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MineralsAndRocks, brings you, the collector, rocks enthusiast, or decorator, a lot of quality minerals for sale.
The Minerals and Rocks we have to offer are mostly ex-pieces from our own collection.
Our minerals range from low cost, items, ideal for the budget conscious collector (or starting a collection), to some of the finest pieces.
We collect minerals for many years and we are still traveling around trying to find or buy beautiful and rare specimens for our own collection.
Please browse these pages to find the minerals for sale that speak to you, or to find some unique gifts to thrill someone special.
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Native Silver wires in small cavities |
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North-Carolina, USA |
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Obtained from a very old German collection. Beautiful native Silver wires in small cavities in quartz matrix from North-Carolina, USA (the old label says electrum, if it is electrum is has to have a very high percentage silver. We believe it's pure silver.) Measures approximately 65x40x35 mm and weighs approximately 0,160 kilogramme. Plz send me your price proposal.
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Native gold on quartz |
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Romania, Alba County, Rosia Montana |
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On this specimen are several spots (5x2 mm, 5x5 mm) of very fine intertwined gold thread. You can best enjoy the sensational beauty using a microscope. Matrix measures approximately 45x25x25 mm and weighs approximately 0,035 kilogramme
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Dark steel gray-blue Stromeyerite |
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Río Tinto Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico |
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Dark steel gray-blue sStromeyerite on matrix from Río Tinto Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. Measures approximately 60x40 mm and weighs approximately 0,120 kilogramme.
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Chalcopyrite and small milky Quartz crystals |
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Cavnic, Romania |
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A very attractive specimen of several clusters of Chalcopyrite and small milky Quartz crystals, from Cavnic, Romania. Great condition. The overall dimensions are 160x100x75 mm; Weight 2,1 kg
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Galena crystals |
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Interlock of galena crystals from Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
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Interlock of many lustrous cubic crystals of galena, up to 4 cm, forming a big cluster with attached matrix. Some faces are stair-stepped. Some minor damage on some edges but overall a beautiful specimen in a good condition.
Dimensions: 150x150x90 mm. Weight 5,5 kilogramme. More photo’s on request.
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Pyrargyrite cystals (``ruby silver``) |
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San José, Zacatecas, Mexico |
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Nice thumbnail of "ruby silver" pyrargyrite cystals, from one of the famous localities in Zacatecas, Mexico. Measures 18x18x8 mm
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Orpiment on Quartz |
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Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures Co., Romania |
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The mining complex of Baia Mare, in the northern part of Romania, has a very complex geological structure. Baia Sprie is a well-known ore deposit containing a large numbers of minerals. It is de largest hydrothermal ore deposit in Romania a 5 km long vein with gold and silver in de upper part and Cupper, Zink, lead and others minerals in the lower part. Mined from the 14th century until 2006 - all the mines are closed nowadays. The mines at Baia Sprie have provided many beautiful specimens.
This specimen with small orpiment needles on Quartz is a beautiful very hard to find piece.
Ex. collection Eddy Vervloet – Belgium.
Dimensions: 60x45x20 mm. Weight 0,065 kilogramme.
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Light-colored rose quartz crystals |
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Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Jequitinhonha River, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
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Light-colored rose quartz crystals up to 10 mm long with thin layers Muscovite. Crystals: 2-7 mm. Measures approximately 80x50x35 mm and weighs approximately 0,160 kilogramme.
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Needle quartz crystals |
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Cavnic, Romania |
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Natural beauty from Cavnic, Romania. A thin quartz matrix with at least two generation snow-white needle quartz crystals. Measures approximately 165x130x40 mm and weighs approximately 0,740 kilogramme.
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Lustrous black Wolframite |
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Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania. |
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Lustrous black Wolframite crystal on quartz with some Calcite from Baia Sprie mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania. The wolframite crystal measures approximately 25 x 17 x 6 mm; whole specimen measures 80 x 45 x 40 mm and weighs approximately 0,130 kilogramme.
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Rhodochrosite cystals |
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Andes, Peru |
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Classic specimen featuring a small cluster of deep-pink rhodochrosite crystals. In excellent condition.
Measures 32x24x20 mm. Weight: +/- 0,020 kilogrammes.
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Electric-blue, crystals of azurite on a malachite matrix |
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Bisbee in Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
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Thumbnail (1,2x1,2 inch) - Bright, electric-blue, crystals of azurite on a malachite matrix from Bisbee in Cochise County, Arizona, USA. A great old aesthetic thumbnail from this classic well-known locality.
