Thomas Krassmanns Mineral Trading List

Mineral trading list Dr. Thomas Krassmann As of / Stand : May, 20th, 2007 Postal Adress : Dr. Thomas Krassmann Blumenstrasse 21 D - 91438 Bad Windsheim Germany Email : tkrassmann@hotmail.com  
Mineral : Fundort / Locality : Beschreibung / Description : Specimen size: Crystalsize (max..in mm) Quality : Bemerkungen / Remarks :
Adamite xls Ojuela Mine / Mexiko nice lustrous crystalline aggregate on limonite MIN 10 3
  Adamite xls Lavrion / Greece nice lustrous elongated xls on limonite MIN 5 3  
Adularia xls Rauris, Austria nice perfect aggregates of white xls TN - MIN 20 3 - 4  
Cu - Allophan Kansanshi / Zambia thick crusts and layers of brilliant blue colour MM - SC none 4 very good colour
Aegirine xls Mt. Malosa / Malosa perfect single and matrix specimen up to 10 cm MM - C 100 2 - 4 very nice
" Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Kanada green xls in matrix MIN 20 3  
  Aenigmatite xls Vesteroy, Sandefjord, Norway black shiny xls in pegmatite matrix MM - SC 40 2 - 3  
Ajoit (xls) (TL) Ajo, Arizona green crystalliine inclusions in matrix MIN 1 2
New / Neu Ajoit (xls) Mesopotamia Mine, Namibia greenish blue crystalline with chalcedony on matrix MIN 1 2  
Alexandrite xls Malacacheta / Brazil green xls loose or in mica schist MM - TN 10 2 - 3  
  Althausite (xls) (TL) Tingelstadjern, Modum / Norway white - grey cleavage planes in serpentine MM - MIN none 2 - 4 representative samples
Alunogen xls Dubnik, Slowakia yellow - brown crusty crystals with halotrichite MM - SC 3 3 - 4 very nice
Amber / Bernstein Bitterfeld, Germany golden rounded masses MIN none 3
Analcime Border Ranges, S- Australia white perfect x in Matrix TN 3 3  
" Duingen, Germany brown perfect xls on ironstone matrix, rich C 10 4  
  Andradite xls Grua, Norway nice green crystals on matrix MIN 3 3 - 4  
  Anglesite xls Sardegna / Italy nice greenish xls on limonite matrix MIN 6 3  
  Anhydrite xls Niedersachswerfen / Germany colourless xx on gypsum matrix MIN - SC 10 3 - 4  
  " Sulitjelma / Norway nice purple platy xls on feldpar MIN - SC 2 4  
  Annite xls Tvedalen / Norway shiny black hexagonal plates MIN - SC 60 3 - 4  
Argyrodite Mina Porco, Poopo, Bolivia massive silvery ore MM none 2 - 3  
  Arrojadite (xls) (TL) Nickel Plate Mine, Keystone, South Dakotah rich greenish cleavage planes with quartz MM - MIN none 3 nice TL specimen
  Arseniosiderite xls St. Barthelmy, Aosta sprays of bronze coloured xls on Mytrix MIN 3 2 - 3  
  Arsenic, native see : Silver, native          
Arsenopyrite xls Trepca, Serbia excellent top end specimen with large crystals with dolomite C 10 4 excellent quality
Astrophylillite xls Khibina, Kola / GUS typical radiating brown lustrous xls sprays MIN 30 3 very showy specimen
Atacamite xls Tanundra etc. / Australia various aggregates with partly good xls MIN 10 3 various localities
New / Neu Azurite xls Mineral Hill, NSW, Australia good darl blue crystals in a vuggy matrix MIN 3 4  
Babingtonite xls Kitaura / Japan black lustrous xls on quartz matrix TN 3 3
New / Neu Bannisterite (xls) (TL) Broken Hill, Australia black lustrous cleavage plates MIN (10) 4 very good
  Baryte xls Clausthal / Germany classic specimen of tabular baryte on stable pyrite matrix with old label SC 10 3  
" Dreislar / Germany white tabular xls with large dolomite and chalcopyrite xls, very aesthetic SC 20 4  
"Radio - Baryte" Jenikov, Teplice, Czech Republic green, tabular xls on quartzite matrix MIN 6 3 - 4  
Beraunite xls Foote Mine, N- Carolina, USA green sprays on Rockbridgeite MM 3 3  
Biotite xls Roselis / Namibia large golden cleavage plates, very showy SC 100 2 - 4
Bischofite (xls) Merkers, Thuringia, Germany crystalline white masses, highly hydroscopic MM - TN (3) 2  
Boracite xls Bernburg / Germany 2 - 3 mm perfect brown cubes in anhydrite MM - MIN 3 2
Bornite xls Nchanga Mine / Zambia 1 - 3 mm blackish xls , sometimes with carollite MIN - SC 3 2 - 3
" Mt. Gunson Copper Mine / Australia black xls on quartz matrix MIN 3 2 - 3  
Brackebuschite xls Krettnich, Saar, Germany black xls on manganese ore MM minute 2 - 3  
  Brandtite xls Sailauf, Bavaria nice white rosettes of Brandtite xx MM - TN 2 2 - 3 excellent for the mineral
