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What we have...
What we have:
nice and rare and ugly minerals...
What we don't have:
time to photograph them all...
To travel is more fun than to photograph minerals... Sorry :)
You can find all photographed specimens -> here, and all not-yet-photographed specimens below.
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We visited almost 950 localities the last years, so... the mineral listing here is not yet complete ;) If something you search is not on our list yet, click here please...
On sizes... (1 inch = 2,5 cm)
| MM |
Thumbnail sized specimen to 2,5cm "EU style" in a transparent Micromount box |
| TN |
Thumbnail sized specimen to 2,5cm, "USA style" (crystals are easily visible to the naked eye) in a transparent Micromount box |
| KS |
Miniature sized specimen to 6cm in a 4x3cm, 4x5cm or 6x4cm Jousi box |
| HS |
Hand-sized cabinet specimen 6-9cm in a 8x6cm, 8x8cm or 9x8cm Jousi box |
| MS |
Large cabinet sized specimen > 9cm which could very well fit in a museum collection |
List...
(the links route to the specific mineral pictures of that locality)
(for information about analysing, see here)
| Mineral | Locality | Description |
| Adranosite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White transparent needles, together with the new "Unnamed (NH4-Fe-Na-Cl Sulphate)" (MM, KS) |
| Adranosite-(Fe)-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Applegreen translucent crystals, together with Adranosite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Alumohydrocalcite-xx | Graulai, Eifel, Germany | White needles on a rich Gismondine matrix (MM, KS) |
| Alunogen-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White platy translucent crystals, rich on stable matrix, with Metavoltine etc (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Alurgite-xx (var. Muscovite) | Prabornaz, Italy (TL!) | Nice red crystals in Braunite (TL) matrix together with Piemontite (TL) and Violane (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Ammoniojarosite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Yellow powdery globular aggregates, often accompanied by Clairite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Aragonite-xx | Molina de Aragon, Spain (TL!) | Rosettes of translucent white crystals from the TL, nice MM's (forget about the typical thick crystals, the MM's are nicer ;) (MM, TN, KS) |
| Atacamite-xx | Mina Estrella, Barranco Jaroso, Spain | Nice green transparent crystals on dark matrix (MM, TN, KS) |
| Baryte-xx | Herrerias, Spain | Specimens rich in nice white transparent crystals (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Beryllite | Kvanefjeld, Greenland | White Beryllite with Chkalovite (and Tugtupite, Pyrochlor) (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Boracite-xx | Alto Chapare, Bolivia | Blue (and more rare pink) rockforming crystals (MM, TN, KS) |
| Boussingaultite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White crystals on Tschermigite matrix (MM, KS, HS) |
| Braunite-(xx) | Prabornaz, Italy (TL!) | Brownish-black crystals in matrix and as massive ore together with Piemontite (TL), Violane, Hausmannite and Alurgite (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Brochantite-xx | Mina Estrella, Barranco Jaroso, Spain | Nice green transparent crystals on dark matrix (MM, TN, KS) |
| Cacoxenite-xx | Blaton, Germany | Little brown translucent spheres and fibres (MM, KS) |
| Cacoxenite-xx | Plumelin, France | Brown and yellow spheres (MM, KS) |
| Canavesite-xx | Brosso mine, Italy (TL!) |
Nice white sprays with Dypingite, Inderite, Nesquehonite, Szaibelyite and Ludwigite (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Cassiterite-xx | Viloco, Bolivia | Classical pieces on request (TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Cesàrolite-xx | Crettaz mine, Mt. Chemin, Switzerland | Black globular spheres on Quartz matrix (MM, KS) |
