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 |
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Mineral : |
Fundort / Locality : |
Beschreibung / Description : |
Specimen size: |
Crystalsize (max..in mm) |
Quality : |
Bemerkungen / Remarks : |
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Adamite xls |
Ojuela Mine / Mexiko |
nice lustrous crystalline aggregate on limonite |
MIN |
10 |
3 |
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Adamite xls |
Lavrion / Greece |
nice lustrous elongated xls on limonite |
MIN |
5 |
3 |
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Adularia xls |
Rauris, Austria |
nice perfect aggregates of white xls |
TN - MIN |
20 |
3 - 4 |
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Cu - Allophan |
Kansanshi / Zambia |
thick crusts and layers of brilliant blue colour |
MM - SC |
none |
4 |
very good colour |
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Aegirine xls |
Mt. Malosa / Malosa |
perfect single and matrix specimen up to 10 cm |
MM - C |
100 |
2 - 4 |
very nice |
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Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Kanada |
green xls in matrix |
MIN |
20 |
3 |
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Aenigmatite xls |
Vesteroy, Sandefjord, Norway |
black shiny xls in pegmatite matrix |
MM - SC |
40 |
2 - 3 |
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Ajoit (xls) (TL) |
Ajo, Arizona |
green crystalliine inclusions in matrix |
MIN |
1 |
2 |
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New / Neu |
Ajoit (xls) |
Mesopotamia Mine, Namibia |
greenish blue crystalline with chalcedony on matrix |
MIN |
1 |
2 |
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Alexandrite xls |
Malacacheta / Brazil |
green xls loose or in mica schist |
MM - TN |
10 |
2 - 3 |
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Althausite (xls) (TL) |
Tingelstadjern, Modum / Norway |
white - grey cleavage planes in serpentine |
MM - MIN |
none |
2 - 4 |
representative samples |
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Alunogen xls |
Dubnik, Slowakia |
yellow - brown crusty crystals with halotrichite |
MM - SC |
3 |
3 - 4 |
very nice |
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Amber / Bernstein |
Bitterfeld, Germany |
golden rounded masses |
MIN |
none |
3 |
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Analcime |
Border Ranges, S- Australia |
white perfect x in Matrix |
TN |
3 |
3 |
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Duingen, Germany |
brown perfect xls on ironstone matrix, rich |
C |
10 |
4 |
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Andradite xls |
Grua, Norway |
nice green crystals on matrix |
MIN |
3 |
3 - 4 |
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Anglesite xls |
Sardegna / Italy |
nice greenish xls on limonite matrix |
MIN |
6 |
3 |
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Anhydrite xls |
Niedersachswerfen / Germany |
colourless xx on gypsum matrix |
MIN - SC |
10 |
3 - 4 |
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Sulitjelma / Norway |
nice purple platy xls on feldpar |
MIN - SC |
2 |
4 |
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Annite xls |
Tvedalen / Norway |
shiny black hexagonal plates |
MIN - SC |
60 |
3 - 4 |
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Argyrodite |
Mina Porco, Poopo, Bolivia |
massive silvery ore |
MM |
none |
2 - 3 |
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Arrojadite (xls) (TL) |
Nickel Plate Mine, Keystone, South Dakotah |
rich greenish cleavage planes with quartz |
MM - MIN |
none |
3 |
nice TL specimen |
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Arseniosiderite xls |
St. Barthelmy, Aosta |
sprays of bronze coloured xls on Mytrix |
MIN |
3 |
2 - 3 |
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Arsenic, native |
see : Silver, native |
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Arsenopyrite xls |
Trepca, Serbia |
excellent top end specimen with large crystals with dolomite |
C |
10 |
4 |
excellent quality |
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Astrophylillite xls |
Khibina, Kola / GUS |
typical radiating brown lustrous xls sprays |
MIN |
30 |
3 |
very showy specimen |
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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 |
