A classic Mexican pseudomorphosis. Stibiconite appears as a brilliant coating on well-formed prismatic stibnite crystals of very good size. The terminations of the crystals are well defined, while on the back of the specimen they are flat due to being in contact with the wall of the geode or cavity from which the piece was extracted. Stibiconite was for a long time an acknowledged species, but is now questionable, in line with the revised nomenclature of the minerals of the pyrochlore supergroup. These specimens are very difficult to see on the market.

Group of dipyramidal wulfenite crystals, very defined, bright and sharp. They are arranged on a matrix covered with olive green mottramite. On the back side, numerous cavities lined with green mimetite with orange wulfenite crystals. A very entertaining and aesthetic piece. From the E. Nicolau (Barcelona) collection with handwritten label by J. Viñals.

Sold

Various small but very defined torbernite crystals. They are arranged on a matrix of crystallized quartz. Unusual for this Portuguese town.

Group of microcline crystals, of good size, defined and brilliant, showing the Manebach twin, characteristic of this species. With J. Viñals handwritten label.

65 €

Buy

Aesthetic specimen of goethite with chalcophanite with cavities covered by numerous aggregates of sheaf crystals of copper-bearing adamite, with a faint green color in the convergence zone and greener at the ends. It is accompanied by more developed crystals of cuprian austinite. A pleasure under magnifying lens. With old labels.

Sold

Druse formed by numerous globular aggregates of greenish-brown zanazziite disposed on a pegmatitic matrix with muscovite. Zanazziite is a rare hydrated calcium, magnesium, iron, aluminum and beryllium phosphate. With a handwritten label.

Sold

Vesuvianite crystal, with defined faces, doubly terminated, green to dark brown in color. It is labeled as coming from the Imilchil area. Good size and aesthetics.

The allanite-(Ce) specimens from Trimouns are a classic of French mineralogy. It should be said that if these crystals are analyzed compositionally, a zoning with dissakisite-(Ce) is observed. Both species belong to the epidote group and are compositionally differentiated by the presence of Fe(II) (allanite) and Mg (the second). In this specimen we can observe several well-defined crystals of this mineral, one of them larger, which contrasts with the dolomite matrix.

Sold

Group of green to brownish-green pyromorphite crystals, with very marked hexagonal shapes and defined faces and edges. On matrix. It belongs from this classic Spanish mine and from which good quality specimens like this one have come out. With Viñals handwritten label.

Sold

A very good-sized specimen of atacamite formed by numerous radial aggregates of tabular crystals, of intense green colour and transparence, which are disposed on a matrix with chrysocolla and malachite. This specimen has both sides worthy of a display case. It is accompanied by the handwritten label of Joan Viñals.

Sold

Excellent specimen of fluorapophyllite-(K) with very good size crystals that show the shapes of the tetragonal prism with faces of the dipyramid truncated by the basal pinacoid. Very good transparency, brilliance and definition. It is disposed very aerial on a matrix with stilbite. With handwritten label by Joan Viñals.

130 €

Buy

Shungite is a rock, an intermediate form between the amorphous carbon and the graphite containing carbon (30%), silica (45%), and silicate mica (about 20%). Schungite carbon is a fossilized organic material of sea bottom Precambrian sediments of high level of carbonization containing the fullerene-like regular structures. Shungite got its name after the village of Shunga in Karelia (Russian Federation), located on the shore of Onezhskoe Lake, where is located the only one mineral Zazhoginsky deposit of shungites on the territoty of the Russian Federation.
Shungite has a heterogeneous molecular structure in which carbon occurs as 10 nm globules irregularly distributed within carbon showing no structure. The unusual physicochemical and structural properties of shungite are used in diverse industrial and environmental applications including metallurgy, water purification, thermolysis and organosynthesis of cyclic hydrocarbons. Shungite is an effective sorbent for removal of organic and inorganic substances, pathogenic bacteria and heavy metals from contaminated water (Ore Geology Reviews, 2004; 24, 1-2:135-154).

Good size garnet crystal belonging to the almandine-spessartine series, usually with a predominance of the first one. The analyzes indicate the presence of Fe and Mn, with traces of Mg. These specimens were identified as pyrope (magnesium aluminosilicate), but the analytical results do not indicate this.

Sold

Group of garnet crystals belonging to the almandine-spessartine series, usually with a predominance of the first one. The analyzes indicate the presence of Fe and Mn, with traces of Mg. These specimens were identified as pyrope (magnesium aluminosilicate), but the analytical results do not indicate this.