| Chabournéite | Jas Roux, France (TL!) | Black crystals with the typical conchoidal fracture, together with other Jas-Roux minerals (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Chalcophanite-xx | Precaución mine, Spain | Shiny black crystals on Limonite matrix with Hemimorphite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Chamosite | Chamoson, Switzerland (TL!) | Massive ore for the TL-collector. I love it... (MM, TN, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Chkalovite | Kvanefjeld, Greenland | White Chkalovite wity Beryllite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Clairite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Brown transparent triclinic ("pseudohexagonal") crystals, usualy accompanied by Rostite, Metavoltine or Ammoniojarosite etc (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Clinozoisite-xx | Hondon, Spain | Nice green sprays rich on matrix with Quartz-xx (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Cobaltaustinite-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Green translucent crystals, rich on Quartz matrix, usually accompanied by Cobaltlothermeyerite etc (MM, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Cobaltlotharmeyerite-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Brown needles, accompanied by Cobaltaustinite etc (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Cobaltoan Olivenite-xx | Huercal Overa, Spain | Brown translucent crystals, accompanied by Malachite psm to Cuprite (MM, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Copper to Aragonite pseudomorphs | Corocoro, Bolivia (TL ;) | The wellknown and famous Corocoro pseudomorphs, also in nice sets of non-psm Aragonite and the "Copperized" versions together (MM, TN, KS) Also see here |
| Crocoite-xx | Nontron, France | Small red crystals, with Pyromorphite (MM, KS) |
| Cryptomelane-xx | Cercal mines, Portugal | Shiny thin long black stalactites (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Cylindrite-xx | Poopo, Bolivia (TL!) |
Not only the classic cylindrical crystals intergrown, but... we also have very very rare Cylindrite crystals free-standing in cavities with Quartz-xx! We collected those ourselves underground and on the Poopo dumps in 2009, see some photo's here. For more info, please contact us... (MM, KS) |
| Danburite-xx | Alto Chapare, Bolivia | Greyisch white crystals, loose or with matrix, double terminated "floater" crystals (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Delvauxite | Berneau, Belgium (TL!) |
Brown masses with Jarosite (MM, KS) |
| Descloizite-xx | Preguica, Portugal | Stalactites (to 15 cm long!), consisting of uncountable little Descloizite-xx on Limonite matrix, sometimes accompanied by white Smithsonite and Plattnerite (MM, TN, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Diaphorite-xx | Borgofranco, Italy | Nice Diaphorite-xx with Boulangerite-xx. Better specimen than photographed on Mindat or in the Borgofranco RMI article... |
| Dypingite-xx | Brosso mine, Italy | White translucent spheres with Canavesite, Inderite, Nesquehonite, Szaibelyite and Ludwigite (MM, KS, HS, MS) |
| Epistilbite-xx | Gibelsbach, Switzerland | Transparent to translucent typical shaped crystals with green Fluorite (MM, KS, HS) |
| Epistolite-xx | Kvanefjeld, Greenland | Specimens richly covered with white plates (MM, TN, KS). Also see here |
| Erionite-Offretite-xx | Gedern, Vogelsberg, Germany | White translucent needles intergrown with white spheres, accompanied by Phillipsite and/or Thomsonite spheres (MM, KS, HS) |
| Faujasite-xx | Kaiserstuhl, Germany (TL!) | Small crystals from the TL with Phillipsite (MM, TN, KS) |
| Ferrimolybdite-xx | Herzogenhügel, Belgium | Yellowgreen crystals with Molybdenite (MM, KS) |
| Ferristrunzite-xx |
Blaton, Belgium (TL!) |
White radial needles on black matrix, with little yellowbrown Cacoxenite on the Ferristrunzite (MM, KS) |
| Fluorite-xx | Gibelsbach, Switzerland | Specimens with dozens to hundreds of translucent lightgreen crystals (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Fluorapatite-xx | Carmen mine, La Celia, Spain | Nice green transparent crystals on white matrix, with Pseudobrookite etc (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Fluoro-edenite-xx |
Biancavilla, Italy (TL!) |
Nice transparent yellow needles accompanied by Hematite etc (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS). Also see here |
| Fluoro-potassichastingsite-xx | Greenwood mine, USA (TL!) | Cleavages of this very rare mineral in magnetite ore (MM, KS) |