Brochantite xls Kansanshi / Zambia showy, nice bright green platy xls up to 3 mm MIN - SC 3 2 - 3
" Mumbwa / Zambia showy, nice bright green platy xls up to 4 mm MIN - SC 6 3 aesthetic
New / Neu Cacoxenite xls Leonie Mine, Auerbach, Germany excellent yellow crystal spheres on limonite matrix MM - MIN 1 3 - 4 very showy specimen
Calcite xls Fontainebleau / France hedgehog - type balls of creme coloured xls MIN 5 4 classic locality
" Montecaprozeta, Liguria, Italy nice xx aggregates, white MIN 30 - 40 3 - 4
" Remsbach, Saarland light rose, saddle shaped xls with baryte MIN 20 3  
  " Padria, Sardinia yellow spherules on basalt matrix SC 10 4 pretty, little known locality
" Rössing Moutains, Namibia large scalenohedral or rhomboedral xls on jaspilite matrix MIN - C 20 3 - 4 very nice, little known locality
" Bleiwäsche, Germany large scalenoehedrons completely covered by secondary quartz crystals, nice C 25 4 nice large specimen
Caledonite (xls) Finkenstein, Austria blue crystalline crusts with Linarite, Schultenite MIN 0,2 2 - 3  
New / Neu Campylite xls Dry Gill Mine, England excellent, yellowbrown xls to 1 cm on quartz matrix SC 10 4+ excellent crystals
  Carbonate-Hydroxylapatite (xls) Asterillo, Durango, Mexico banded aggregate with minute xls MM 0,1 2 - 3  
New / Neu Carminite xls Sayda, Saxony, Germany small crystals on quartz matrix MIN 1 2 - 3  
  Carpholite xls Biesenrode, Harz / Germany long green fibrous xls SC - C 100 3 - 4  
Cassiterite xls Uis / Namibia lustrous brown xls up to 1 cm size in yellow mica MIN 10 2 - 3
" Zaaiplaats Tin mine, South Africa perfect black xls in grey - greenish clay MIN 4 3  
  Catapleite xls Mont St. Hilaire / Canada nice brown xls on aegirine MM 2 2 - 3  
New / Neu Cerchiaraite xls (TL) with Namansilite Cerchiara, Liguria, Italy green crystals within matrix TN 2 2 - 3  
Cerussite xls Ramsbeck, Germany excellent crystals and twins on matrix TN - MIN 3 3 - 4  
" Mibladen, Morocco nice crystals with galena and baryte SC 10 3  
Chabazite - Na xls Ballylumford quarry, Antrim, Northern Ireland nice, pseudo - cubes on basalt matrix MIN 2 3  
Chalkantite xls Murgul / Turkey light blue crusty xls MIN 1 2
Chalkophyllite xls Salsigne / France bright green hexagonal platy xls MM - MIN 4 2 - 3
Chalkopyrite Kansanshi / Zambia massive "golden" ore, very nice MIN - SC none 3 - 4
Chalkopyrite xls Dreislar / Germany bright golden crystals on baryte matrix SC 10 4
" Holzen, Sauerland, Germany excellent golden xls on dolomite, beautiful MIN 3 4 - 5 very showy specimen
  Chloantite xls Alberoda, Saxony excellent sharp silvery xls on matrix TN - MIN 3 4 very nice
  Chromite (Leopard ore) Erzurum / Turkey black, crystalline blebs in green serpentine matrix, showy MIN 1 3  
  Chrysokolla "xls" Kansanshi / Zambia very nice pseudo xls after likasite (?) MM - SC ( 2 ) 2 - 4  
Chrysokolla on quartz Mindola / Zambia nice blue crusty on quartz as vug filling in sandstone MIN - SC none 3 - 4  
Chrysoprase Szklary / Poland rich, large typical applegreen pieces SC - C none 2 - 3
New / Neu Churchite - Y xls (Weinschenkite) Leonie Mine, Auerbach, Germany rich specimen with white sprays of churchite on limonite matrix MIN - SC 3 3 - 4  
Claraite xls Sommerau, Brixlegg, Austria excellent nice blue crystals on limestone matrix MM - SC 0,5 3 - 4 excellent for the mineral
Clinobisvanite : see Pottsite            
New / Neu Clinoclase xls Clara Mine, Black Forest excellent, deep blue crystal spheres on matrix MM - MIN 5 4 excellent quality
Clinoclase xls Dome rock Cu Mine, Australia deep blue tiny xls on matrix TN - MIN 3 2 - 3
Coelestin / Celestite xls Obergembeck / Waldeck / Germany light blue nice xls with strontianite balls on matrix TN - MIN 10 3 - 4  
Coelestin / Celestite (xls) Jühnde near Göttingen / Germany blue fibrous layers in marl, nice specimen SC 10 4  
  Coelestin / Celestite xls Perticara, Italy platy yellowish xls with bitumen MM - SC 20 1 - 3  
Coeruleit (xls) Emma Luisa mine / Chile blue crystalline crusts with schlossmacherite MM none 2  
Brown Colemanite xls Mustafakemalpascha, Turkey lustrous brown (!) twin xls from a spectacular recent find MIN - SC 0,5 2 - 4 unique colour and luster !