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Babingtonite xls |
Kitaura / Japan |
black lustrous xls on quartz matrix |
TN |
3 |
3 |
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New / Neu |
Bannisterite (xls) (TL) |
Broken Hill, Australia |
black lustrous cleavage plates |
MIN |
(10) |
4 |
very good |
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Baryte xls |
Clausthal / Germany |
classic specimen of tabular baryte on stable pyrite matrix with old label |
SC |
10 |
3 |
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Dreislar / Germany |
white tabular xls with large dolomite and chalcopyrite xls, very aesthetic |
SC |
20 |
4 |
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"Radio - Baryte" |
Jenikov, Teplice, Czech Republic |
green, tabular xls on quartzite matrix |
MIN |
6 |
3 - 4 |
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Beraunite xls |
Foote Mine, N- Carolina, USA |
green sprays on Rockbridgeite |
MM |
3 |
3 |
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Biotite xls |
Roselis / Namibia |
large golden cleavage plates, very showy |
SC |
100 |
2 - 4 |
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Bischofite (xls) |
Merkers, Thuringia, Germany |
crystalline white masses, highly hydroscopic |
MM - TN |
(3) |
2 |
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Boracite xls |
Bernburg / Germany |
2 - 3 mm perfect brown cubes in anhydrite |
MM - MIN |
3 |
2 |
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Bornite xls |
Nchanga Mine / Zambia |
1 - 3 mm blackish xls , sometimes with carollite |
MIN - SC |
3 |
2 - 3 |
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Mt. Gunson Copper Mine / Australia |
black xls on quartz matrix |
MIN |
3 |
2 - 3 |
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Brackebuschite xls |
Krettnich, Saar, Germany |
black xls on manganese ore |
MM |
minute |
2 - 3 |
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Brandtite xls |
Sailauf, Bavaria |
nice white rosettes of Brandtite xx |
MM - TN |
2 |
2 - 3 |
excellent for the mineral |
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Brochantite xls |
Kansanshi / Zambia |
showy, nice bright green platy xls up to 3 mm |
MIN - SC |
3 |
2 - 3 |
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Mumbwa / Zambia |
showy, nice bright green platy xls up to 4 mm |
MIN - SC |
6 |
3 |
aesthetic |
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New / Neu |
Cacoxenite xls |
Leonie Mine, Auerbach, Germany |
excellent yellow crystal spheres on limonite matrix |
MM - MIN |
1 |
3 - 4 |
very showy specimen |
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Calcite xls |
Fontainebleau / France |
hedgehog - type balls of creme coloured xls |
MIN |
5 |
4 |
classic locality |
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Montecaprozeta, Liguria, Italy |
nice xx aggregates, white |
MIN |
30 - 40 |
3 - 4 |
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Remsbach, Saarland |
light rose, saddle shaped xls with baryte |
MIN |
20 |
3 |
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Padria, Sardinia |
yellow spherules on basalt matrix |
SC |
10 |
4 |
pretty, little known locality |
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Rössing Moutains, Namibia |
large scalenohedral or rhomboedral xls on jaspilite matrix |
MIN - C |
20 |
3 - 4 |
very nice, little known locality |
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Bleiwäsche, Germany |
large scalenoehedrons completely covered by secondary quartz crystals, nice |
C |
25 |
4 |
nice large specimen |
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Caledonite (xls) |
Finkenstein, Austria |
blue crystalline crusts with Linarite, Schultenite |
MIN |
0,2 |
2 - 3 |
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New / Neu |
Campylite xls |
Dry Gill Mine, England |
excellent, yellowbrown xls to 1 cm on quartz matrix |
SC |
10 |
4+ |
excellent crystals |
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Carbonate-Hydroxylapatite (xls) |
Asterillo, Durango, Mexico |
banded aggregate with minute xls |
MM |
0,1 |
2 - 3 |
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New / Neu |
Carminite xls |
Sayda, Saxony, Germany |
small crystals on quartz matrix |
MIN |
1 |
2 - 3 |
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Carpholite xls |
Biesenrode, Harz / Germany |
long green fibrous xls |
SC - C |
100 |
3 - 4 |