Sold

Group of garnet crystals belonging to the almandine-spessartine series, usually with a predominance of the first one. The analyzes indicate the presence of Fe and Mn, with traces of Mg. These specimens were identified as pyrope (magnesium aluminosilicate), but the analytical results do not indicate this.

45 €

Buy

Group of garnet crystals belonging to the almandine-spessartine series, usually with a predominance of the first one. The analyzes indicate the presence of Fe and Mn, with traces of Mg. These specimens were identified as pyrope (magnesium aluminosilicate), but the analytical results do not indicate this.

Sold

Group of geocronite-jordanite crystals, with striated pseudohexagonal shapes. They have a lighter gray sheen than the galena with which they are often associated. The analyzes show a correlation between geocronite-jordanite, both are isostructural and form series. The crystals analyzed (both these that we present and others) show that the composition moves in the intermediate zone of the series. Therefore, the correct thing would be to label these specimens as geocronite-jordanite, avoiding saying that they are only geochronite. We will send all analyzes to the buyer.
The geocronite-jordanite crystals are accompanied by crystals of sphalerite, of galena, associated with transparent crystals of green fluorite, both cubo-octahedral, the latter truncated by the faces of the cube and the trapezohedron.

Sold

Group of geocronite-jordanite crystals, with striated pseudohexagonal forms. They have a lighter gray luster than the galena with which they are often associated. The analyzes show a correlation between geochronite-jordanite, both are isostructural and form series. The crystals analyzed (both these that we present and others) show that the composition is in the intermediate zone of the series. Therefore, the correct way is to label these specimens as geocronite-jordanite, avoiding saying that they are only geochronite. We will send all analytical reports to the buyer.
The geocronite-jordanite crystals are found on a matrix formed by complex sphalerite crystals, almost black in color, associated with transparent green fluorite crystals, octahedral cubes, truncated by the cube and trapezohedron faces.

Sold

Small silver skeletal aggregates, golden to bronze in color, shiny, and emerging from a mass of native arsenic. This specimen has not been acidified like many specimens we see on the market.
Shaft 371 is the main shaft of the former Aue Mining Company (formerly Object 09) of SDAG Wismut, a uranium mine in the Westerzgebirge. With a total depth of more than 1,800 m, the mine was the deepest mine in Germany until its closure (mindat).

Brilliant aggregates of small safflorite crystals, accompanied by nickelskutterudite. We can see small proustite crystals with a magnifying glass, along with cobalt and nickel arsenates. A specimen from a classic locality.
Shaft 371 is the main shaft of the former Aue Mining Company (formerly Object 09) of SDAG Wismut, a uranium mine in the Westerzgebirge. With a total depth of more than 1,800 m, the mine was the deepest mine in Germany until its closure (mindat). These type of specimens, although they are not "aesthetic", have an essential systematic and historical interest. For lovers of "gray minerals", like myself...

A weighty, lustrous, polished, vein slice of massive breithauptite, with orange-brown nickeline. SEM-EDS has shown the presence of cobaltite, skutterudite and silver. This silver contains mercury, probably eugenite or kongsbergite, not determined before in this famous mining Cobalt area of Ontario. This sample belongs from the J. Vilaseca collection (Barcelona). Really interesting because nowadays samples like this are quite unusual. We will send all analytical results to the buyer.

Sold

This good-sized specimen stands out for its branched nickelin growths, with its characteristic bronze color and shine. We can observe crystals in some cavities. It is covered with small safflorite crystals with a gray metallic luster. It is very interesting to observe this substitution. We can also observe well-defined crystals of nickelskutterudite, partially coated with pink cobalt arsenates.
Shaft 371 is the main shaft of the former Aue Mining Company (formerly Object 09) of SDAG Wismut, a uranium mine in the Westerzgebirge. With a total depth of more than 1,800 m, the mine was the deepest mine in Germany until its closure (mindat). These type of specimens, although they are not "aesthetic", have an essential systematic and historical interest. For lovers of "gray minerals", like myself...

Polished specimen where we can perfectly observe the turquoise veins in a brecchia. The colour is very intense. With some pyrite in matrix. The Meiduk porphyry is one of the most important copper mineral deposits of this country. In Iran, turquoise is called "Ferozah", which translated means "victory." It is Iran's national gemstone.

Group of interpenetrated pyrite crystals with an exceptional luster. This specimen stands out for its complex crystallography, with cube shapes, triglyphic striations, and vertices rich in probably trapezohedral faces. A piece to enjoy in its study, the kind that I like...

65 €

Buy

Group of cube octahedral pyrite crystals forming a very aesthetic and brilliant aggregate.

55 €

Buy