| Franckeite-xx |
San-Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia |
Typical and rare Franckeite specimens we collected underground (MM, TN, KS). Also see here |
| Galenite-xx |
Hastenrath, Germany |
Classic pieces with shiny crystals, museum quality... (TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Gismondine-xx |
Graulai, Eifel, Germany |
Specimens rich in translucent crystals (MM, KS, HS) |
| Glaucophane-(xx) | Roadcut south of the Servette mine, Italy | Beautiful translucent deep-purple-blueish crystals that make most of the rock-matrix, together with Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite and Almandine-garnet (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS). |
| Godovikovite | Anna mine, Germany | White, very light, globular hollow masses, usually mixed with Millosevichite (MM, KS, HS) |
| Goethite-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Nice and rich specimens with golden brown crystals, accompanied by Lavendulan etc (MM, KS, HS) |
| Gonnardite-xx | Schellkopf, Germany | Little white crystals on a rich Phillipsite matrix (MM, KS) |
| Görgeyite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Transparent microcrystals together with Thermessaite-xx (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Greenockite | Paglio Pignolino mine, Italy | Intense yellow microcrystals on Smithsonite (MM, TN, KS) |
| Haüyne | In den Dellen, Eifel, Germany | Nice blue material on matrix and loose gem rough for faceting (MM, TN, KS) |
| Hemimorphite-xx | Precaución mine, Spain | Superb rich specimens of Hemimorphite. Ojuela quality (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) Also see here |
| Hemimorphite-xx | Paglio Pignolino mine, Italy | Typical small crystals with Smithsonite (MM, TN, KS) |
| Heulandite-xx | Gibelsbach, Switzerland | White crystals to over 1 cm on matrix with lightgreen Fluorite and Stellerite (MM, TN, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Heulandite-xx | Teigarhorn, Iceland | Classical specimens... (KS, HS). Also see here |
| Heulandite-xx | Pyrill, Iceland | Nice small xx with Thomsonite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Hoelite-xx | Ransart mine, Belgium | Thin yellow translucent needles accompanied by Ravatite and Sulphur (MM, KS) |
| Inderite-xx | Brosso mine, Italy | Transparent crystals with Canavesite, Dypingite, Nesquehonite, Szaibelyite and Ludwigite (MM, KS, HS, MS) |
| Jarosite-xx | Tunel El Arteal, Jaroso, Spain (TL!) | Little brown transparent crystals on Limonite matrix from under the TL (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Jarosite-xx | Barranco Jaroso, Spain (TL!) | Little brown transparent crystals on Limonite matrix from the TL (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Jeremejewite-xx | Wannenköpfe, Eifel, Germany | Nice blue crystals in Xenolites (MM) |
| Jeromite-xx | Kami mine, Bolivia | Typical red crusts on Quartz-crystals (MM, KS) |
| Klebelsbergite-xx | Pereta, Italy | White, yellowish and reddish pink xx in cavities in Antimonite (MM, KS) |
| Kremersite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Red transparent and translucent crystals on stable matrix (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Lannonite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Waterclear to translucent quadratic microcrystals (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Lavendulan-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Light blue crystals accompanied my much goldenbrown Goethite (MM, KS, HS) |
| Lavendulan-xx | Mazarrón, Spain | Heavenly blue crystals accompanied by Jarosite, Conichalcite etc (MM, TN, KS) |
| Libethenite-xx | Miguel Vacas, Portugal | Green transparent, sometimes elongated, crystals on Pseudomalachite matrix. Museum-specimens... (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS). Also see here |
| Ludwigite-xx | Brosso mine, Italy | Opaque rockforming crystals, as always, which was the primary ore in that specific part of the mine. Nice typical examples (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Magnesioaubertite-xx | Alum cave, Vulcano, Italy (TL!) | Blue crystals embedded in Pickeringite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Magnesioriebeckite-xx | Alto Chapare, Bolivia (TL!) | Typical blueish white fibres, from the TL! (MM, KS) |
