European Minerals

Obviously while in Europe there are opportunities to find good specimens from the continent.  The following are a random offering of material not included in the Romanian, pink fluorite or Spanish sphalerite specimen pages.

---

RU-01 - $225.00
Fluorite & Calcite
Nikolaevsky Mine
Dal'Negorsk, Primorsky
Russia
4.5 x 3.9 x 3.7 cm
 
 

Very fine specimen of damage free, optical grade fluorite crystals to 1.1 cm across.  Calcite is found on the specimen as small bladed crystals.  Interestingly the fluorite crystals are included with crystals of a hair like mineral (boulangerite?).  Several of the corners are modified with hexoctahedral faces.   Though this section of Russia is not really a part of Europe I did not have any other specimens from Russia that I picked up on this trip so in it goes...

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-06 - $25.00
Violan (Diopside)
Praborna Mine
Valle d'Aosta
France
2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm
 

Specimen of the rarely seen manganese rich variety of diopside.  Though close to azurite in appearance it is most definitely not due ot its hardness.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-13 - $65.00 
Liroconite
Wheal Gorland
Cornwall, England
1.2 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm
 

Specimen of liroconite crystals to 3 mm on massive liroconite and matrix.  Liroconite is a very rare copper aluminum arsenate with some water mixed in for good measure.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-14 - $65.00
Fluorite, Apatite & Siderite on Tourmalated Quartz
Ehrenfriedersdorf
Saxony
Germany
4.2 x 3 x 2.3 cm
 

This rock has a whole lotta stuff going on here!  First it is a quartz crystal with a second generation of micro drusy quartz upon which has been deposited crystals of violet color zoned fluorite to 0.4 cm across along with numerous 1-2 mm crystals of colorless apatite and tabular crystals of siderite.  When you look at the center of the quartz numerous crystals of schorl can be seen included in it.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-21 - $245.00
Hauerite
Radussa Mine
nr Enna, Sicily
Italy
1.8 x 1.9 cm
 

As close to a perfect octahedral crystal as you could hope for of this rare manganese sulfide species.  This is the old classic locality for this species noted for producing the world's finest crystals of Hauerite.   If someone wants both specimens of hauerite (EU21 & EU22) I will sell them both for $400.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-22 - $200.00
Hauerite
Radussa Mine
nr Enna, Sicily
Italy
1.5 x 1.5 cm
 

Octahedral crystal modified by cubic faces of hauerite. This is the old classic locality for this species noted for producing the world's finest crystals of Hauerite.  If someone wants both specimens of hauerite (EU21 & EU22) I will sell them both for $400.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-23 - $475.00
Garnet var. Demantoid
Campo Franscia
Val Malenco
Italy
4 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
 

Superb crystals of gem quality demantoid garnet on serpentine matrix.  The largest crystal is 1.2 cm across and considered very large for this variety.   A very fine specimen from this famous dematoid locality!

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-26 - $40.00
Fluorite
St. Johannes Mine
Wolkenstein, Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
4.5 x 3 x 1.6 cm
 

Cluster of cubic color zoned fluorite cyrstals to 1.2 cm across.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-27 - $30.00
Fluorite & Barite
Reiche Empfaugnis
Annaberg, Erzgebirge
Saxony, Germany
3 x 2 x 2 cm
 

Cluster of deep amber colored fluorite crystals to 0.8 cm across with a 1.3 cm crystal of zoned barite.  Interesting locality specimen.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-28 - $30.00
Pyromorphite on Barite
Flunnima Giore Mine
Cagliari
Italy
7 x 5 x 4 cm
 

Micro crystalline pyromorphite as druses is set on barite matrix.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---

EU-29 - $125.00
Pyromorphite on Quartz
Bwlchglas Mine - No. 1 Level
Talybont, Cardiganshire
Wales, United Kingdom
11 x 9 x 4 cm
 

Specimen of crystalline quartz covered with abundant micro crystals of pyromorphite.  The habit is moss-like.  Under magnification myriad small prismatic crystals are visible.

To order this specimen send email to:
John@TrinityMinerals.com

---