Historical specimens
| We're in the mineral business since 1964. Therefore, you will always find some historic specimens that are basically unavailable on the market today. Here is a very small selection, please ask us for more information. Have a look at historical specimens from famous collections or from our own extensive reserves dating back 40 years! | ||
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Our own classics
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Pyrite from Elba, Italy
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Stibnite from the Ichnokawa
Mine, Isle of Shikoku, Japan
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Copper, Houghton, Michigan, USA |
Galena and fluorite, Durham, England |
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Large, unusual specimen with one crystal sitting atop another. About 12x13 cm (5x6"). CHF 1900.-
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Large, complex specimen, approx. 12x13 cm (5x6"), with slight blue irridescence. Irreplaceable!
CHF 5000.- from the U.S. National Museum |
Relatively sharp, distorted crystals from 1940! About 5x4 cm (2x1.5"). CHF 400.- |
Found 1971. Cuboctahedral galena on bi-color fluorite (greenish core, light purple rim). Nice combination from a famous locality. Nice price, too.
8 cm wide, CHF 330.- |
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| Calcite, Charcas, Mexico | Variscite slab from Fairfield, Utah | Sulfur on aragonite, Agrigento, Sicily | Barite, Baia Sprie, Romania |
| Found 1965, large specimen, covered with white, hexagonal calcite plates up to 8 cm. Very nice. 20x30 cm (8x12"); CHF 900.- |
Fabulous green color and several interesting accompanying minerals. 16 by 24 cms, CHF 1500.- Nice pedigree: from the Roebling to the U.S. National Museum to the Schwethelm collection. |
Large specimen! Crystals of sulphur on a bed of white aragonite, all on massive sulphur. Museum quality. 30x37 cm (12x15"). CHF 1500.- |
Large, translucent to transparent colorless crystal blades with good luster. Found 1970. 6x11 cm, CHF 450.- |
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| Wulfenite, Los Lamentos, Mexico | Celestite, Ohio, USA | Stibnite, Massa Maritima, Toscana, Italy | Baryte on rhodochrosite, Inakurashi Mine, Aomori, Japan |
| Typically cubic, highly lustrous wulfenite crystals on yellow-greenish matrix. Nice specimen. 9x11 cms (4x4.5"). CHF 350.- | Nice, light blue crystals in a vug approx. 8 x 8 cms (3.5x3.5"), Found: 1965. CHF 150.- |
Lustrous crystals on pyrite, good specimen from this unusual locality;5 x 5.5 cm (2x2.2"). CHF 275.- |
Baryte crystals up to 10 mms on rhodochrosite, Specimen: 11 x 15 cms (4x6") |
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| Aragonite (Eisenblüte), Steiermark, Austria | Wulfenite, Bleiberg, Austria | Malachite, Bisbee, Arizona | Hubnerite, Colorado, USA |
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Typical, snow white worm-like formations on solid aragonite. Text book specimen, found 1965. 12x12 cms (5x5"), CHF 475.- |
Very inexpensive yet highly attractive specimen from this world famous locality! About 8.5x10 cms (3.5x4"). SOLD
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From 1920, this specimen is very attractive showing large, radiating malachite crystals without matrix. 15x20 cm (6x8"); CHF 1900.- |
Crystals up to 30 mm on cream colored matrix. Hardly ever seen these days. Specimen measures approx. 10x12 cms (4x5"). CHF 450.- |
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| Stibiconite Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Pseudomorph after stibnite. Cream colored, elongated crystals up to 5 cms; entire specimen measures 15 by 15 cms. Found 1960. CHF 450.- |
Zinckenite Hautes Alpes, France Lustrous crystals up to 10 mms; a 30 by 40 mm miniature. CHF 195.- |
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Hematite on adularia Mte. Stella, Gotthard, Switzerland Dozens of hematite roses on a crystal of adularia, 5x7.5 cms (2x3") CHF 330.- |
Rutile on siderite Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA Red metallic, sagenitic rutile on tan to brown colored siderite crystals. 7x8 cms (3x3.25"), CHF 165.- |
Rutile on muskovite Lincoln Co., North Carolina, USA Red metallic crystals with lots of greenish muscovite blades and rosettes. 6x7 cms (2.5x2.75"). CHF 150.- |
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