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Minerals from South America


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To order a mineral give the mineral name and the number of the specimen(s) you wish to purchase.
You will receive that exact specimen. 

Satisfaction is guaranteed. 



 






Amazonite with Quartz


Specimen # 1051

Ouro Preto,  Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 x 3.5 x 2 cm

$ 10

light blue-green mineral with areas of clear quartz






 


Amethyst, Chevron

Specimen # 1052

Rio Grande du Sol, Brazil

2.5 x 1 x1 cm

$ 10



























Atacamite

Specimen # 1053

Mina la Farole, Capiapo, Chile

12.5 x 9 x 2.5 cm

 $ 65

Bright green crystals with some black-green terminations












Atacamite

Specimen # 1053

A magnified view of this specimen to
 see detail of the Atacamite crystals















Azurite - Malachite

Specimen #  1054

Seabra, Bahia, Brazil

3 x 2.5 x 2 cm

$ 38

Bright blue azurite with green malachite












Azurite - Malachite

Specimen #  1054

Another image of this mineral; I almost missed the azurite altogether with these jpegs; you can see it on the extreme right edges of several of the Malachite spheres when you click the specimen for an enlargement






Fuchsite (Chromian Muscovite)

Specimen # 1055

Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 x 5 x 2.5 cm

 $ 15

Chunk of massive green muscovite












Garnets in matrix

Specimen # 1056

Minas Gerais, Brazil

4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

$ 40

Rose colored garnets in a dark mica matrix; this is a very nice specimen











Hematite and Rutile

Specimen # 1057

Novo Horizonite, Bania, Brazil

3.5 x 3 x 0.8 cm

  $ 55

Bright silver hematite with golden rutile's projecting through clear quartz










Hematite and Rutile

Specimen # 1057

Another view of this glistening specimen




 

Hematite and Rutile

Specimen # 1058

Novo Horizonite, Bania, Brazil

2.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm

$ 50

Bright silvery hematite with golden rutile's projecting through clear quartz















Hematite and Rutile

Specimen # 1058

Another view of the specimen above showing the
rutile's extending from the hematite






Kyanite on Quartz 

Specimen # 1059

Capelinha Mine,
Jequiinhonla Valley
Minas Gerais, Brazil

7.5 x 5 x 4 cm

 $ 75

Interlocking blue crystalline elongate columnar crystals





Kyanite on Quartz 

Specimen # 1059

Another view of this splendid specimen






Kyanite on Quartz 

Specimen # 1060

Capelinha Mine,
Jequiinhonla Valley
Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm

$ 100

Interlocking blue crystalline elongate
columnar crystals








Kyanite on Quartz 

Specimen # 1060

Another view of the specimen above




 
 

Lepidolite 

Specimen #  1061

Aracuai, Minas Gerias, Brazil

6.5 x 3 x 0.2 cm

 $ 75

A beautiful,  flat, translucent plate of
pink, lamellar lepidolite
 







 
Lepidolite 

Specimen #  1061

Another magnified view of the above specimen; it is hard to see the pink to purple color in these jpgs





 
Molybdenum ore

Specimen # 1062

Jardinera # 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chile

3 x 3 x 2 cm

 $ 28

Silver metallic specimens collected in 1994












Molybdenum ore

Specimen # 1062

 Another view of this Molybdenum specimen








 



Pyrite with Druzy Quartz

Specimen # 1063

Julcani,
Angaraes Province,
Huancavelica Department, Peru


6.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm

$ 38
 








 




Pyrite with Druzy Quartz

Specimen # 1063

Another view of the small cabinet specimen; what is  in sharp focus here are the 4 ball-like structures which could be chalcopyrite?