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Cassiterite xls |
Uis / Namibia |
lustrous brown xls up to 1 cm size in yellow mica |
MIN |
10 |
2 - 3 |
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Zaaiplaats Tin mine, South Africa |
perfect black xls in grey - greenish clay |
MIN |
4 |
3 |
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Catapleite xls |
Mont St. Hilaire / Canada |
nice brown xls on aegirine |
MM |
2 |
2 - 3 |
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New / Neu |
Cerchiaraite xls (TL) with Namansilite |
Cerchiara, Liguria, Italy |
green crystals within matrix |
TN |
2 |
2 - 3 |
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Cerussite xls |
Ramsbeck, Germany |
excellent crystals and twins on matrix |
TN - MIN |
3 |
3 - 4 |
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Mibladen, Morocco |
nice crystals with galena and baryte |
SC |
10 |
3 |
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Chabazite - Na xls |
Ballylumford quarry, Antrim, Northern Ireland |
nice, pseudo - cubes on basalt matrix |
MIN |
2 |
3 |
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Chalkantite xls |
Murgul / Turkey |
light blue crusty xls |
MIN |
1 |
2 |
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Chalkophyllite xls |
Salsigne / France |
bright green hexagonal platy xls |
MM - MIN |
4 |
2 - 3 |
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Chalkopyrite |
Kansanshi / Zambia |
massive "golden" ore, very nice |
MIN - SC |
none |
3 - 4 |
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Chalkopyrite xls |
Dreislar / Germany |
bright golden crystals on baryte matrix |
SC |
10 |
4 |
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Holzen, Sauerland, Germany |
excellent golden xls on dolomite, beautiful |
MIN |
3 |
4 - 5 |
very showy specimen |
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Chloantite xls |
Alberoda, Saxony |
excellent sharp silvery xls on matrix |
TN - MIN |
3 |
4 |
very nice |
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Chromite (Leopard ore) |
Erzurum / Turkey |
black, crystalline blebs in green serpentine matrix, showy |
MIN |
1 |
3 |
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Chrysokolla "xls" |
Kansanshi / Zambia |
very nice pseudo xls after likasite (?) |
MM - SC |
( 2 ) |
2 - 4 |
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Chrysokolla on quartz |
Mindola / Zambia |
nice blue crusty on quartz as vug filling in sandstone |
MIN - SC |
none |
3 - 4 |
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Chrysoprase |
Szklary / Poland |
rich, large typical applegreen pieces |
SC - C |
none |
2 - 3 |
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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 |
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Claraite xls |
Sommerau, Brixlegg, Austria |
excellent nice blue crystals on limestone matrix |
MM - SC |
0,5 |
3 - 4 |
excellent for the mineral |
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Clinobisvanite : see Pottsite |
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New / Neu |
Clinoclase xls |
Clara Mine, Black Forest |
excellent, deep blue crystal spheres on matrix |
MM - MIN |
5 |
4 |
excellent quality |
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Clinoclase xls |
Dome rock Cu Mine, Australia |
deep blue tiny xls on matrix |
TN - MIN |
3 |
2 - 3 |
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Coelestin / Celestite xls |
Obergembeck / Waldeck / Germany |
light blue nice xls with strontianite balls on matrix |
TN - MIN |
10 |
3 - 4 |
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Coelestin / Celestite (xls) |
Jühnde near Göttingen / Germany |
blue fibrous layers in marl, nice specimen |
SC |
10 |
4 |
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Coelestin / Celestite xls |
Perticara, Italy |
platy yellowish xls with bitumen |
MM - SC |
20 |
1 - 3 |
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Coeruleit (xls) |
Emma Luisa mine / Chile |
blue crystalline crusts with schlossmacherite |
MM |
none |
2 |
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Brown Colemanite xls |
Mustafakemalpascha, Turkey |
lustrous brown (!) twin xls from a spectacular recent find |
MIN - SC |
0,5 |
2 - 4 |
unique colour and luster ! |
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Cornetite (xls) |
Dome rock Cu Mine, Australia |
blue xls on matrix |
