Minerals
Gunnar Färber
Minerals
Gunnar Färber
| Valentinite xls | GrafJost-Christian Mine, Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz Mts., Saxony Anhalt/ Germany; colorless needle-like crystals of 3 mm on cavities in Quartz matrix; MM 12,00 |
| Valentinite xx | Mina San José, Oruro City, Cercado Prov., Oruro Dept. / Bolivia; highly lustrous colorless to pale brownish well terminated prismatic crystals to 1,5 cm on Pyrite matrix. These are the finest Valentinite specimens I have ever seen, from a new find in the summer of 2011; KS 38,00; NS 95,00 |
| Valleriite xx | Little Chief Mine, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory / Canada; highly lustrous blocky brown-metallic crystals of 1 cm, very rich frozen in a yellowish-green Serpentine matrix. Outstanding specimens of this uncommon Fe-Cu-Mg-Sulfide, collected in June 2012; |
| Vanadian-Dravite xl | Pyant Gyi Mine, Mogok, Mandalay / Myanmar; bright green well-terminated prismatic single crystals of 1 cm. The intensive green color of this Dravite crystal is based on a minor amount of Vanadium; MM 19,00 |
| Vanadinite (xx) | Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Harz Mts., Thuringia / Germany; bright pale yellow aggregates of 2 mm in a grey Calcite matrix. Vanadinite from Ilfeld is very uncommon; KS 28,00 |
| Vanadinite xls | "Mohamadine" workings, Coud'a Mine, Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra Prov. / Morocco; very nice bright red Vanadinite crystals of one cm, on a matrix of sparkling dark grey-metallic Mottramite crystals. Pretty, colourful specimens from a new discovery; |
| Vanadiocarpholite xls | Molinello Mine, Val Graveglia, Genova Prov., Liguria / Italy / TYP; brownish acicular crystal aggregates with green Volborthite on Quartz matrix; KS 28,00 |
| Variscite xls | Langenstriegis, Frankenberg, Chemnitz, Saxony / Germany; pale green radial acicular crystal aggregates of 2 mm, very rich on slate matrix. Old newly examined specimens, collect around 1850; KS 38,00; NS 65,00 |
| Varlamoffite (xls) | Gunheath China Clay Pit, Stenalees, Treverbyn, St Austell, Cornwall, England / UK; this uncommon Tin-Iron-hydrate forms pale yellow microcrystalline aggregates of 2 cm, with some greenish-blue Turquoise on Quartz matrix; KS 28,00; NS 38,00 |
| Västmanlandit - (Ce) (xx) | Malmkärra Gruvan, Norberg, Västmanland / Schweden / TYP; dunkelbraune blockige um 5 mm große Kristallaggregate sehr reich neben rötlich grauem Fluorbritholit - (Ce) in Aktinolit Matrix; MM 19,00; KS 28,00 |
| Västmanlandite-(Ce) (xls) | Malmkärra Gruvan, Norberg, Västmanland / Sweden / TYP; dark brownish aggregates of 5 mm, very rich with reddish-brown glassy Fluorbritholite-(Ce) in Actinolite matrix; KS 28,00 |
| Vauxite xls | Mina Siglo Vente, Llallagua, Bustillo Prov., Potosi Dept. / Bolivia / TYP; sky-blue 2 cm large crystal clusters of inter grown Vauxite crystals of 3-4 mm. Nice specimens of the rare Fe-Al-Phosphate; KS 28,00 |
| Väyrynenite xl | Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan / Pakistan; rose-red transparent gemmy long prismatic single crystals of 8 mm, nice crystals; MM 19,00 |
| Väyrynenite xls | Viitaniemi Pegmatit, Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Western and Inner Finland Region / Finland / TYP; the rare Manganese-Beryllium-Phosphate occurs as pale pinkish glassy crystal aggregates of 1 cm in Quartz Matrix. Nice specimens collect in 1980; KS 48,00 |
| Veatchit-1M xls | Billie Mine, Black Mt., Death Valley, Inyo Co., California / USA; silky white crystal aggregates of 3 mm, on colorless well terminated Colemanite crystals; KS 38,00 |
| Veatchite-2M xx | Billie Mine, Black Mts., Death Valley, Inyo Co., California / USA; this very rare 2M polymorph of Veatchite has here developed white tabular crystals of 3 mm, inter-grown to massive crystal aggregates of pure Veatchite-2M; MM 48,00; KS 75,00 |
| Veatchite-A xls | Emet Eti Bor Mine, Emet, Kütahya Prov., Aegean Region / Turkey / TYP; colorless tabular crystals of 5 mm, beside of some large Colemanite crystals; KS 38,00; NS 48,00 |
| Veenite xx | Guitarra Mine, Temascaltepec de González, Mun. de Temascaltepec / Mexico; grey-metallic needle crystals of 1 mm on vugs in a matrix of grey-metallic Fizelyite and Pyrite; MM 48,00; KS 95,00 |
| Vendidaite xls | La Vendida Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda, II Region, Atacama Desert / Chile /TYP; colorless silky tabular crystals of 2 mm, inter grown to radial-tabular and ball-like crystal aggregates, very rich on large fracture zones on Andesine matrix. Very good and rich specimens from a new find; KS 38,00; NS 75,00; HS 125,00 |
| Vertumnite xx | Bellerberg, Ettringen, Eifel Mts., Rhineland-Palatinate / Germany; colorless to white tabular crystals of 2 mm, very rich on vugs in a pale matrix; KS 28,00 |