Cornetite (xls) Dome rock Cu Mine, Australia blue xls on matrix TN 1 2
Cornwallite (xls) Dome rock Cu Mine, Australia blue xls on matrix MIN 2 2 - 3  
Creedite xls Liberty Mine / Nevada, USA lilac coloured crystal spherule on quartz MIN 5 2
  Cubanite (xls) Troms / Norway lamellar xls in chalcopyrite TN 4 2 - 3  
New / Neu Cuprite xls Onganja, Namibia nice, malachite covered crystals from the classic 1972 find TN 10 3 - 4 very good quality
Danburite x Chihuahua, Mexico single, clear gemmy x without matrix MM 6 4  
  Davidite (xls) Amot, Norway dark crystalline on quartz MM 2 2  
  Dawsonite xls Slany, Bohemia white radiating crystals on siderite / shale matrix TN - MIN 3 3 - 4  
Descloizite xls Berg Aukas / Namibia idiomorphic (!) brown xls on white dolomite MM - MIN 10 2 - 4
" Namib Lead Mine, Namibia red - black, glittering xls on gossan MM - SC 3 3 - 4  
Devilline xls (TL) Kamsdorf, Thuringia acicular xls in massive tetraedrite matrix MM 1 4  
Dickthomssenite Vanadium Queen Mine, Utah, USA aggregates of acicular xls on matrix MM 1 3 - 4 excellent quality
  Dioptas xls Tiger Mine, Arizona emerald green xls with dark blue veinlets of shattukite MIN 2 3  
" Omaue mine, Kaokoveld, Namibia lustrous green xls on plancheite MiN - SC 3 3 - 4  
Dolomite xls on Colemanite Mustafakemalpascha, Turkey excellent yellow xls on white colemanite MIN - SC 10 2 - 4  
Dravite xls in talcum Sikardu / Pakistan honey colored perfect xls in white talcum SC 10 4 very unusual apperance
Dravite xls Yinnietharra Station, Australia very large black composite, perfect x in muscovite matrix SC 70 ! 4+ excellent !
Dufrenite / Cacoxenite(xls) Kapunda / Australia limonite like masses with yellow cacoxenite SC none 2 - 3
Dundasite xls (TL) Dundas / Tasmania white xls sprays on limonite matrix MM 1 3
New / Neu Dundasite xls Zlate Hory, Czech Republic white crystal sprays on matrix MM - SC 2 3 - 4  
Enargite xls Khusib Spring Mine / Namibia lustrous silvery black xls up to 3 cm with tennantite MM - C 30 2 - 4
Eosphorite xls Estes quarry, Maine, USA nice red lustrous 1 mm crystals on feldspar MM 1 3  
  Epidote xls Capelinha / Brazil nice deep green xls on quartz MIN 30 3  
Erythrite xls Bou Azer / Morocco nice purple xls on cobaltite MIN - SC 5 3
Euchroite xls Washington / USA crystalline bright green crust on matrix SC 1 3
Faujasite Limburg, Sasbach, Germany clear 1 mm prismatic xls with hyalith on basalt matrix MM 1 2 - 3  
Ferrierite - Mg xls Kamloops Lake / Canada red sprays and balls as void linings TN 1 2 - 3
Fibroferrite xls Alcaparossa Mine / Chile silky fibroux xls aggregates MM - TN 4 2 - 4 very nice
Fluellite xls Kapunda / Australia excellent small, clear xls in matrix MM - TN 2 2 - 3 rare mineral
Fluorapatite xls Foote Mine, N- Carolina, USA nice brown xls on feldpsar MM 1 3  
Fluorite xls Hadley Quarry, Weardale, UK nice, glassy bluish xls on limonitic ironstone MIN - SC 10 3  
               
Galenobismutite Felbertal, Austria bright silvery grains in quartz matrix MIN 2 2 - 3
New / Neu Gallite (xls) (TL) Tsumeb, Namibia silvery inclusions in renierite - germanite ore TN 1 2 - 4  
Garnet : Topazolite St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany greenish xls on matrix C 3 2  
  Garnet : see Melanite            
New / Neu Georgiadesite xls (TL) Laurion, Greece brown lustrous xls in ancient slag matrix MM - TN 2 2 - 4  
New / Neu Germanite (xls) (TL) Tsumeb, Namibia massive "orange" tinted ore with renierite and gallite TN (2) 2 - 4  
Gobbinsite xls (TL) Gobbins, Antrim, Northern Ireland white sprays of xls in basalt vugs MIN 10 3  
  Gonnnardite see Natrolite          
Gypsum xls Salinas de Otuma, Peru excellent orange (!) crystal groups without matrix large MIN 40 4 excellent
Gyrolith Eidi, Faroe Islands, Denmark excellent white crystal tufts on thomsonite MIN - SC 8 3 - 4 excellent
               
Halotrichite see Alunogen          
Hardystonite (xls) (TL) Franklin / New Jersey, USA white grainy xls in matrix, purple fluorescence SC 2 2 - 3
Heazlewoodite (TL) Lord Brassey Mine / Australia bronze coloured grains and massive ore MM - TN none 2 - 3
Hendricksite xls (TL) Franklin, New Jersey, USA large golden blades with willemite - calcite ore SC - C 30 2 - 3  
Hematite xls Rio Marina / Elba / Italy superb lustrous black shining xls TN - MIN 30 3 - 4  
Var. Specularite Feke, Turkey micaceous to solid, lamellar hematite, lustrous TN - SC 40 3 - 4  