 
Pyrite with Druzy Quartz 

Specimen # 1064

Julcani,
Angaraes Province,
Huancavelica Department, Peru


4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm

 $ 35













 


Pyrite with Druzy Quartz 

Specimen # 1064

Another view of the above specimen showing the druzy quartz covering this area





 

Pyrite with Druzy Quartz 

Specimen # 1064

Another view of the above specimen; this a very nice Peruvian Pyrite



 



 





 




Quartz Crystal Clusters

Specimen # 1065

Minas Gerais, Brazil

7 x 6.5 x 4 cm

 $ 15

Clear quartz crystal cluster















Quartz Crystal Clusters

Specimen # 1065

Another view of the Brazilian Quartz specimen
 
 







 

Tourmalinated Quartz

Specimen # 1066

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Black Shorl crystals in clear quartz

13 x 8 x 5 cm

$ 250


 














Tourmalinated Quartz

Specimen # 1066

A close up view of the Shorl Crystals
   








 

Polyhedroid Quartz

Specimen # 1067

Minas Gerais, Brazil

10.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm

 $ 100

Unusual quartz specimens with weird polyhedroid shapes; no two specimens are ever alike

References:  Lapidary Journal, December, 1974, or Austrailan Gems & Crafts Magazine, December/January, 1974-75












 



 Polyhedroid  Quartz

Specimen # 1067

Another view of the Polyhedroid Quartz Crystal


 Quartz, Polyhedroid S
   






 

Topaz, Golden

Specimen # 1068

Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil

4.5 x 4 x 3 cm

 $ 25

Great color, but fairly opaque and somewhat included














 

Topaz, Light blue

Specimen # 1069

Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2 x 1.3 x 1 cm

 $ 35

You know this is topaz and not beryl due to its weight (density); it weighs 86.9 grams; it also has a natural shiny to "wet" appearance







 

Verdelite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix

Specimen # 1070


Barra das Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

4 x 2 x 2 cm

$ 65








 


Verdelite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix

Specimen # 1070

Another view of the Brazilian Green Tourmaline in
Quartz specimen noted above














 


Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix

Specimen # 1071


Barra das Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

 $ 55











 

Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix

Specimen # 1071


Another view of specimen 1071







 


Kunzite

Specimen # 1072

Barra das Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

5.5 x 1 x 0.5 cm

$ 25

Although the pic makes the specimen appear "frosted", it is actually very
transparent and pink in color










 

Rutilated Quartz

Specimen # 1073

Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm

$ 35




 






 


Rutilated Quartz

Specimen # 1073

Another view of the splendid, mainly golden, rutile's embedded in quartz; Rutilated Quartz
is one of my personal favorites for cutting cabs or faceting gems





 








Rose Quartz

Specimen # 1074

 Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

4 x 3 x 3 cm

$ 20









Rose Quartz

Specimen # 1074

A closer view











Aquamarine

Specimen # 1075

Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm

$ 10












Aquamarine


Specimen # 1076

Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

1.7 x 0.8 x 08 cm

$ 15















Aquamarine


Specimen # 1077

Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm

This one was difficult to photograph.  It really is light blue, and very translucent

$  35















Corundum  (Ruby)


Specimen # 1078

Carnaiba, Bahia, Brazil

2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm

$ 45














Corundum  (Ruby)


Specimen # 1079

Carnaiba, Bahia, Brazil

2.7 x
2.3 x 1 cm

$ 25






















Topaz (transparent, facet grade material)

Specimen # 1080

Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm

$ 49




















Pyrite on Quartz

Specimen # 1081

Oruro, Bolivia

4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm

$ 20













Pyrite on Quartz

Specimen # 1081a

Another view of the specimen above on its other side

All photos on this website are hyperlinked.  Click on photos to enlarge.











Hematite with Rutilated Quartz

Specimen # 1082

Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil

4 x 3 x 2 cm

$ 20














Epidote

Specimen # 1083

Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

$ 8








Shorl Tourmaine on Quartz

Specimen # 1084

Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil

4 x 4 x 3 cm

$ 25










Emerald  with Quartz

Specimen # 1085

Carnaibe, Bahia, Brazil

4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm

$ 15








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