New Additions April 5th, 2008

Minerals A-Z

Nr.	Description	Photo
A-448	Almandine, Frejus, Var, France Three 2-cm sized almandine crystals in chlorite schist matrix; not from the common Swiss localities but from France !! 8x13 cm (1) Euro 17.50
A-449	Andradite, Grua Mining District, Oppland, Norway Nice sample with numerous 2-20 mm-sized green andradite crystal on skarn matrix c. 9x9 cm (1) Euro 30.00
A-450	Apophyllite, Kuhlenberg Quarry, Silbach, Winterberg, Sauerland, Germany Plate consisting of numerous transparent 3-4 mm sized apophyllite crystals on altered diabase 5x7 cm (1) Euro 8.00
A-451	Arsenopyrite, 220 m level, Boliden Mine, Sweden Massive arsenopyrite with veins and specks of chalcopyrite 7x10 cm (1) Euro 18.00
B-286	Barite, Baia Sprie, Romenia Very aesthetic piece with delicate thin bladed, transparent blue barite crystals, very rich on matrix 9x10x4 cm (1) Euro 350,-
C-467	Chrysocolla, Calamita, Elba, Italy Bluegreen spherical to botryoidal chrysocolla and chrysocolla ps malachite xls in the larger sample 2x3.5 cm (1) Euro 4.00; 4x4.5 cm (1) Euro 8.00 sold
C-468	Cinnabar/Mercury, Almaden, Spain Massive cinnabar with small cinnabar crystals and mercury spheres 4x6 cm (1) Euro 5.00
C-469	Cinnabar, Grube Bergkrone, Kelberg, Eifel, Germany Massive to crystalline 4x4 cm (1) Euro 5.00 sold
C-470	Cinnabar, Sarayönü, Turkey Cinnbar crystals and crystalline in quartz 3.5x4.5 cm (1) Euro 5.00 sold
D-131	Dolomite, Limburg, Germany Nice pink dolomite rhombs in cavity 2.5x4.5 cm (1) Euro 4.00
E-095	Epidote, Ginepro, Sardegna, Italy Monomineralic mass of mm-sized epidote crystals 4x5.5 cm (1) Euro 4.00 sold
G-196	Goethite, Rio Marina, Elba, Italy Botryoidal black aggregates with limonite 7x10 cm (1) Euro 6.00
K-158	Kaolinite, La Union, Murcia, Spain White powdery on matrix 2.5x5x9 cm (1) Euro 2.00; 4x7x10 cm (1, photo) Euro 4.00
K-159	Kankite, Munzig, Saxony, Germany Rich on matrix ± pitticite MM Euro 2.00; TN Euro 5.00
O-082	Olivine + Bronzite, Le Mont Briançon, Langeac, Auvergne, France Large olivine bomb with olivine intergrown with 3-8 mm sized bronzite crystals 9x10 cm (1) Euro 20.00
O-083	Opal, Calamita, Elba, Italy Partly banded white opal variety with red inclusions (hematite?) 3x6 cm (1) Euro 4.00
P-296	Pectolite, Clemensberg Quarry, Hildfeld, Sauerland, Germany White fanning aggregates on diabase 7x12 cm (1) Euro 5.00
P-297	Pyrite, Central Quarry, Ratum, Winterswijk, The Netherlands Nice aggregates of intergrown pyrite cubes some in marl maxtrix Aggregates 1.5-2 cm (1, without matrix) Euro 2.00; 3x5 cm (1) Euro 4.00 sold; 6x7 cm (1) Euro 6.00
P-298	Pumpellyite, Granitsteinbruch Hennberg, Weitisberga, Thüringen, Germany Cavities in granite lined with numerous aggergates consisting of nice green pumpellyite crystals 2.5x2.5 cm (1, photo) Euro 6.00; 2x6.5 cm (1) Euro 7.00 sold; 3x5 cm (1) Euro 9.00 sold
P-299	Parsonite, Granitsteinbruch Hennberg, Weitisberga, Thüringen, Germany Nice yellow micro parsonite crystals sprinkled on quartz on granite matrix MM (4) Euro 9.00; TN-Min (6) Euro 19.00
Ro-209	Dolomitic Limestone Standard reference material 88b, US Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards 5.5x10.8 cm (1) Euro 7.00
Ro-210	Core sample, Los Petisos, Argentina Cut Sulphur-bearing core sample with sulphur crystals from a stratabound Cu-ore deposit 4.5x12 cm (1) Euro 6.00 sold
S-387	Stibnite, Baia Sprie, Romenia Clusters of 1-3 cm long stibnite crystals 6x11 cm (1, top photo) Euro 35.00 sold; 7x11 cm (1, lower photo) Euro 45.00 sold
T-233	Torbernite, Granitsteinbruch Hennberg, Weitisberga, Thüringen, Germany Cavities in granite with 1-10 well formed mm-sized Torbernite crystals  TN-Min (3) Euro 6.00; Min (3) Euro 8.00; SC (1) Euro 10.00