Hematite - Glaskopf Trusetal / Thuringia, Germany botroyidal bright masses, nice MIN - SC 10 3
Hemimorphite xls Mount Evelyn mine / Australia nice sharp white to colourless xls MIN - SC 10 3
  Hessonite xls Rio Grande del Norte / Brazil excellent lustrous red crystals MIN 10 4  
  " Bellecombe / Aosta excellent lustrous red crystals with chlorite SC 4 4  
New / Neu Holfertite xls (TL) Starvation Canyon, Thomas Range, Utah, USA yellow small xls with hematite, pseudobrookite, topaz MM 1 3 - 4 new mineral, IMA 2003
New / Neu Hopeite xls Kabwe - Broken Hill, Zambia orange xls withour matrix MM 3 3 - 4  
Howietite xls Longwale Quarry / California, US black lustrous with little matrix MM 5 2 nice
Hyalith Erongo, Namibia botroyidal masses on feldspar crystals MIN none 3  
Hydroboracite xls Niedersachswerfen / Germany excellent lustrous colourless needle sprays MIN - SC 30 2 - 4
Hydromagnesit Szklary / Poland white tufts and ball shapes aggregates MM - SC none 2 - 4
  Hydrotalkite Tingelstadjern, Modum / Norway bright white crystalline veins in green lizardite MM - SC none 2 - 3  
  Hydroxylapatit x Snarum / Norway perfect single white - yellow x TN 15 3  
Hydrozincite xls Mount Evelyn mine / Australia excellent lustrous colourless needle sprays MM - TN 4 3
  Inderite xls Bigadic / Turkey nice large clear xls with ulexite tufts MIN - SC 30 2 - 3  
Jarosite xls Namib Lead Mine / Namibia lustrous yellow, tiny xls on haematite matrix MM - SC 1 3
New / Neu Jurbanite xls Le Cetine Mine, Tuscany, Italy excellent colourless xls with gypsum in marble MIN - SC 2 2 - 4 excellent specimen
  Kanonaite (xls) Salmchateau / Belgium small greenish black xls on matrix TN 1 2  
  Kentbrooksite (xls) Tvedalen / Norway yellow crystalline in matrix MM - SC 3 4 very rare mineral
Kieserite (xls) Bischofferode / Germany red coarse cristalline with blue halite MIN - SC 20 2 - 3
  Kimuraite - (Y) xls Nikoba, Hizen-cho, Saga, Japan white sprays with some Lanthanite ND - in basalt matrix MIN 10 3  
  Kinoite xls Christmas mine, Arizona typical blue xls on quartz matrix MM - TN 1 2 - 3  
Klebelsbergite xls Pereta / Italy white sprays and crusty xls on antimonite MM - MIN 3 2 - 4
Koppite xls (TL) Badberg, Kaiserstuhl, Germany red octahedrons and black magnetite octehedrons on white carbonatite matrix MM 1 2 - 3  
  Krokydolite xls Mt Malosa / Zomba / Malawi blue fibrous xls, pseudomorphosing aegirine xls MIN - SC 80 3  
  Krupkaite xls (TL) Horni Krupka / Bohemia shiny silvery striated xls in quartz matrix MM - MIN 2 2 - 3  
  Ktenasite xls Laurion, Greece bright blue crystal aggregates on matrix TN 1 3  
Kurnakovite (xls) Boron / California, USA large greenish cleavage fragments MIN - SC 50 (cleavage) 2 - 3
New / Neu Kutnahorite xls Nchwaning II, Hotazel, RSA large cowliflower shaped aggregate of nice rose coloured xls SC 10 4 very nice
               
New / Neu Laurionite xls TL) Laurion, Greece highly lustrous xls on antique slag matrix MM - TN 3 2 - 4 very nice specimen
  Laueite xls Hagendorf Laueite & Stewartite xls on phosphate matrix MIN 2 3  
Lavendulane xls Lavrion / Greece deep blue minute xls on matrix MM - MIN 1 2 - 3
Lavenite (xls) Tvedalen / Norway yellow crystals in matrix MM - SC 4 2 - 4  
Lazulite (TL) Schladmining / Austria light blue massive aggregates in quarzite TN none 3
Leucophosphite xls Teskov / Bohemia small green xls on quartz matrix MIN 1 2  
  Levyne xls Playa Blanca, Lanzarote nice yellow xls on tuff matrix TN 2 3  
Libethenite xls Mindola / Zambia superb lustrous dark green xls MM - TN 8 4
" Nchanga Mine / Zambia lustrous xls on pseudomalachite and quarz MIN - SC 4 3
" Vila Vicosa / Portugal green crusts composed of "octaedral xls" TN 2 3
" Hardways, Mt. Isa, Australia light green nice xls on matrix MIN - SC 3 3  
Lindgrenite (xls) Copper Creek, Arizona / USA green crystalline crusts on granite matrix MM - TN 1 2
  Lorenzenite xl Khibina, Kola, GUS single, brown, idiomorphic x without matrix MM 10 4  
Malachite xls Kansanshi / Zambia excellent velvety malachite xls MM - C 10 3 - 4
" " peculiar deep green blocky xls MM - MIN 2 3 - 4
" Kalengwa / Zambia very nice thick dark green needles MM 10 2 - 3
" Kamsdorf, Germany malachite pseudomorphosing chalcopyrite xls on dolomite SC 5 3 - 4  
  Magnesio - Katophorite Sandefjord / Norway excellent idiomorphic large black xls MIN - C 50 2 - 4 rare mineral
