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Aurichalcite, Mexico
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Aurichalcite is a carbonate of zinc
and copper. Needle crystals and a bubbly crust fills the openings
in limonite gossan matrix. The aurichalcite mineral specimen is 2
1/2 by 1 1/2 by 1 inch, from Mapimi Durango, Mexico. |
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Price: $ 22.00 |
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Azurite Crystal Floret
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Deep blue azurite crystals form a 1
1/2 inch by 1 1/2 inch by 3/4 inch thick, 14 gram double floret cluster. |
| Item Number: azumex08 |
Price: $ 21.00 |
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Azurite, Mexico
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34 gram azurite crystals are lutrous
blue mini crystals that are arranged in swirled rosettes. 1 1/2
by 1 1/4 by 5/8 inch thick.
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| Item Number: azumex11 |
Price: $ 22.00 |
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Azurite, Mexico
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36 gram azurite crystals are lutrous
blue mini crystals that are arranged in swirled rosettes. Patches
of green malachite and brown limonite break up the landscape of the
1 1/2 by 1 1/4 by 5/8 inch thick mineral specimen from Mexico. |
| Item Number: azumex12 |
Price: $ 22.00 |
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Celestite from Mexico
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Celestite is strontium sulfate from
Mexico in light blue elongated prisms up to 1/4 inch long encased
in white celestite. The celestite mineral specimen from Mexico looks
like white foam frozen with suspended light blue crystals. 4 1/4 inch
by 2 1/4 inch by 2 1/2 inch. |
| Item Number: celemx01 |
Price: $ 42.00 |
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Creedite Prisms
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Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Sulfate Hydroxide
Fluoride
A sulfate formed in oxidized ore, the reddish creedite prisms radiate
to form bristled spheres. The Durango, Mexico mineral specimen is
composed of 8 complete spherical bodies attached to form one mass
that is 2 1/4 by 2 1/16 by 1 inch. |
| Item Number: creedt02 |
Price: $ 15.00 |
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Dioptase Crystals, Argentina
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Marble matrix holds calcite crystals
and dioptase prisms up to 1/2 inch long. These are some of the larger
dioptase crystals in the Western Hemisphere. Location: The 6 by 5
by 3 1/2 inches mineral specimen from Northern Argentina also has
dioptase shot through the country rock. |
| Item Number: diopar05 |
Price: $ 195.00 |
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Dioptase Crystals, Argentina
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hydrous silicate of copper
7 inch by 2 1/2 inch by 3 inch Argentine mineral specimen is colorful
pink marble matrix with dioptase and micro galena shot through it.
The top is coated with calcite cleavages and dioptase prisms up to
1/2 inch. Dioptase this size is a rare occurence for the Western Hemisphere. |
| Item Number: diopar07 |
Price: $ 250.00 |
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Epidote Prisms
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Hydrous Calcium Aluminum Iron Silicate
found in metamorphic rocks. Slender dark green prism spray. 2 3/4
by 11/16 by 3/4 inch epidote mineral specimen is from Capelinha, Minas
Gerais, Brazil |
| Item Number: epidbr04 |
Price: $ 14.50 |
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Red Raspberry Garnets in Matrix
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Red raspberry colored grossular garnets
from Mexico have smooth reflective faces. 3 1/2 by 2 by 1 1/2 inch
with garnets up to 3/8 inch in diameter shot all through the handsome
cabinet specimen. The sugary matrix has other mineral inclusions such
as metallic black centers to garnet clusters. |
| Item Number: rsgrmx01 |
Price: $ 37.00 |
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Red Raspberry Garnets in Matrix
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Red raspberry colored grossular garnets
from Mexico have smooth reflective faces. 3 1/2 by 2 by 1 1/2 inch
with garnets up to 3/8 inch in diameter shot all through the handsome
cabinet specimen. The sugary matrix has other mineral inclusions such
as metallic black centers to garnet clusters. |
| Item Number: rsgrmx02 |
Price: $ 45.00 |
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Iridescent Goethite, Mexico
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The solid chunk of goethite has stacks
of iridescent rainbow stalactites. The goethite mineral specimen from
Mexico is 2 3/4 by 1 1/2 by 1 3/4 inch. |
| Item Number: goetmx01 |
Price: $ 22.00 |
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Golden Rutile Needles on Flat Hematite Crystals
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Hematite plate crystals are 3/4 inch
flat squares with light etching. They are stacked at various angles
and topped with sprays of golden rutile needle crystals. The Brazil
mineral specimen from Nova Horizonte, Bahia has fantastic angular