| Menilite-Opal | Agramón, Spain | Nice white "Barbapappa's" ;) of Menilite-Opal, both loose and still in matrix (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Metavoltine-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Yellow crystals, associated with Alunogen-xx (MM, KS, HS) |
| Millosevichite | Anna mine, Germany | White, very light, globular hollow masses, usually mixed with Godovikovite (MM, KS, HS) |
| Molybdenite-xx | Herzogenhügel, Belgium | Crystals in Quartz-vein with Ferrimolybdite, rare locale... (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Mordenite-xx | Hvammur, Iceland | Nice specimens with white Mordenite needles on Chabasite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Naujakasite-xx | Kvanefjeld, Greenland (TL!) | White rhomb-shaped crystals in matrix (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Nesquehonite-xx | Brosso mine, Italy | Transparent crystals with Canavesite, Dypingite, Inderite, Szaibelyite and Ludwigite (MM, KS, HS, MS) |
| Nickelboussingaultite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Green crystals in Tschermigite matrix (MM, KS) |
| Niobian-Anatase-xx | Fleschsee, Binntal, Switzerland | Little yellowbrown crystals with Rutile, Albite and Muscovite |
| Osumilite-xx | Osumi, Japan (TL!) | Nice, to 5mm large, sharp blue translucent pleochroistic crystals on white matrix (MM, KS) Also see here |
| Pargasite-xx | Geisspfadpass, Switzerland | Black acicular crystals (KS) |
| Phillipsite-xx | Kaiserstuhl, Germany | Clear, nice twinned crystals (MM, TN, KS) |
| Pickeringite-xx | Alum cave, Volcano, Italy | Nice white needles in rich specimens (MM, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Piemontite-xx | Prabornaz, Italy (TL!) | Red crystals in matrix together with Braunite (TL), Violane and Alurgite (MM, TN, KS) |
| Pierrotite and Parapierrotite | Jas Roux, France | Black veinlets with Realgar and other Jas Roux minerals (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Plattnerite-xx | Preguica, Portugal | Black shiny needles accompanied by Willemite, Calcite or Descloizite (MM, KS) |
| Polylithionite-xx | Mt.Ilimaussaq, Greenland | White fluorescent (!) Polylithionite. White-greyisch in daylight, on Albite (TN, KS). Also see here |
| Povondraite-xx | Alto Chapare, Bolivia (TL!) | Shiny black crystals from the TL (MM, TN, KS) |
| Preiswerkite-xx | Geisspfadpass, Switzerland (TL!) | Green-white mica with Alfa-Zoisite (MM, TN, KS) |
| Pseudobrookite-xx | Wannenköpfe, Eifel, Germany | Nice shiny crystals in Xenolites (MM, KS) |
| Pseudobrookite-xx | La Celia, Spain | Small shiny crystals with Fluorapatite, Hematite etc (MM, KS) |
| Pyrolusite-xx | Cercal mines, Portugal | Cm-long black needles on matrix (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Pyrolusite-xx (floater specimens!) | Rivet quarry, France | *Floater* specimens to 3 cm large consisting of hundreds of Pyrolusite crystals (PXRD-analysed). Also see here. |
| Pyromorphite-xx | Gute Hoffnung mine, Germany | Nice grass-green crystals on stable sandstone matrix, usually in 2 or 3 generations with different colors of green (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS). Also see here |
| Ravatite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White translucent to opaque thin leafs on stable matrix (MM, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Realgar | Jas Roux, France | Red masses and rarely crystals together with other Jas Roux minerals (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Roedderite-xx | Iwo-Jima, Japan | Lightblue transparent crystals from a rare locale (MM) Also see here |
| Roselite-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Nice red crystals, usually accompanied by epitaxial growth of Roselite-beta (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Roselite-beta-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | White-pinkish crystals, growing epitaxial on Roselite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Rostite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White masses consisting of tiny crystals accompanied by Clairite etc (MM, KS) |