Magnetite xls Potosi / Bolivia excellent sharp lustrous xls on white matrix TN 10 4  
"Manganese Nodules" Hawai - area / Pazific typical black nodules from 5000 m depth TN - MIN 50 (aggregate) 3
Manganite xls Illfeld / Germany lustrous black xls with baryte MIN - SC 20 2 - 4 classic locality
" Ouarzate / Marocco lustrous black sprays SC 40 4
Manganite xls Urkut / Hungary nice shiny xls with other Mn - minerals MM - SC 2 2 - 3  
Marcasite xls Wunstorf / Germany excellent golden "Speerkies" xls MIN 20 3 - 4
Melanite xls Soroya, Finnmarken, Norway black, shiny xls on quartz matrix TN - MIN 12 3 - 4  
Melanophlogite Fortullino / Italy glassy crystalline aggregates on matrix MM none 2
  " Parma / Italy cubic crystals on silicified shale MIN - SC 1 3 - 4  
  Mercury, native Levigliani, Apuan Alps, Italy thick drops of liquid Hg in Quartz Matrix TN - MIN none 4  
Mesolite xls Border Range, Queensland, Australia hairy xls on analcim TN 3 3  
Meta - Hewettite xls (TL) Cactus Rat Mine, Utah, USA excellent sprays of red acicular xls on matrix MM - TN 1 3 - 4 excellent quality
New / Neu Metasideronatrite Namib Lead Mine, Namibia excellent orange crystals on matrix : the first properly XRDed Metasideronatrite ever MM - SC 1 2 - 4 excellent quality
Metavariscite (TL) Lucia, Boxelder / Utah, USA greenwhite xls on quartz and variscite MIN - SC 2 2
Millerite xls Ca de Ladri, Bologna / Italy golden needle like xls and sprays MIN 8 2 - 3
Mimetesite xls Mount Bonnie Mine / Australia lemon yellow to beige xls with limonite TN - MIN 10 3 - 4
New / Neu Mimetesite : Campylite Variety Dry Gill Mine, Cumbria, UK beautiful orange barrel shaped xls on Mn - Hydroxides TN - MIN 6 2 - 4  
Minyulite xls Kapunda / Australia clear lustrous xls on limonite matrix TN - MIN 2 2 - 3  
Moldavite - Tektit Czech Republic nice, gemmy translucent green tektites up to 2 cm size TN none 3 - 4  
Molybdenite xls Horni Krupka / Bohemia bright silvery plates and individual xls MIN - SC 10 2 - 3
Monazite xls Otjohorongo, Namibia single gemmy red crystals without matrix MM 10 3  
Mordenite xls Massif Central / France nice hairy like crystals on matrix MIN (small) 10 3
" Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, USA rose nodular xls with Heulandite on matrix MIN 1 3  
New / Neu Murdochite xls Six Shooter Tank, Arizona, USA small black xls on matrix MM 0,5 2  
  Natrolite / Gonnardite xls Tvedalen / Norway large natrolite xls with small gonnardite tufts TN - SC 40 (natrolite) 3  
Natrolite xls Maroldweisach, Germany large sprays of colourless xls, nice MIN - SC 20 4 excellent
  Naujakasite xls Illimaussaq / Greenland silvery platy xls on matrix TN 10 1  
New / Neu Navajoite xls (!) on vanoxite Paradox Mining District, Utah green-brown xls on vanoxite matrix TN 0,1 3 very rare
New / Neu Nealite xls (TL) Laurion, Greece yellow lustrous xls in vuggy ancient slags MM - TN 1 3 - 4  
Ni - Dypingite Lord Brassey mine / Australia greenish globular crust on serpentine MIN - SC none 3 very nice specimen
Nontronit Kropfmühl / Bavaria bright green layer on graphitic gneiss matrix MIN none 3  
New / Neu " Hoher Hagen, Göttingen, Germany yellow - green massive MIN - SC none 4 excellent colour
  Obsidian (transparent) Milos, Greece brown, transparent obsidian of gem quality SC none 4 gem quality
Olivine / Peridote xls Seberged Island / Red Sea green - brown xls on matrix from a classic locality TN - MIN 20 2 - 3  
Olivenite xls Lavrion, Greece nice well developed green xls on limonite MIN 3 3 nice Photomaterial
Orthoclase xls (twinned) Mt. Malosa / Malawi very nice xls with Manebacher and Karlsbad twinning MIN - C 50 3 - 4
New / Neu Osumilite xls Marrubin, Sardinia / Italy black wheel shaped xls on tridymite MIN 2 3 very nice specimen
Parahopeite xls (TL) Kabwe - Broken Hill / Zambia excellent white platy xls, mostly with scholzite MM 5 1 - 4
New / Neu Paralaurionite xls (TL) Laurion, Greece lustrous crystals in vuggy ancient slag matrix MM - TN 3 2 - 4  
Parascholzite xls Kabwe - Broken Hill / Zambia tiny xls accompanying scholzite MM - MIN 1 1 - 3
Paravauxite xls Foote Mine, N- Carolina, USA minute yellow xls on matrix MM minute 3  
Pektolite xls Millington / New Jersey, USA excellent cream coloured spheres and aggregates MIN - SC 20 4
New / Neu Pentahydroborite xls with Henmilite (xls) Fuka, Bicchu, Japan small colourless xls on borate mineral matrix with some specks of hemilite large MIN 3 3 - 4  
