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News from the mineralogical market |
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News from the mineralogical market |
.. per la versione italiana click here
Below is a personal brief summary of the most important news from the mineralogical market and the main findings we have seen in this edition of the event:
North America
Nice transparent honey Fluorites on Celestine from Ohio, Good quality amazonies, beautiful barite on intense orange-brown color, over all fantastic Pyromorphites from Bunker Hill occupying the whole room of J Cornish
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| Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill - USA | |
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| Chalcantite from La Paz - AZ - USA | Gold from California - USA |
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| Golden Barite from USA | Tyiayumanite - AZ - USA |
Central America
From Central America and in particular from Mexico some new findings and in addition some classic specimens always of great interest. Among new and significant findings we highlight elegant bipyramidal Wulfenites sometimes on green Hemimorphite, Azurites in bright beautiful blue crystals on Malachite and finally very interesting crystalizations of Kosalite in showy specimens. Among the classic minerals Creedite, Vera Cruz Amethyst ( rather pale as color ) at very low prices in large quantities.
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| Azurite from Mexico | Wulfenite from Mexico |
South America
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| Rhodonite & Quartz from Peru | Hubnerite & Quartz from Peru |
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| Parisite - Pita - Colombia | Apatite & Emerald from Colombia |
Africa
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| Ajoite from South Africa | Spessartine from Tanzania |
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| Calcite from Madagascar |
Asia
From Asia a series of very interesting material such as Iran Demantoides in large floeater crystals, Hemlinite from Japan with crystals of blue intense color up to 0.8 cm, quartz clusers of aesthetic hematoid quartz from Kazakhstan
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| Demantoid from Iran | Amethyst from India |
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| Hematoid Quartz from Kazakhestan | Colombite from Pakistan |
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| Pentagonite from India |
China
From China perhaps some of the most important news of the show with wonderful Euclases in perfect crystals up to 2 cm, some specimens of outstanding Acanthite and Silver, a new finding of Orthoclase associated with smoky Quartz, and then a new finding of high quality Pyromorphite of a great green lucent color
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| Bournonite | Orthoclase & Black Quartz - Fujan, China |
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| Pyrite Concretion - Sichuan, China | Pyromorphite from China |
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| Gemmy Cassiterite from Yunnan |
Australia
To be highlighted some Azurite concretions of intense blue color on white matrix and some outstanding specimens of Crocoite.
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| Azurite | Crocoite |
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| Magnetite from Australia |
