rare calcium-aluminium sulphate and is one of the iconic minerals from the N'Chwaning Mines in

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Miargyrite

$12,500

San Genaro Mine, Peru

This wonderful specimen of the rare silver-antimony sulphosalt Miargyrite is from the San Genaro mine in

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Krennerite

$12,500

Fata Baii, Romania

The exceptionally rare orthorhombic, gold-silver telluride Krennerite is typically seen in specimens as dull

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Väyrynenite

$5,500

Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan

Väyrynenite is an exceedingly rare manganese-beryllium phosphate and this 3.9 cm tall, perfectly terminated

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Hessite on Quartz

$15,000

Botes, Romania

This quite remarkable specimen is an extremely rare example of superbly crystallised Hessite over a druse of

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Moschellandsbe-rgite

Moschellandsbergite

$20,000

Landsberg (Moschellandsberg), Rhineland-Palatinate

It comes hard for me to say, that for such a magnificent specimen of an extremely rare mineral, it does not

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Sturmanite

$20,000

N'Chwaning Mine, Northern Cape Province

The N'Chwaning mines at Kuruman, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa have many iconic minerals, one

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Hedenbergite

$3,500

North Mine, Australia

Hedenbergite is one of those species rarely encountered in collections from the Broken Hill Mining District in

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Hessite with Quartz

$8,000

Botești, Alba Co.

Hessite is a rare silver telluride and this beautifully crystallised specimen, interlaced with small and

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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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Calcite var. Cobaltoan with Kolwezite

$750

Mashamba West Mine, Katanga Copper Crescent

Translucent to gemmy, bright flamingo-pink scalenohedral crystals of Cobaltoan Calcite are richly intergrown

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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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Suredaite

$200

Oploca Mine, Jujuy

A rare specimen of the lead-tin sulphide Suredaite from the Oploca mine in the Pirquitas Ag-Sn Deposit, Jujuy

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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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Väyrynenite

$3,500

Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan

Väyrynenite is a vary rare manganese-beryllium phosphate and this fine specimen is from the complex granitic

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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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Beaverite with Zincolivenite

$400

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

Beaverite, or more precisely, Beaverite-(Cu), is a very rare lead-iron-copper sulphate known to occur at