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DY4-4F5Fluorite CaF2
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, IrelandDimensions: 3.8 cm
02T-3R7Fluorite CaF2 , Quartz SiO2
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, IrelandDimensions: 36 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 7 cm
A very large plate of fluorite developed with quartz.
8PQ-FG0Quartz SiO2
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, IrelandDimensions: 6.9 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 3.3 cm
DVK-21HFluorite CaF2
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, IrelandDimensions: 18 cm x 13 cm
NHH-DQ9Fluorite CaF2
Larkin's Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Costelloe, Connemara, Galway County, Connacht, IrelandLargest Crystal Size: 3.3 cm
3KR-37CBaryte BaSO4 , Jamesonite Pb4FeSb6S14
Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramureș County, RomaniaDimensions: 83 mm x 61 mm x 47 mm
Description
An unsual combination of clear to slightly yellow glassy barite blades with fine filaments of boulangerite included and also spanning the gaps between.
Minor: Quartz
N4D-UT0Aegirine NaFe3+Si2O6 , Orthoclase K(AlSi3O8)
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, MalawiDimensions: 44 mm x 42 mm x 35 mm
A naturally cleaved partial crystal of orthoclase with a prominent starburst cluster of aegirine featuring numerous divergent green black needles and crystals.
Close up the aegirine looks like it has hosted on an original crystal that has dissolved away leaving its skeletal form beneath the cluster.
H27-VWWVivianite Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2·8H2O
Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Pantaleón Dalence Province, Oruro, BoliviaLargest Crystal Size: 28 mm
Description
A super well terminated deep green blue tinged vivianite crystal with a very strong phantom growth within.
Mined: 2015
80A-QXYBaryte BaSO4
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyDimensions: 57 mm x 34 mm x 27 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 44 mm
6FA-25GBaryte BaSO4 , Chalcopyrite CuFeS2
Rossenray Mine, Kamp-Lintfort, Wesel, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanySmall miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: H:3.3cm x W:3cm x D:0.7cm
Largest Crystal: 1.1cm
Description
A flat specimen backed by iridescent chalcopyrite with flat lying zoned barite crystals with centre zone red with haematite and an orange tan fringed edge growth.