shapes with bright metallic luster. 2 5/8 by 2 by 1 1/2 inch. |
| Item Number: hmrtbr01 |
Price: $ 110.00 |
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Rutile Needle Crystals on Hematite Crystals
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Hematite plate crystals are flat squares
with bright metallic luster topped with sprays of yellow rutile needle
crystals. The hematite and rutile mineral specimen from Nova Horizonte,
Bahia is 2 1/8 by 1 3/4 by 1 inch. |
| Item Number: hmrtbr02 |
Price: $ reserved |
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Rutile Needle Crystals on Hematite Crystals
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Hematite plate crystals are flat squares
with bright metallic luster topped with sprays of yellow rutile needle
crystals. Two flat crystal plates are suspended by smaller hematite
crystals forming an open area between the two that is layered with
sprays of yellow needle. The hematite and rutile mineral specimen
from Nova Horizonte, Bahia is 1 1/8 by 1 1/8 by 15/16 inch. |
| Item Number: hmrtbr03 |
Price: $ 44.00 |
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Hemimorphite Crystal Sprays, Mexico
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Hemimorphite is hydrous zinc silicate
formed as a secondary mineral in oxidized mineral deposits. 1 1/4
inch by 1 inch by 7/8 inch clustered sprays of transparent blade crystals
are from Chihuahua Mexico. |
| Item Number: hempht01 |
Price: $ 18.00 |
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Golden Star Mica
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A new find from Corona Murta, Brazil,
Clear yellow mica crystal are oriented into five rayed stars There
is a cluster of perfect little stars on the small island of mica crystals.
3 1/4 by 3 by 2 1/2 inch. |
| Item Number: mcstar01 |
Price: $ 23.00 |
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Golden Star Mica
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A new find from Corona Murta, Brazil,
Clear yellow mica crystal are oriented in five rayed stars. The golden
star mica crystals are on a 3 3/4 by 2 by 2 inch feldspar matrix with
clear micro crystals of unnamed mineral that are flat prisms with
teep terminations. |
| Item Number: mcstar02 |
Price: $ 44.00 |
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Mimite, Mexico
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lead chloroarsenate is a bubbly yellow
crust covering the sparkling quartzite matrix. The mimite mineral
specimen from Chihuahua, Mexico is 3 inch by 3 inch by 1 1/4 inch
thick. |
| Item Number: mimmex01 |
Price: $ 54.00 |
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Psilomelane, Mexico
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The complex mineral psilomelane is an
oxide of barium and manganese with other trace metals, The black compact
mass has rounded mounds (botryoidal) on the surface. 2 3/4 by 1 1/2
by 1 1/2 inch. |
| Item Number: psilomx01 |
Price: $ 17.00 |
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Pyrite, Peru
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Two 1 inch equal dimensional crystals
are ingrown forming a 1 1/2 by 1 by 1 inch peru pyrite specimen. The
crystals with bright gold metallic luster have a dozen ingrown crystals
scattered over the striated crystal faces. |
| Item Number: pyperu01 |
Price: $ 22.00 |
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Pyrite, Peru
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The pyrite mineral specimen from Peru
has bright gold metallic luster on hundreds of crystal faces. The
impressive mineral display is 4 inch by 2 inch by 2 1/4 inch. |
| Item Number: pyperu02 |
Price: $ 47.00 |
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Pyrite, Peru
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9/16 inch pyritohedron crystals are
grouped into a cluster that is 1 ¾ inch by 1 1/4 inch by 3/4
inch thick. The mineral specimen from Quiruvilco, Peru has a light
tarnish that subdues the metallic luster. |
| Item Number: pyperu03 |
Price: $ 12.50 |
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Pyromorphite and Adamite, Mexico
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Brown limonite gossan holds tiny green
pyromorphite (lead chlorophosphate)and clear fluorescent adamite crystals
(arsenate of zinc). Location. Mapimi Durango, Mexico |
| Item Number: pyadmx01 |
Price: $ 15.00 |
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Green Titianite
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calcium titanium silicate. Green titianite
in envelope shaped crystals and several V twinned crystals in a tent
shaped formation that hugs the surface. There are dark green, sharp
stacked crystals and several other metamorphic associated micro minerals.
The titianite mineral specimen from Brazil is on a 1 inch thick metallic
matrix, 3 by 3 inch. |
| Item Number: titnbr01 |
Price: $ 48.00 |
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Rare Black Tourmaline Stalactite, Mexico
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Velvety black folds ripple across the
black tourmaline, schorl, stalactite from Sonora, Mexico. The velvet
texture and undulating appearance of the surface of the stalactite
formation afford incredible beauty to this rare form of black tourmaline.
