David K. Joyce

Brazil Minerals, Various

Here is an assortment of unusual Brazilian minerals, mostly from Pegmatite environments.

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Item #16768 Siderite, Quartz, Pyrrhotite, Albite 7.7x4.8x3.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: q-40mm, s-16mm $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!	Item #16771 Quartz 11.0x9.2x6.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 106mm $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!	Item #16772 Quartz 10.8x7.1x7.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 10.5 $80.00 Brazil A cluster of three stout, clear quartz crystals. Slight bruising. Diplays very well!	Item #17229 Almeidaite 2.3x1.4x0.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $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.
Item #17215 Greifensteinite, Eosphorite 3.1x3.3x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: gr-micro $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!	Item #17216 Greifensteinite, Eosphorite 4.3x3.5x2.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: gr-micro $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!	Item #17219 Greifensteinite, Eosphorite, zanazziite 6.0x5.8x3.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: x-micro $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!	Item #17225 Greifensteinite, Eosphorite 3.3x2.3x2.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: g-1mm $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!
Item #20197 Quartz, Dolomite 7.2x6.0x3.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 72mm $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!	Item #21479 Beryl 10.7x7.5x7.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $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	Item #22199 Epidote 10.1x2.1x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 101mm $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	Item #22658 Cubanite, Siderite, Dolomite, Albite, Pyrrhotite 9.5x6.3x8.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: cub-5mm $325.00 Morro Velho Mine Minas Gerais Brazil An excellent specimen from this old, long closed mine. It is a cluster of siderite and dolomite crystals that is speckled with many pyrrhotite crystals and a number, at least eight or more sharp, beautiful cubanite crystals. There is also one large quartz crystal and a nice bladed white albite crystal. Excellent!
Item #22697 Kyanite 9.5x4.9x3.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 85mm $75.00 Barra do Salinas Minas Gerais Brazil Pretty cool sopecimen of deep blue kyanite prisms with colour variation across the width. Nicely striated with a little quartz between the crystals. Looks great!	Item #22721 Eosphorite, Rischerite 4.9x2.0x1.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 3mm $40.00 Taquaral Minas Gerais Brazil One side of this quartz shard is encrusted with many sharp eosphorite crystals which have a crust of small roscherite crystals, particularly on the right side of the childrenite group. Not a common phosphate mineral!	Item #24849 Elbaite, Quartz 7.4x4.7x1.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Minas Gerais Brazil Here is a flattened, clear quartz crystal that is shot through with dark green elbaite tourmaline crystals. Classic Brazilian pegmatite crystal specimen. s	Item #24940 Quartz 7.3x2.5x3.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $40.00 Conselhiero Mata Minas Gerais Brazil Brazil is the source for many fine quartz crystals. Most have damaged terminations. Here is a nicely terminated milky quartz crystal from this famous area. s
Item #24947 Hematite 4.0x2.5x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 25mm $45.00 Novo Horizonte Bahia Brazil A cluster of highly lustrous, sharp, hematite crystals. Very well formed with some small abrasions. Great hematite crystals from this locality.	Item #24916 Topaz 3.7x3.0x3.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Minas Gerais Brazil A very light-blue, terminated, topaz crystal showing prefect basal cleavage on...the base! The crystal has some contact spots but is a well shaped and well terminated crystal! s	Item #24917 Aquamarine 5.4x3.5x3.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $65.00 Brazil Brazil is famous for beryl-aquamarine crystals. Here is a nicely terminated example. It shows well formed prism faces and a mainly pinacoidal termination, although there are modifying faces around the pinacoid. Probably from Minas Gerais. s	Item #24923 Beryl 4.4c3.2x2.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $40.00 Teofilo Otoni Minas Gerais Brazil A light greenish beryl crystal with a flat, pinacoidal termination. The crystal formed in mica and some of the mica is still attached. s
Item #24925 Beryl 3.9x1.6x1.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Teofilo Otoni Minas Gerais Brazil For some reason, aquamarine from this and certain other localities are well formed crystals with a tube town the middle. This crystal shows that interesting growth peculiarity. This well formed crystal has a very good termination, first and second order prism faces and a light blue colouration. s	Item #24929 Topaz 2.6x2.4x3.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $55.00 Capelinhas Minas Gerais Brazil A well-formed, colourless topaz crystal from this famous pegmatite area. It has a little abrasion but still looks very good. Nice example! s	Item #25938 Chrysoberyl 1.1x0.9x0.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Espirito Santo Minas Gerais Bolivia A gorgeous, small trilling of chrysoberyl! Three criss-crossing gemmy yellow-green crystals on a pedestal of smaller chrysoberyl xls. Very nice example!	Item #25939 Chrysoberyl 1.2x1.2x0.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $95.00 Santa Teresa Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais Brazil A gemmy, yellow-green trilling of chrysoberyl with no matrix. Nice front and back! Classic chrysoberyl location.
Item #25940 Chrysoberyl 1.8x1.5x0.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Minas Novas Minas Gerais Brazil Here is a thick-tabular, twinned crystal of chrysoberyl from an interesting locality. Nice form, colour and stria!	Item #25969 Brazilianite 2.1x1.9x1.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 12mm $75.00 Minas Gerias Brazil Extremely gemmy, light green crystals of brazilianite cover most of the top-front of this feldspar matrix. Well-terminated, beautiful crystals.	Item #25973 Beryl, var. Aquamarine 2.4x0.7x0.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $55.00 Teofilo Otani Minas Gerais Brazil A gemmy, well formed crystal from this phenomenal pegmatite district. Te termination is composed of a couple of pyramidal forms and a very small pinacoid. Very light greenish colour. Beautiful crystal!