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Cobaltaustinite Talmessite Beta-Roselite

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What we have...

Canavesite-xx with Dypingite-xx (Photo Gerhard Niceus) (click on the image for the large photo)

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.

If something interests you, drop us an email and we'll make you an offer you can't refuse ;)

We visited 901 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

New...

Brosso mine-365 and 373 level-Borate section: very good specimens of Canavesite-xx (TL) with Dypingite-xx, Nesquehonite-xx and Inderite-xx, on Ludwigite-xx with Szaibelyite-xx. Ten visually different phases are being analysed and we're preparing an article on this find at the moment. Also see here.

Canavesite-sprays on Dypingite-xx (click on the image for the large photo)

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)
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)
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)
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	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
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, consisting of little Descloizite-xx and uncountable crystals on Limonite matrix, sometimes accompanied by white Smithsonite (MM, TN, KS, HS). Also see here
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 together 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)
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)
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
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	Blue crystals accompanied by Jarosite, Conichalcite etc (MM)
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)
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
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)
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	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
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