| Sabieite | Anna mine, Germany | White masses of this rare mineral (MM, KS) |
| Sal Ammoniac-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Transparent crystals on stable matrix (MM, KS, HS) |
| Sal Ammoniac-xx | Ransart mine, Belgium | Beautiful waterclear transparent crystals on stable matrix (MM, TN, KS, HS) |
| Sassolite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Colorless translucent pseudohexagonal crystals (MM, KS) |
| Selenium-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Shiny black crystals, usually rich, on a stable matrix (MM, KS, HS, MS) Also see here |
| Smithite | Jas Roux, France | Deepred masses with/in Chabournéite and other typical Jas Roux minerals (MM, KS, HS) |
| Smithsonite-xx | Hastenrath, Germany | Little brown crystals in natural hollowed out Galena, sometimes with Rosasite, rich specimens (MM, KS) |
| Smithsonite-xx | Paglio Pignolino mine, Italy | Typical ricegrain-shaped Smithsonite-xx grown on to ca.7cm Fluorite-xx (MM, TN, KS) |
| Smithsonite-xx pseudomorph after Calcite-xx | Paglio Pignolino mine, Italy |
Smithsonite psm after Calcite (to ca.5cm long), with small Hemimorphite, Wulfenite and Greenockite crystals grown on top of those pseudomorphs (MM, TN, KS) |
| Sodalite | Taseq, Greenland | We have Sodalite (of course nice FL :) in multiple colors available. The normal white, but also yellowish, brown, lemonyellow etc (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS). Also see here |
| Sørensenite-xx | Kvanefjeld, Greenland (TL!) | Pink crystals, nice FL, sometimes with blue Apatite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Sphalerite-xx | Rivet quarry, France | "Marmatite"-xx with galena and siderite /dolomite. Also see here. |
| Sphalerite | Kvanefjeld, Greenland | Simply Sphalerite... but not from your everyday locality ;) These specimens also carry Tugtupite (MM, KS) |
| Spherocobaltite-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Little red crystals on black Heterogenite matrix (MM) Also see here |
| Synchysite-(Y)-xx | Crettaz mine, Switzerland | Pink crystals in Fluorite matrix (MM, KS) |
| Szaibelyite-xx | Brosso mine, Italy | White opaque crystals (usually psm to Ludwigite) with Canavesite, Dypingite, Inderite, Nesquehonite and Ludwigite (MM, KS, HS, MS) |
| Talmessite-xx | Aghbar, Morocco | Deep red-purple crystals, always V-twinned, but also pink-orange spheres etc (MM, KS, HS) Also see here |
| Thermessaite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White transparent needles, usually together with Görgeyite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Thomsonite-xx | Pyrill, Iceland | Nice small xx with Heulandite (MM, KS). Also see here |
| Topaz-xx | Wannenköpfe, Eifel, Germany | Good specimens with white translucent crystals in Xenolites (MM, KS) |
| Tschermigite-xx | Anna mine, Germany | White crystals and stalactic masses together with Mohrite etc (MM, KS, HS) |
| Tugtupite (-xx) | Kvanefjeld, Greenland | Nice pink specimens (of course nice FL :), sometimes also with Sphalerite etc (MM, KS, HS). Also see here. We also have two pieces with Tugtupite-xx in a cavity...! |
| "Unnamed (NH4-analogue of Thermessaite)"-xx | Anna mine, Germany | Shiny translucent sharp pointed needles (MM, KS, HS). Also see here |
| Ussingite | Taseq, Greenland | Light violet Ussingite, massive, as always from Taseq (KS). Also see here |
| Vesuvianite-xx | Felskinn, Switzerland | Very good, transparent brown crystals, also as floater specimens (MM, TN, KS). Also see here |
| Violane-(xx) (var. Diopside) | Prabornaz, Italy | Nice purple masses in Braunite (TL) matrix together with Piemontite (TL), Violane and Alurgite (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS) |
| Wakabayashilite-xx | Jas Roux, France | Typical yellow needles, together with other Jas Roux minerals and usually Chabournéite (MM, TN) |
| Willemite-xx | Preguica, Portugal | Fantastic waterclear crystals on Limonite matrix in larger cavities, with Calcite and Plattnerite (MM, TN, KS, HS, MS). Also see here |
| Zinkenite-xx | San-Jose mine, Oruro, Bolivia | Shiny needles on/in Zinkenite matrix that we collected underground (MM, TN, KS). Also see here |
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