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Deep green fine crystallized needles of malachite |
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Beautiful malachite from Mashamba West, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba), DRC (Zaïre) |
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Deep green fine crystallized needles of malachite completely cover-up bladed barite crystals and are scattered very attractively over the transparent pale yellow calcite crystals. Measures approximately 80x70x50 mm and weighs approximately 0,270 kilogramme.
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Ettringite on calcite |
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Nchwaning II Mine, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa |
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Bright yellow, ettringite crystals on small covering a small cluster calcite crystals. Measures approximately 20x26x15 mm
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Light green adamite crystals on snow white calcite |
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Mexico, Santa Eulalia District |
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Fantastic specimen; several light green, fluorescent, Adamite crystals in rounded aggregates up to 6-7 mm on snow white calcite. Dimensions: 95x80x45 mm. Weight 0,415 kilogramme.
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Pyromorphite |
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Germany, Bad Ems |
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German classic; beige, brown-salmon pyromorphite crystals from the Bad Ems district. Crystals on top are in great shape – a few crystals on one side have minor bruises. Dimensions: approximately 30x30x22 mm. Weight Approximately 0,046 kilogramme.
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Epidote and Adularia with chlorite |
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Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan |
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This nice combo specimen features lustrous and translucent olive green crystals of epidote, up to 4 cm in length, together with crystals of adularia, with chlorite, up to 3 cm in length. Measures approximately 80x60x35 mm and weighs approximately 0,120 kilogramme.
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Benitoite on serpentinite |
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San Benito Co., California, USA. |
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Nice specimen for UV mineral collection; when short wave UV- light strikes the specimen, the benitoite emits very bright blue to bluish white light.
We think it’s one of the most stunning fluorescent minerals under short-wave UV-light.
Measures approximately 130x70x35 mm and weighs approximately 0,360 kilogramme.
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Garnat, var. spessartine |
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China, Yunxiau Fujian Province, |
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Very attractive deep colored reddish-orange spessartine - associated with smoky quartz, small packages muscovite on microcline. Origin: China, Yunxiau Fujian Province. Dimensions: 150x130x45 mm. Weight: 0.670 kilogram.
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Spodumene (green) |
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Very nice cluster green spodumene crystals with a litle muskovite. Origin: Afghanistan. Dimensions: 110x100x80 mm. Weight: 0.670 kilogrammes.
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Beryl (var. Aquamarine) |
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Afghanistan, Kunar-Tal |
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Museum piece with 3 crystal clusters and some clear solitary aquamarine crystals on muskovite. Dimensions: 200x100x65 mm. Weight 1.638 kilogramme.
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Beryl (var. Morganite) |
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Afghanistan, Kunar-Tal |
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Beautiful coularful combination. Large quartz crystal transpierced with uncountable fine green tourmaline crystals. A large pink beryl crystal is locked up (var. morganite) in the quartz. Origin Afganistan, Kunar-Tal. Dimensions: 170x100x80 mm. Weight: 1.730 kilogramme.
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Emerald-green dioptase |
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Omaue mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene regio, Namibië. |
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Dark emerald-green dioptase specimen, really gemmy and lustrous, beautifully contrasting the white quartz matrix. Location: Omaue mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene regio, Namibië. Measures approximately 80x40x30 mm and weighs approximately 0,100 kilogramme.
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Clinochlore (var. Kammererite) |
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Very nice piece with some deep purple kammererite crystals; kammererite is the chrome rich variety of the mineral clinochlore. It has been found in many places around the world but by far the best specimens come from Turkey.
This piece is from Turkey, the Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum province. Dimensions: 50x35x30 mm. Weight: 0.075 kilogrammes.
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Thomsonite - CA |
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Jalgaon, district Maharashtra, India |
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A wonderful solid spherical Thomsonite ball (diameter 25mm) on volcanic rock from Jalgaon, district Maharashtra, India. This nice specimen was found in the year 2005. Dimensions: 90x45x40 mm. Weight: 0.140 kilogrammes.
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Heulandite |
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Superb geode with lilac amethyst, on which crimson red stilbite crystals and a single clear white heulandite crystal. Origin: India, Poona, Lonavale. Dimensions: 90x90x65 mm. Weight: 0.553 kilogrammes.
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Brown stilbite |
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Laurel Hill, Secausus, New Jersey, USA |
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Beautiful classic specimen. Lustrous, a bit silky, brown stilbite crystals. A part of the stilbite aggregates is covered with small white mirco-crystals. Dimensions: 80x70x25 mm. Weight: 0,118 kilogrammes.
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