Pentlandite Vammala Mine / Finland bronze coloured ore network in gabbrotic matrix MM - MIN none 2 - 3
New / Neu Phenakite xls Spitzkoppe, Namibia nice small group of colourless xls on matrix MM 4 4  
  Phillipsite Orroli / Sardinia / Italy nice crystals with chabazite on matrix MIN - SC 4 4  
New / Neu Phosgenite xls Laurion, Greece lustrous blocky xls in vuggy ancient slag matrix MM - TN 2 4  
  Pickeringite Dubnik / Slovakia excellent orange fibrous aggregates on sulphate matrix MM - SC 5 3 - 4  
Plancheite xls Kansanshi / Zambia nice radiating sky blue xls MM - TN 3 3
" Omaue, Namibia blue crystalline crusts with shattukite on quartz MM - MIN minute 2 - 3  
Plombierite Carneal Plug, Larne, Northern Ireland, UK globular brown crust on matrix MIN minute 3  
Polylithionite xls (TL) Horni Krupka / Bohemia nice platy blackish xls and cleavage pieces large MIN 40 3
Posnjakite xls Kamsdorf, Thuringia intense green crystals on brochantite matrix, showy MM - TN 1 4 excellent
Prehnite xls Millington / New Jersey, USA excellent crystals on vug like matrix MIN 8 3 - 4  
  Priceite Lake Inder, Kazachstan white massive TN none 2  
Priceite, Var. Pandermite Sultan Tschair / Turkey white, botroyidal, microcristalline MIN - SC none 3  
Pseudomalachite Nchanga mine / Zambia excellent dark green crusty xls MM - TN 3 3 - 4  
  Pseudomalachite (TL) Libethen / Slovakia typical botroyidal crust on quartz matrix MIN none 4 excellent
" Vila Vicosa / Portugal very nice, overgrowing quartz with shiny libethenite xls MIN minute 4 excellent
Psilomelane xls Öhrenstock / Ilmenau, Germany large radiating fans of black xls SC 20 4 old specimen from classic locality
Pumpeyllite xls Schnellbach / Thuringia moos green xls aggregate MM 1 3
Pyrite xls Navajun / Spain excellent golden cubes in clayey matrix MIN - SC 20 3 rarely seen in Matrix
  " Murgul, Turkey excellent perfect golden octahedrons without matrix TN - MIN 5 - 30 4  
  " " excellent perfect golden pentagondodecahedrons without matrix TN - MIN 5 - 30 4  
  Pyrite xls Trepca, Serbia perfect golden xls with quartz / carbonate matrix SC 10 4
  Pyrochlor xls Fogo, Azores red xls in sanidinite matrix TN 1 2 - 3  
" Vechnovogorsk, Cheljabinsk, Russia single dark red octahedron without matrix MM 7 4  
New / Neu Pyromorphite xls Roughton Gill Mine, UK excellent bright green crystals on Mn - Hydroxide matrix MIN - SC 10 3 - 4 very nice specimen
Quarz : smoky quartz xls Mt. Malosa / Malawi excellent natural smoky quartz xls MIN - C 40 3 - 4
" Taunus, Germany large, partially smoky quartz crystals without matrix SC - C 80 ! 4  
blue quartz xls Mt. Malosa / Malawi excellent natural blue quartz xls with siderite MIN - SC 40 3 - 4
quartz xls Mt. Malosa / Malawi various shapes, inclusions etc. Min - SC 50 3 - 4 very interesting suite
  Praseme xls Serifos / Greece excellent green elongated xls with hematite roses SC 30 4 excellent quality
  Amethyst xls Dursunbey, Turkey xls with excellent colour from a little known locality MIN - SC 10 3 - 4 excellent quality
Rose quartz, crystallized Pitorra Mine, Brazil nice rosered xls MIN 5 3  
Rose quartz, wind polished Mile 50, Namibia unique,. wind sculpted and polished rose quartz MIN none 4  
Moss - Agate Cubuk, Turkey excellent quality nodules with smooth surface MIN none 4  
Cupriferous Petrified Wood !! Ankara, Turkey very colourful, unique by impregantion with malachite and azurite TN - MIN none 4 unique and rare
  Quicksilver see Mercury          
  Rinneite (xls) Merkers Mine, Thuringia orange parallel fibrous crystals with sylvine MM - SC 4 3 - 4 good quality for this rare mineral
  Rhodochrosite (xls) Gambatesa mine, Italy botroyidal rhodochrosite xls on braunite matrix MIN - SC 1 2 - 3  
  Rockbridgeite (xls) Tip Top Mine, South Dakotah massive crystalline brown aggregates on matrix MIN 2 2 - 3  
New / Neu Rockbridgeite xls Leonie Mine, Bavaria, Germany nice black lustrous xls on matrix MIN - SC 3 3 - 4  
New / Neu Roggianite xls TL) Alpe Rosso, Val Viggezo, Italy fine, fibrous white xls on quartz MM - TN 8 1 - 3  
  Rosasite xls Lavrion, Greece nice blue aggregates on limonite matrix MM 1 3  
Rosickyite xls Namaskard, Iceland aggregates of elongated yellow xls with some alum SC 5 2 - 3 rare mineral
Rossite xls Firefly - Pigmay Mine, San Juan Co, Utah light yellow crystals on matrix MM 0,5 3 - 4 extremely rare in crystals !
