WMISC-09/1 - Vesuvianite

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos (Quebec, Canada)

Floater matrixless cluster of highly lustrous green vesuvianite crystals with areas of violet color (Mn-rich). There are some tiny lustrous black prismatic crystals of an unknown mineral. Recrystallized at back. Undamaged.

2.9x2.1x1.5 - 55 €

WMISC-09/3 - Vesuvianite

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos (Quebec, Canada)

Matrixless cluster of highly lustrous translucent yellow to purple vesuvianite crystals to about 1.1x0.6 cm. Some contacting at the edges and bottom, otherwise undamaged.

2.6x2.1x2 - 45 €

WMISC-07/4 - Vesuvianite

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos (Quebec, Canada)

Floater loose doubly terminated crystal of highly lustrous green vesuvianite with areas of tiny crystals of violet color (Mn-rich). Undamaged.

2.2x1.7x1.5 - 50 €

WMISC-10/5 - Fluorite

Navidad Mine, Abasolo (Durango, Mexico)

Large heavy specimen of banded fluorite with octahedral crystals to 3.5 cm. on edge of dark pink to purple color on the top side. On the edge of the specimen the fluorite presents layers of dark pink, purple and green colors with white massive quartz at bottom.

16.5x12.5x10.5 - 55 €

WMISC-08/6 - Stibiconite

Zacatecas (México)

A matrixless singly terminated crystal of former antimonite completely replaced by yellowish stibiconite. Undamaged and with a nice termination as seen in the pictures. I only have Zacatecas as provenance but it probably comes from nearby Catorce at San Luis Potosí state.

8.1x2x1.4 - 52 €

WMISC-06/60 - Quartz (amethyst)

Las Vigas (Veracruz, Mexico)

Matrixless floater cluster of lustrous transparent purple doubly terminated amethyst crystals to 4.5 cm. long. The crystals are white and opaque at the central area and the color is a bit darker than the photos suggest. Undamaged and interesting.

4.5x2.4x1.5 - 24 €

WMISC-07/132 - Hureaulite and reddingite

Cigana Mine, Galiléia (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Lustrous translucent pink crystals of hureaulite to about 3 mm. long intermixed with brown to black crystals of reddingite to about 2 mm. partly coating the top surface and some vugs of a matrix of massive grey lithiophilite/triphylite partly altered to purple phosphosiderite and brown reddingite. Sample has not been analysed and there may be other phosphates associated as well.

7.7x6x5 - 65 €

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-07/123 - 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 €

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-07/122 - 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-07/128 - Strengite and phosphosiderite

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

Pink spheres of strengite to 3 mm. across and purplish masses of phosphosiderite on a vuggy albite matrix. Small areas of black radiating rockbridgeite associated.

4.7x3.5x2.5 - 32 €

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 €

WMISC-09/12 - Molibdenite

Inca de Oro (Copiapó, Chile)

A 2.8x1.4-cm. aggregate of metallic grey hexagonal crystals of molibdenite in matrix. One termination shows some cleaving, otherwise undamaged. A nice representative of a relatively common species but difficult to find in good well defined crystals.

4.1x3.7x3.5 - 45 €

WMISC-09/14 - Molibdenite

Inca de Oro (Copiapó, Chile)

Flakes and metallic grey hexagonal crystals of molibdenite to about 1.2 cm. across in matrix. A nice representative of a relatively common species but difficult to find in good well defined crystals.

6.6x5x3.5 - 37 €

WMISC-09/23 - Tetrahedrite and quartz

Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri Province (Lima Department, Peru)

Large heavy cluster of dark steel-grey to black crystals of tetrahedrite to about 2 cm. on edge associated with some transparent quartz crystals to abut 8 mm. long. The tetrahedrite crystals are combinations of two tetrahedrons, the most prominent being lustrous while the minor one is dull and shows some etching in places. There are some masses of black sphalerite and small crystals of golden pyrite at bottom. Quite clean of damage for the size with some nicks here and there.

14.5x10x6.5 - 145 €