TN |
1 |
2 |
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Cornwallite (xls) |
Dome rock Cu Mine, Australia |
blue xls on matrix |
MIN |
2 |
2 - 3 |
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Creedite xls |
Liberty Mine / Nevada, USA |
lilac coloured crystal spherule on quartz |
MIN |
5 |
2 |
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Cubanite (xls) |
Troms / Norway |
lamellar xls in chalcopyrite |
TN |
4 |
2 - 3 |
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New / Neu |
Cuprite xls |
Onganja, Namibia |
nice, malachite covered crystals from the classic 1972 find |
TN |
10 |
3 - 4 |
very good quality |
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Danburite x |
Chihuahua, Mexico |
single, clear gemmy x without matrix |
MM |
6 |
4 |
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Davidite (xls) |
Amot, Norway |
dark crystalline on quartz |
MM |
2 |
2 |
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Dawsonite xls |
Slany, Bohemia |
white radiating crystals on siderite / shale matrix |
TN - MIN |
3 |
3 - 4 |
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Descloizite xls |
Berg Aukas / Namibia |
idiomorphic (!) brown xls on white dolomite |
MM - MIN |
10 |
2 - 4 |
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Namib Lead Mine, Namibia |
red - black, glittering xls on gossan |
MM - SC |
3 |
3 - 4 |
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Devilline xls (TL) |
Kamsdorf, Thuringia |
acicular xls in massive tetraedrite matrix |
MM |
1 |
4 |
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Dickthomssenite |
Vanadium Queen Mine, Utah, USA |
aggregates of acicular xls on matrix |
MM |
1 |
3 - 4 |
excellent quality |
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Dioptas xls |
Tiger Mine, Arizona |
emerald green xls with dark blue veinlets of shattukite |
MIN |
2 |
3 |
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Omaue mine, Kaokoveld, Namibia |
lustrous green xls on plancheite |
MiN - SC |
3 |
3 - 4 |
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Dolomite xls on Colemanite |
Mustafakemalpascha, Turkey |
excellent yellow xls on white colemanite |
MIN - SC |
10 |
2 - 4 |
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Dravite xls in talcum |
Sikardu / Pakistan |
honey colored perfect xls in white talcum |
SC |
10 |
4 |
very unusual apperance |
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Dravite xls |
Yinnietharra Station, Australia |
very large black composite, perfect x in muscovite matrix |
SC |
70 ! |
4+ |
excellent ! |
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Dufrenite / Cacoxenite(xls) |
Kapunda / Australia |
limonite like masses with yellow cacoxenite |
SC |
none |
2 - 3 |
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Dundasite xls (TL) |
Dundas / Tasmania |
white xls sprays on limonite matrix |
MM |
1 |
3 |
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New / Neu |
Dundasite xls |
Zlate Hory, Czech Republic |
white crystal sprays on matrix |
MM - SC |
2 |
3 - 4 |
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Enargite xls |
Khusib Spring Mine / Namibia |
lustrous silvery black xls up to 3 cm with tennantite |
MM - C |
30 |
2 - 4 |
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Eosphorite xls |
Estes quarry, Maine, USA |
nice red lustrous 1 mm crystals on feldspar |
MM |
1 |
3 |
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Epidote xls |
Capelinha / Brazil |
nice deep green xls on quartz |
MIN |
30 |
3 |
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Erythrite xls |
Bou Azer / Morocco |
nice purple xls on cobaltite |
MIN - SC |
5 |
3 |
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Euchroite xls |
Washington / USA |
crystalline bright green crust on matrix |
SC |
1 |
3 |
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Faujasite |
Limburg, Sasbach, Germany |
clear 1 mm prismatic xls with hyalith on basalt matrix |
MM |
1 |
2 - 3 |
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Ferrierite - Mg xls |
Kamloops Lake / Canada |
red sprays and balls as void linings |
TN |
1 |
2 - 3 |
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Fibroferrite xls |
Alcaparossa Mine / Chile |
silky fibroux xls aggregates |
MM - TN |
4 |
2 - 4 |
very nice |
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Fluellite xls |
Kapunda / Australia |
excellent small, clear xls in matrix |