Ruizite xls Xmas Mine, Gila Co., Arizona rose brown xl tufts with kinoite on apophyllite - tobermorite matrix MM 0,3 2 - 3  
Rutile xls Giftkuppe, Namibia dark red xls in white albitite MIN - SC 10 3  
New / Neu Saneroite xls Molinello, Graveglia, Liguria, Italy orange xls as rich vein filling in braunite matrix TN 3 4  
  Schlossmacherite (xls) see Coeruleite  
Scheelite xls Piu Ling, Sichuan, China 1 cm yellow "octahedrons" with muscovite on matrix SC 10 2 - 3  
Schoerl - tourmaline xls Erongo / Namibia perfect lustrous black xl without matrix MIN 20 4  
Scholzite xls Kabwe - Broken Hill / Zambia white needles on limonite matrix MM - MIN 3 2
Scolezite xls Levanto, La Spezia, Italy nice spherules on serpentinite matrix MIN 3 4  
" Grootbergpass, Namibia large sprays of white crystals SC - C 100 3  
  Scorodite xls Clara Mine, Black Forest nice greenish xls with Ba - Pharmacosiderite on fluorite matrix MIN 1 2 - 3  
  Scorzalite (xls) Horsjöberg / Sweden dark blue crystalline inclusions in cyanite MIN 5 2 - 4
Sellaite xls Clara Mine, Black Forest sprays of white crystals with fluorite MIN 15 3 - 4  
Semseyite xls Herja, Romania excellent hexagonal xls with little matrix TN 4 4  
Sepiolite Beyazaltin, Eskisehir, Turkey white nodules, polishable SC none 4 classic locality
  Serandite xls Mont. St. Hilaire / Canada rose coloured xls MIN 10 2 - 3  
Shattukite xls Omaue, Kaokoveld, Namibia blue globules and xls on plancheite - quartz matrix MIN 0,5 2 - 3  
Silver, native, xls Hartenstein, Saxony, Germany very nice silvery dendritic xls in massive native arsenic MIN 3 3 - 4  
Slavikite (xls) Lehesten, Thuringia / Germany yellow crusty xls on shale matrix TN - SC 1 2 - 3
Cadmium - Smithsonite xls Sheshondonell East Mine, Burren, Ireland greenish - yellowiosh "Turkey fat" aggregates on fluorite MM - MIN 2 2 - 4 nice and rare
Smrkovecite (TL) Smrkovec, Bohemia yellow crusts, partly crystalline with other bismuth secondaries MIN (none) 2 - 3  
Spangolite xls Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, Utah, USA nice blue xls with other copper secondaries MM 0,5 3  
New / Neu Sphalerite xls, pegmatitic ! Uis, Namibia large dendritic sphalerite xls in coarse feldspar - matrix MIN - SC 5 4 rare !
               
Spurrite (xls) Fuka, Japan purple crystalline masses MIN 2 3 interesting colour
Stannine xls Cligga Head, Cornwall silvery xls on bornite matrix MM - MIN 2 3  
Steatite, manganiferous Göpfersgrün / Bavaria nice white - greenish masses with manganhydroxide dendrites MIN - SC none 3 - 4  
  Steatite pseudomorphs after quartz xls Göpfersgrün / Bavaria the classical pseudomophosis of talc / steatite after perfect quatz xls MIN 1 (none) 3 - 4 good quality from a famous locality
Steatite xls Snarum, Norway large bluish blade shaped xls in magnesite matrix SC - C 20 4 Top specimen
Stellerite xls Gunnedale, NSW, Australia large aggregate of orange 5 cm crystals, nice MIN - SC 5 4 excellent
  Stewartite see Laueite          
  Stibiconite (xls) Le Cetine, Italy excellent orange - yellow pseudomorphs after stibnite xls TN - C 30 3 - 4 very good quality from a recent find
Stichtite Barberton / RSA bright purple masses with deep green serpentine TN - SC none 2 - 3
  Stilbite xls Malmberget / Sweden nice, brown xls with calcite on matrix SC 10 4  
" Oberbaumühle, Windischeschenbach, Germany nice, yellow xls with perfect terminations on matrix MIN 3 4 excellent xls
" Amudicha, Russia large sprays of yellowish xls, nice MIN 4 4 excellent xls
Stilbite / Heulandite xls Faroe Islands, Denmark excellent miniatures and SC with white / tan beautiful xls MIN - SC 20 4 very showy
Stilpnomelane xls Saga II, Tvedalen, Norway lustrous radiating brown xls on feldspar matrix MIN - SC 3 2 - 4  
Stolzite xls Cinovec, Czech Republic small yellow xls on quartz matrix TN - MIN 1 2 - 3  
Sulphur, native Machov, Poland nice yellow perfect xls on matrix MIN - SC 6 3 - 4  
Neu / New Sursassite xls Gambatesa, Liguria, Italia red radiating xls in quartz matrix MM - MIN 3 2 - 3  
Sussexite (TL) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA massive brown aggregates on matrix MIN - SC none 2 - 3
Syngenite xls Celle / Germany excellent radiating, light brown elongated xls MM 5 3
