WMISC-10/62 - Hematite and magnesite

Brumado (Bahia, Brazil)

Brumado, a classic locality known for its great uvite and dravite tourmalines, also provides a number of other interesting species. Hematite, being common elsewhere, is however a rarely seen mineral in the current market when it comes from Brumado. This specimen is a cluster of flat highly lustrous black crystals with nice triangular surface features. There are a couple of white magnesite crystals to 5 mm. across and a partial coating of tiny magnesite crystals at back. Quite clean of damage with just a few tiny nicks on the edges.

3.6x2.5x0.9 - 47 €

WMISC-10/61 - Hematite

Brumado (Bahia, Brazil)

Brumado, a classic locality known for its great uvite and dravite tourmalines, also provides a number of other interesting species. Hematite, being common elsewhere, is however a rarely seen mineral in the current market when it comes from Brumado. The specimen presented here is a floater cluster of flat highly lustrous black crystals with nice triangular surface features. Undamaged.

3.7x2.3x0.8 - 45 €

WMISC-10/60 - Hematite

Brumado (Bahia, Brazil)

Brumado, a classic locality known for its great uvite and dravite tourmalines, also provides a number of other interesting species. Hematite, being common elsewhere, is however a rarely seen mineral in the current market when it comes from Brumado. The specimen presented here is a floater cluster of flat highly lustrous black crystals with nice triangular surface features. There is a partial coating of tiny magnesite crystals at back. Undamaged.

3.5x2.5x1.1 - 45 €

WMISC-10/59 - Hematite

Brumado (Bahia, Brazil)

Brumado, a classic locality known for its great uvite and dravite tourmalines, also provides a number of other interesting species. Hematite, being common elsewhere, is however a rarely seen mineral in the current market when it comes from Brumado. This specimen is a cluster of flat highly lustrous black crystals with nice triangular surface features. There is an area at bottom (as seen on the picture at right) where the cluster is not complete and a couple of small contact points as only damage. This specimen has been pictured at Tom Moore´s "What´s New" section in the Mineralogical Record website (3/18/2011).

2.8x2.6x1 - 42 €

MS 2/12

WMISC-10/57 - Hematite

Brumado (Bahia, Brazil)

Brumado, a classic locality known for its great uvite and dravite tourmalines, also provides a number of other interesting species. Hematite, being common elsewhere, is however a rarely seen mineral in the current market when it comes from Brumado. The specimen presented here is a floater cluster of flat highly lustrous black crystals with nice triangular surface features. Undamaged.

2.8x1.6x0.8 - 45 €

WMISC-10/56 - Hematite

Brumado (Bahia, Brazil)

Brumado, a classic locality known for its great uvite and dravite tourmalines, also provides a number of other interesting species. Hematite, being common elsewhere, is however a rarely seen mineral in the current market when it comes from Brumado. The specimen presented here is a cluster of highly lustrous black crystals with nice triangular surface features. There is an area at bottom where the cluster is not complete, otherwise undamaged.

3.4x1.5x1.4 - 40 €

WMISC-07/131 - Hureaulite on albite

Cigana Mine, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Crust of lustrous translucent to transparent pink crystals of hureaulite to about 3 mm. long partly coating an altered surface on albite matrix. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

5.7x5.7x3.6 - 36 €

WMISC-07/125 - Variscite and phosphosiderite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Small pinkish-red spheres of variscite associated to purplish masses of phosphosiderite coating vugs in a pegmatitic matrix of albite and phosphates. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

7.2x6.5x4 - 50 €

WMISC-07/123 - Variscite and rockbridgeite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Pinkish-red spheres of variscite to about 3 mm. across, purplish masses of phosphosiderite and dark brown to black radiating rockbridgeite on a matrix of albite, quartz and altered primary phosphates. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

7.4x7x5.5 - 65 €

MS 1/12

WMISC-07/122 - Variscite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Small pinkish-red spheres of variscite to about 1 mm. across coating vugs in a pegmatitic matrix of albite and primary phosphates. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

6.3x6x3.5 - 43 €

WMISC-07/121 - Variscite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Rich coatings of pinkish-red variscite in a vuggy pegmatitic matrix. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

6x4.5x3.3 - 42 €

WMISC-07/120 - Variscite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Lustrous dark pink to red spheres to about 1 mm. across and translucent to transparent tiny crystals of variscite on a vuggy albite matrix with other phosphates associated. A large part of the matrix is a vitreous green mass of probably ambligonite, however the sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well. The best of the group.

6.4x5.5x4.7 - 75 €

WMISC-07/119 - Variscite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Small pinkish-red spheres of variscite to about 2 mm. across coating vugs in a pegmatitic matrix of albite and primary phosphates. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

7x4.7x4.5 - 32 €

WMISC-07/118 - Variscite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Small pinkish-red spheres to about 1 mm. across and tiny crystals of variscite on a matrix of vuggy albite.

4.5x3x1.9 - 17 €

WMISC-07/127 - Strengite on albite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Nice pink spheres of strengite to 5 mm. across on vuggy areas of an albite matrix. Some dendrites of black manganese oxides coat some surfaces as seen in the pictures.

7x5.8x2.6 - 65 €

WMISC-07/126 - Strengite on albite

Corrego do Boa Vista, Laranjeiras, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Pink spherical crystal aggregates of strengite to about 3 mm. across on albite matrix. There are a couple of vugs with lustrous tiny crystals to about 1 mm.

6x4x2.7 - 40 €

WMISC-09/10 - Topaz

Marambaia, Caraí (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Loose lustrous colorless transparent composite crystal of topaz with a nice termination and some recrystallization at bottom. Minor albite and muscovite associated. Undamaged.

2.2x1.5x1.1 - 15 €