MM - TN |
2 |
2 - 3 |
rare mineral |
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Fluorapatite xls |
Foote Mine, N- Carolina, USA |
nice brown xls on feldpsar |
MM |
1 |
3 |
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Fluorite xls |
Hadley Quarry, Weardale, UK |
nice, glassy bluish xls on limonitic ironstone |
MIN - SC |
10 |
3 |
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Galenobismutite |
Felbertal, Austria |
bright silvery grains in quartz matrix |
MIN |
2 |
2 - 3 |
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New / Neu |
Gallite (xls) (TL) |
Tsumeb, Namibia |
silvery inclusions in renierite - germanite ore |
TN |
1 |
2 - 4 |
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Garnet : Topazolite |
St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany |
greenish xls on matrix |
C |
3 |
2 |
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Garnet : see Melanite |
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New / Neu |
Georgiadesite xls (TL) |
Laurion, Greece |
brown lustrous xls in ancient slag matrix |
MM - TN |
2 |
2 - 4 |
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New / Neu |
Germanite (xls) (TL) |
Tsumeb, Namibia |
massive "orange" tinted ore with renierite and gallite |
TN |
(2) |
2 - 4 |
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Gobbinsite xls (TL) |
Gobbins, Antrim, Northern Ireland |
white sprays of xls in basalt vugs |
MIN |
10 |
3 |
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Gonnnardite |
see Natrolite |
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Gypsum xls |
Salinas de Otuma, Peru |
excellent orange (!) crystal groups without matrix |
large MIN |
40 |
4 |
excellent |
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Gyrolith |
Eidi, Faroe Islands, Denmark |
excellent white crystal tufts on thomsonite |
MIN - SC |
8 |
3 - 4 |
excellent |
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Halotrichite |
see Alunogen |
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Hardystonite (xls) (TL) |
Franklin / New Jersey, USA |
white grainy xls in matrix, purple fluorescence |
SC |
2 |
2 - 3 |
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Heazlewoodite (TL) |
Lord Brassey Mine / Australia |
bronze coloured grains and massive ore |
MM - TN |
none |
2 - 3 |
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Hendricksite xls (TL) |
Franklin, New Jersey, USA |
large golden blades with willemite - calcite ore |
SC - C |
30 |
2 - 3 |
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Hematite xls |
Rio Marina / Elba / Italy |
superb lustrous black shining xls |
TN - MIN |
30 |
3 - 4 |
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Var. Specularite |
Feke, Turkey |
micaceous to solid, lamellar hematite, lustrous |
TN - SC |
40 |
3 - 4 |
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Hematite - Glaskopf |
Trusetal / Thuringia, Germany |
botroyidal bright masses, nice |
MIN - SC |
10 |
3 |
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Hemimorphite xls |
Mount Evelyn mine / Australia |
nice sharp white to colourless xls |
MIN - SC |
10 |
3 |
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Hessonite xls |
Rio Grande del Norte / Brazil |
excellent lustrous red crystals |
MIN |
10 |
4 |
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Bellecombe / Aosta |
excellent lustrous red crystals with chlorite |
SC |
4 |
4 |
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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 |
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Howietite xls |
Longwale Quarry / California, US |
black lustrous with little matrix |
MM |
5 |
2 |
nice |
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Hyalith |
Erongo, Namibia |
botroyidal masses on feldspar crystals |
MIN |
none |
3 |
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Hydroboracite xls |
Niedersachswerfen / Germany |
excellent lustrous colourless needle sprays |
MIN - SC |
30 |
2 - 4 |
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Hydromagnesit |
Szklary / Poland |
white tufts and ball shapes aggregates |
MM - SC |
none |
2 - 4 |
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Hydrotalkite |
Tingelstadjern, Modum / Norway |
bright white crystalline veins in green lizardite |
MM - SC |
none |
2 - 3 |
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Hydroxylapatit x |
Snarum / Norway |