Tarbuttite xls (TL) Kabwe - Broken Hill / Zambia excellent lustrous colourless xls MM - SC 3 2 - 4
Tennantite xls Khusib Spring Mine / Namibia lustrous silvery tetraedric xls and massive ore MM - C 5 3
Neu / New " Dzehkazgan Mine, Kazachstan excellent crystals on matrix TN 8 4  
  Tetrahedrite xls Clausthal / Germany lustrous silvery tetraedric xls on quartz SC 5 4  
Thaumasite (xls) Paterson, New Jersey brilliant white marble like masses MM - MIN none 3 interesting
Theophrastite Lord Brassey Mine / Australia green crusts on serpentine matrix TN none 1 - 2
Thomsonite xls Zeilberg, Maroldweisach, Germany globular aggregates to 3 mm, nice MIN 3 3 - 4  
Neu / New Thorikosite xls (TL) Laurion, Greece small yellow xls in slag matrix MM - TN 2 3 - 4  
Neu / New Tinzenite (xls) Molinello, Liguria, Italia yellow sprays and xls in Matrix SC 4 2 - 3  
Tirolite xls Stahlberg / Germany very nice bright green radiating xls sprays MM - SC 5 2 - 3
Titanite xx Val Baveno / Italy nice green xx with hematite MIN 10 3 - 4  
Tochinilite xls Otamo, Siikainen, Finland black xls on calcite MIN 2 3 - 4 good quality from a famous locality
Topaz Schneckenstein / Saxony yellowish xls on Matrix MIN - SC 10 3  
  " Ouro Preto / Brazil golden yellow single xx TN 30 4  
Neu / New " Virgem da Lapa / Brazil gemmy colourless x MM 10 4  
Tripuhyite Djebel Nador / Algeria ochreous powdery masses MM none 2
Trolleite (xls) Hälsjöberg / Sweden apple green crystal grains with blue lazulite and red rutile in disthen - quartz matrix SC minute 3 - 4 very colourful paragenesis
  Tschermakite (xls) Tumiching, Bavaria green xls in biotite - quartz matrix TN - MIN 5 2 - 3  
Tuppersuatsuite xls Aris / Namibia brown sprays with sellaite on matrix MIN 10 2 - 3
               
Ulexit xls Bigadic, Turkey nice, radiating white sprays SC 60 3 - 4  
New / Neu Ulrichite xls (TL) Lake Boga, Australia nice green crystal tufts on pegmatige matrix MIN 3 4 excellent specimen
  Vaesite (xls) Shinkolobwe, Kongo silvery metallic crystallites in matrix TN 2 2  
  Valentinite xls Le Cetine, Tuscany, Italy nice white sprays and coatings with stibiconite TN - MIN 2 3  
Vanoxite see Navajoite          
Vesuvianite xls Pitigliano, Tuscany, Italy large, green blocky xls on vesuvianite fels TN - C 20 3 - 4 very nice
Vivianite xls Anloua, Cameroon cleavages of large crystals, transparent blue - green SC 60 3  
" Kertsch, Krim, Russia sprays of dark blue xls on ironstone SC 12 4  
               
Wavellite xls Muldin Mountain, Arkansas nice, radiating sprays og green xls on limonitic sandstone SC 10 3 - 4  
Willemite xls Star Zinc Mine / Zambia radiating sprays and needle xls on hematite matrix MM - SC 10 3
Wolframite xls Horni Slavkov, Czech Republic rich blades of xls in greisen ore, very typical SC 10 3  
Wulfenite xls Bleiberg, Austria large aggregate of tabular, lustrous, orange crystals SC 10 4 very nice
               
Yugawaralite xls Jalgaon / India nice clear colourless xls with stilbite and cavansite on matrix MIN - SC 5 3 - 4  
Zinkite (xls) (TL) Franklin / New Jersey, USA nice blood red crystalline aggregates MM - SC none 3 - 4
Zinnwaldite xls (TL) Zinnwald / Saxony, Germany typical platy micaceous crystallaggregates MIN 30 3
Zircon xls Mt. Malosa / Malawi perfect brown - yellow crystals with aegirine TN - SC 10 2 - 4
" Ouro Preto / Brazil lustrous, single, blood red x without matrix MM 10 4  
" Seiland, Norway lustrous, single, brown red x without matrix MM 10 4  
Zunyite xls Bertha Mine / Arizona / USA light brown hexagonal xls in matrix MIN - SC 1 1 - 2
Explanations :
  Quality / Qualität =   TL = Typlokalität / Specimen from type locality
   
  1 = mässig / reference sample   AV = Anzahl der Stufen / Number of specimen available
  2 = gut / good reference sample
  3 = sehr gut / very good showy specimen
  4 = hervorragend / excellent specimen
 
  Specimen Size :
 
  MM = Micromount, < 1 x 1 cm
  TN = Thumbnail / großes Micromount, ca. 1 x 1 - 2 x 2 cm
  MIN = Miniatur / Kleinstufe, ca. 3 x 3 - 4 x 4 cm
  SC = small cabinet / Normalstufe, ca. 7 x 5 cm
  C = Cabinet size / Kabinettstufe = larger format / Groeßeres Format

Letzte Aktualisierung 19.05.07
Durch Thomas Krassmann