Here is an assortment of unusual Brazilian minerals, mostly from Pegmatite environments.
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- Item #15783
- Anatase
- 2.0x0.8x0.6
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$25.00
- Datas
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- A uniquely shaped, sharp, excellent anatase crystal. Really elegant!
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- Item #15784
- Anatase
- 2.0x0.7x0.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$25.00
- Datas
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- Here is a unique crystal! An interesting, long, tapered anatase crystal. Unusual morphology!
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- Item #15901
- Rutile
- 2.1x0.8x0.7
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$25.00
- Diamantina
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- A sharp, lustrous (as only rutile can be!) doubly terminated rutile crystal from a classic locality!
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- Item #15903
- Rutile
- 2.7x0.9x0.8
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$30.00
- Diamantina
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- This doubly terminated crystal has interrupted but terminated growth on one side and a few small quartz crystals attached to the back. Lustrous!
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- Item #15906
- Rutile
- 2.2x1.1x0.9
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$20.00
- Diamantina
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- A stout, singly terminated. lustrous rutile crystal. A very good example of this mineral from a classic locality!
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- Item #16768
- Siderite, Quartz, Pyrrhotite, Albite
- 7.7x4.8x3.4
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: q-40mm, s-16mm
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$160.00
- Morro Velho Mine
- Nova Lima, Minas Gerais
Brazil
- A sweet specimen showing sharp, discoidal siderite crystals associated with clear, colourless quartz crystals. These are sprinkled with tiny, sharp pyrrhotite crystals and some sharp clear albite crystals. Classic, long-closed mine!
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- Item #16771
- Quartz
- 11.0x9.2x6.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 106mm
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$95.00
Brazil- A really nice-looking cluster of quartz crystals featuring one particularly one larger 100+mm long, and stout crystal. Displays very well!
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- Item #16772
- Quartz
- 10.8x7.1x7.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 10.5
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$80.00
Brazil- A cluster of three stout, clear quartz crystals. Slight bruising. Diplays very well!
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- Item #17229
- Almeidaite
- 2.3x1.4x0.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$60.00
- Novo Horizonte
- Bahia
Brazil
- A rough, thick tabular crystal of this rare Pb-Mn-Zn-Y-Ti Oxide mineral. This crystal is from the original find and one of a relatively few crystals that were recovered. It shows what appear to be dominant pinacoidal faces on each side and some other faces on the sides. Typical, crackled surface appearance. Rare! These are all that I have.
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- Item #17215
- Greifensteinite, Eosphorite
- 3.1x3.3x2.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: gr-micro
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$65.00
- Taquaral Seco Mine
- Itinga, Minas Gerais
Brazil
- Sharp, divergent greifensteinite crystals are on and between eosphorite crystals up to 1.5cm or so. Also tiny tufts of an unknown white acicular mineral. Excellent!
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- Item #17216
- Greifensteinite, Eosphorite
- 4.3x3.5x2.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: gr-micro
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$75.00
- Taquaral Seco Mine
- Itinga, Minas Gerais
Brazil
- Many sharp, greifensteinite crystals are between much larger eosphoritwe crystals on this microcline crystal section. Also some very nice tufts of an unknown mineral. Very nice!
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- Item #17219
- Greifensteinite, Eosphorite, zanazziite
- 6.0x5.8x3.3
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: x-micro
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$85.00
- Taquaral Seco Mine
- Itinga, Minas Gerais
Brazil
- Lots of elongated eosphorite crystals on the front of this microcline, lepidolite matrix. The eosphorite crystals are partly encrusted with countless, excellent greifensteinite crystals. As WELL, there are clusters of superb, platy, slightly yellow zanazziite crystals here and there. Really nice specimen!
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- Item #17225
- Greifensteinite, Eosphorite
- 3.3x2.3x2.2
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: g-1mm
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$45.00
- Ipe Mine
- Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais
Brazil
- This specimen is a fully terminated quartz crystal on albite matrix. The termination of the quartz crystal is largely covered with eosphorite and balls of greifensteinite. There are also some needles of elbaite here and there on the piece. Interesting!
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- Item #19292
- Hematite
- 3.5x2.8x2.4
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 20mm
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$35.00
- Congonhas
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- Really nice cluster of blocky hematite crystals, showing complex crystal forms and high, sub-metallic luster. Very nice!
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- Item #20197
- Quartz, Dolomite
- 7.2x6.0x3.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 72mm
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$125.00
- Morro Velho
- Nova Lima
Minas Gerais,
Brazil
- A sweet specimen of lustrous, gemmy quartz with disc-like, sharp dolomite crystals. Small sulphide crystals are sprinkled here and there. Long closed mine. Displays well!
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- Item #21479
- Beryl
- 10.7x7.5x7.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$160.00
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- A very nice singly terminated beryl crystal showing a pinacoid termination, modified by at least a couple of pyramidal modifications. There are gemmy areas that can seen through the termination but most of the crystal is milky in the outer zones. Excellent example of beryl! R
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- Item #22199
- Epidote
- 10.1x2.1x2.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 101mm
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$85.00
- Cappelinha
- Minas Gerais
Brazil
- Just an exceptional, elongated crystal of dark-green, epidote from a modern Classic location. As you can see, the specimen consists of one larger, terminated crystal with a couple of smaller crystals attached. Very nice! r
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