perfect single white - yellow x |
TN |
15 |
3 |
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Hydrozincite xls |
Mount Evelyn mine / Australia |
excellent lustrous colourless needle sprays |
MM - TN |
4 |
3 |
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Inderite xls |
Bigadic / Turkey |
nice large clear xls with ulexite tufts |
MIN - SC |
30 |
2 - 3 |
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Jarosite xls |
Namib Lead Mine / Namibia |
lustrous yellow, tiny xls on haematite matrix |
MM - SC |
1 |
3 |
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New / Neu |
Jurbanite xls |
Le Cetine Mine, Tuscany, Italy |
excellent colourless xls with gypsum in marble |
MIN - SC |
2 |
2 - 4 |
excellent specimen |
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Kanonaite (xls) |
Salmchateau / Belgium |
small greenish black xls on matrix |
TN |
1 |
2 |
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Kentbrooksite (xls) |
Tvedalen / Norway |
yellow crystalline in matrix |
MM - SC |
3 |
4 |
very rare mineral |
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Kieserite (xls) |
Bischofferode / Germany |
red coarse cristalline with blue halite |
MIN - SC |
20 |
2 - 3 |
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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 |
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Neu / New |
Sursassite xls |
Gambatesa, Liguria, Italia |
red radiating xls in quartz matrix |
MM - MIN |
3 |
2 - 3 |
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Sussexite (TL) |
Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA |
massive brown aggregates on matrix |
MIN - SC |
none |
2 - 3 |
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Syngenite xls |
Celle / Germany |
excellent radiating, light brown elongated xls |
MM |
5 |
3 |
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Tarbuttite xls (TL) |
Kabwe - Broken Hill / Zambia |
excellent lustrous colourless xls |
MM - SC |
3 |
2 - 4 |
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Tennantite xls |
Khusib Spring Mine / Namibia |
lustrous silvery tetraedric xls and massive ore |
MM - C |
5 |
3 |
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Neu / New |
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Dzehkazgan Mine, Kazachstan |
excellent crystals on matrix |
TN |
8 |
4 |
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Tetrahedrite xls |
Clausthal / Germany |
lustrous silvery tetraedric xls on quartz |
SC |
5 |
4 |
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Thaumasite (xls) |
Paterson, New Jersey |
brilliant white marble like masses |
MM - MIN |
none |
3 |
interesting |
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Theophrastite |
Lord Brassey Mine / Australia |
green crusts on serpentine matrix |
TN |
none |
1 - 2 |
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Thomsonite xls |
Zeilberg, Maroldweisach, Germany |
globular aggregates to 3 mm, nice |
MIN |
3 |
3 - 4 |
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Neu / New |
Thorikosite xls (TL) |
Laurion, Greece |
small yellow xls in slag matrix |
MM - TN |
2 |
3 - 4 |
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Neu / New |
Tinzenite (xls) |
Molinello, Liguria, Italia |
yellow sprays and xls in Matrix |
SC |
4 |
2 - 3 |
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Tirolite xls |
Stahlberg / Germany |
very nice bright green radiating xls sprays |
MM - SC |
5 |
2 - 3 |
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Titanite xx |
Val Baveno / Italy |
nice green xx with hematite |
MIN |
10 |
3 - 4 |
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Tochinilite xls |
Otamo, Siikainen, Finland |
black xls on calcite |
MIN |
2 |
3 - 4 |
good quality from a famous locality |
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Topaz |
Schneckenstein / Saxony |
yellowish xls on Matrix |
MIN - SC |
10 |
3 |
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Ouro Preto / Brazil |
golden yellow single xx |
TN |
30 |
4 |
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Neu / New |
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Virgem da Lapa / Brazil |
gemmy colourless x |
MM |
10 |
4 |
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Tripuhyite |
Djebel Nador / Algeria |
ochreous powdery masses |
MM |
none |
2 |
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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 |