The main stalacite is 1 3/4 inches long with the base measuring 2
inches by 1 1/2 inches. The entire specimen, which weighs 35 grams,
is black tourmaline in the inter-layered needle structure that forms
the velvet texture. |
| Item Number: trmstl01 |
Price: $ 55.00 |
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Calcite and Uvite Tourmaline
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Dark green uvite tourmaline crystals
are stubby three sided prisms up to 3/8 inch. The matrix is coated
with clear calcite and tiny uvite grains. The mineral specimen from
Bahia, Brazil is 1 5/8 by 1 3/8 by 1 1/4 inch. |
| Item Number: uvitcl01 |
Price: $ 27.00 |
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Calcite and Uvite Tourmaline
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Clear green uvite tourmalines have a
blocky three sided crystals 3/16 inch and 5/16 inch. Clear calcite
crystals have a sparkling icy appearance. The 1 inch by 1 1/4 by 1
1/2 inch mineral specimen is from Bahia, Brazil. |
| Item Number: uvitcl02 |
Price: $ 20.00 |
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Rhodochrosite, Drusy Quartz, Galena from Peru
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Drusy quartz, pink from included rhodochrosite,
has many tabular crystals of pink to brown rhodochrosite perched on
the surface. The sparkling quartz and rhodochrosite covers a galena
matrix that is a mass of 1/4 to 1/2 inch crystals that have stepped
faces with brilliant metallic luster. 3 inch by 2 inch by 1 1/2 inch
rhodochrosite mineral specimen is from Raura, Peru. |
| Item Number: rhodpr01 |
Price: $ 85.00 |
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Manganosiderite, Brazil
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A shiny matrix of mica and feldspar
crystals with a porcelain luster hold siderite crystal rhombohedra
from 3/8 to 5/8 inch. The source of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais,
Brazil refers to these as manganosiderite. The mineral specimen is
1 3/4 inch by 1 3/4 inch by 1 1/4 inch. |
| Item Number: sidrbr01 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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Lepidolite, Brazil
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potassium lithium aluminum flurosilicate
in the mica group. The botryoidal formation of lepidolite is a bubbly
mass composed of elastic laminas with a lavender color. 1 pound mineral
specimen is 4 inches by 3 inches by 2 1/2 inches. |
| Item Number: lepdbr02 |
Price: $ 34.00 |
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Lepidolite, Brazil
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potassium lithium aluminum flurosilicate
in the mica group. The botryoidal formation of lepidolite is a bubbly
mass composed of elastic laminas with a lavender color. 1 pound mineral
specimen is 5 inches by 2 3/8 inches by 2 inches. |
| Item Number: lepdbr03 |
Price: $ 32.00 |
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Selenite, Mexico
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Clear blades of selenite form the 3
1/2 by 3 by 3 inch mineral specimen from Mexico. The clear selenite
has raised mini crystal faces all over the surface. |
| Item Number: selmex10 |
Price: $ 23.00 |
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Manganosiderite, Brazil
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A shiny matrix of mica and feldspar
crystals with a porcelain luster hold siderite crystals rhombohedra.
The compact1 ½ by 1 by 1 inch mineral specimen has a grouping
of ½ inch siderite crystals. The source of Governador Valadares,
Minas Gerais , Brazil refer to these as manganosiderite |
| Item Number: sidrbr02 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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Manganosiderite, Brazil
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A shiny matrix of mica and feldspar
crystals with a porcelain luster hold siderite crystals rhombohedra.
The compac t1 ½ by 1 by 1 inch mineral specimen has a grouping
of ½ inch siderite crystals. The source of Governador Valadares,
Minas Gerais. |
| Item Number: sidrbr03 |
Price: $ 16.00 |
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Blue-Green Smithsonite, Argentina
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zinc carbonate with a tint of copper
Blue-green smithsonite coats calcite crystals on meta marble matrix.
4 inch by 3 inch by 1 inch. |
| Item Number: smitat04 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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Blue Smithsonite, Argentina
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A coating of blue smithsonite coats
one side of the red meta-marble matrix. The 2 1/2 by 2 3/4 inch by
1 1/4 inch smithsonite mineral specimen is zinc carbonate with a tint
of copper. |
| Item Number: smitar05 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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More Calcites!
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This page is all calcite mineral specimens
from North and South America, Africa, and other localities around
the world. Calcite has more crystal forms than any other mineral.
Cruise this page to see some of the calcite crystal varieties. Tsumeb
calcites have many secondary metal minerals. |
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