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Tschermakite (xls) |
Tumiching, Bavaria |
green xls in biotite - quartz matrix |
TN - MIN |
5 |
2 - 3 |
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Tuppersuatsuite xls |
Aris / Namibia |
brown sprays with sellaite on matrix |
MIN |
10 |
2 - 3 |
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Ulexit xls |
Bigadic, Turkey |
nice, radiating white sprays |
SC |
60 |
3 - 4 |
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New / Neu |
Ulrichite xls (TL) |
Lake Boga, Australia |
nice green crystal tufts on pegmatige matrix |
MIN |
3 |
4 |
excellent specimen |
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Vaesite (xls) |
Shinkolobwe, Kongo |
silvery metallic crystallites in matrix |
TN |
2 |
2 |
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Valentinite xls |
Le Cetine, Tuscany, Italy |
nice white sprays and coatings with stibiconite |
TN - MIN |
2 |
3 |
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Vanoxite |
see Navajoite |
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Vesuvianite xls |
Pitigliano, Tuscany, Italy |
large, green blocky xls on vesuvianite fels |
TN - C |
20 |
3 - 4 |
very nice |
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Vivianite xls |
Anloua, Cameroon |
cleavages of large crystals, transparent blue - green |
SC |
60 |
3 |
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Kertsch, Krim, Russia |
sprays of dark blue xls on ironstone |
SC |
12 |
4 |
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Wavellite xls |
Muldin Mountain, Arkansas |
nice, radiating sprays og green xls on limonitic sandstone |
SC |
10 |
3 - 4 |
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Willemite xls |
Star Zinc Mine / Zambia |
radiating sprays and needle xls on hematite matrix |
MM - SC |
10 |
3 |
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Wolframite xls |
Horni Slavkov, Czech Republic |
rich blades of xls in greisen ore, very typical |
SC |
10 |
3 |
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Wulfenite xls |
Bleiberg, Austria |
large aggregate of tabular, lustrous, orange crystals |
SC |
10 |
4 |
very nice |
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Yugawaralite xls |
Jalgaon / India |
nice clear colourless xls with stilbite and cavansite on matrix |
MIN - SC |
5 |
3 - 4 |
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Zinkite (xls) (TL) |
Franklin / New Jersey, USA |
nice blood red crystalline aggregates |
MM - SC |
none |
3 - 4 |
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Zinnwaldite xls (TL) |
Zinnwald / Saxony, Germany |
typical platy micaceous crystallaggregates |
MIN |
30 |
3 |
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Zircon xls |
Mt. Malosa / Malawi |
perfect brown - yellow crystals with aegirine |
TN - SC |
10 |
2 - 4 |
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Ouro Preto / Brazil |
lustrous, single, blood red x without matrix |
MM |
10 |
4 |
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Seiland, Norway |
lustrous, single, brown red x without matrix |
MM |
10 |
4 |
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Zunyite xls |
Bertha Mine / Arizona / USA |
light brown hexagonal xls in matrix |
MIN - SC |
1 |
1 - 2 |
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Explanations : |
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TL = Typlokalität / Specimen from type locality |
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1 = mässig / reference sample |
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2 = gut / good reference sample |
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3 = sehr gut / very good showy specimen |
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4 = hervorragend / excellent specimen |
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MM = Micromount, < 1 x 1 cm |
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TN = Thumbnail / großes Micromount, ca. 1 x 1 - 2 x 2 cm |
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MIN = Miniatur / Kleinstufe, ca. 3 x 3 - 4 x 4 cm |
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SC = small cabinet / Normalstufe, ca. 7 x 5 cm |
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C = Cabinet size / Kabinettstufe = larger format / Groeßeres Format |
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