| Vesuvianite xx | Lemilebbu Hills, Namanga, Kajiado Co., Rift Valley Prov. / Kenya; lustrous well terminated gemmy transparent green single crystals of 1,3 cm (MM) to 2 cm (KS) in cut stone quality. I have never seen crystals of Vesuvianite like this; MM 28,00; KS 48,00 |
| Vigezzite xx | Beryl Pit, Quadeville, Lyndoch, Renfrew Co., Ontario / Canada; nice spray-like clusters to 1 mm of intergrown orange-brownish needly crystals, as isolated aggregates in vugs in Albite matrix; KS 28,00 |
| Villamaninite xx | Mina Providencia, Villamanin, Carmenes, Leon, Castile and Leon / Spain / TYP; highly lustrous, violet-grey metallic crystals to 3 mm, very rich on a pale Carbonate matrix; KS 38,00; NS 75,00 |
| Villiaumite xls | Sirenevaya Pegmatit, Umbozero Mine, Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula / Russia; dark violet cubic crystals of 2 cm on matrix, nice specimens; KS 28,00; NS 48,00 |
| Vishnevite (xx) | Allt a'Mhuillin, Loch Borrolan, Assynt, North West Highlands, Scotland / UK; pale blue aggregates of 2 cm, very rich with dark brown Andradite and grayish-brown Orthoclase; KS 19,00; NS 28,00 |
| Vishnevite (xx) | Allt a'Mhuillin, Loch Borrolan, Assynt, North West Highlands, Scotland / UK; pale blue aggregates of 2 cm, very rich with dark brown Andradite and grayish-brown Orthoclase; KS 19,00; NS 28,00 |
| Vitusite-(Ce) (xls | Kvanefeld adit, Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilimaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq/ Greenland; pale violet radial acicular crystal aggregates in Pectolite-Aegirine matrix; KS 28,00; NS 48,00 |
| Vitusite-(Ce) (xx) | Kvanefeld adit, Kuannersuit Plateau, Ilimaussaq Complex, Narsaq, Kitaa Prov. / Greenland; glassy pale brownish acicular crystal aggregates of 1 cm, together with brownish prismatic Lomonosovite crystals of 5 mm in greenish-grey Lujavrite matrix; |
| Vivianite xx | Anloua, Ngaoundere, Adamaoua Plateau, Cameroon; sharp long tabular well terminated deep dark-greenish-blue single crystals of 10 cm (NS) and parallel inter grown crystal aggregates of 12 cm (HS). Really exciting material re. the size of crystals and the location; NS 48,00; HS 148,00 |
| Vladimirite xx | Vein No. 53, Aït Ahmane,Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Qarzazate Prov. / Marocco; white radial acicular ball-like crystal aggregates of 3 mm, very rich on matrix. This specimens are the most finest Vladimirite I have seen any time; KS 38,00 |
| Voggite xx | Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec / Canada / TYP; this rare Sodium-Zirconium-Phosphate forms silky white acicular crystal aggregates of 2 mm in cavities of grey limestone matrix; MM 48,00 |
| Volkonskoite (xx) | Maale Adomim, Hatrurim Formation, Negev Desert, Death Sea / Israel; pale greenish crystal aggregates in a Calcite matrix; KS 28,00; NS 38,00 |
| Volkovskite xls | Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England / UK; orange to colorless bright luster tabular crystals of 1 cm (MM) up to 2 cm (KS). Nice specimen from a old find; MM 38,00; KS 65,00 |
| Voltaite xls | Dexter No. 7 Mine, Calf Mesa, San Rafael, Emery Co., Utah / USA; black well terminated crystals of 3 mm, very rich beside of brownish glassy Römerite und pale violet Coquimbite crystals of 3 mm. Nice and rich specimens, collect around 1985; |
| Voltaite xx | Mina Alcaparrosa, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Atacama Desert, II Region / Chile; well terminated mirror-luster black crystals |
| Vonsenite xx | Mina de Monchi, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz, Extremadura / Spain; dark brown needle-like crystals of 1 cm, intergrown to massive acicular aggregates of pure Vonsenite; KS 19,00; NS 28,00 |
| Voronkovite (xx) | Barkevik area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold / Norway; orange brownish glassy crystal aggregates up to 1 cm in Feldspar Quartz matrix; KS 125,00 |
| Vrbaite X | Crven Dol Mine, Allchar, Majdan, Kavadarci, Roszdan / Macedonia / TYP; dark reddish brown-metallic twinned single crystals of 3 mm (MM) to 5 mm (KS); MM 48,00; KS 95,00 |
| Vrbaite xx | Crven Dol Mine, Allchar, Majdan, Kavadarci, Roszdan / Macedonia / TYP; the very Tl-Hg-Sb-As-Sulfide occurs as dark reddish brown metallic crystals of 2 mm in Orpiment-Clay matrix; MM 75,00; KS 125,00 |
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xx = crystals
(xx)= partial or intergrown crystals
X or x = single crystal
Capsel (capsule) = 0.1 to 0.5 cm
MM = micromount approx. 0.5 to 1.0 cm
KS = small piece approx. 1.5 to 4 cm;
NS = average-sized piece approx. 4 to 7 cm
HS = hand-sized piece 7 to 10 cm;
GS / MS = museum-sized pieces larger than 10 cm
xls = crystals; (xls) = partial or intergrown crystals; xl = single crystal.
Capsule= 0.1 to 0.5 cm; MM = micromounts approx. 0.5 to 1.5 cm; KS = small piece approx. 1.5 to 4 cm.
NS = average-sized piece approx. 4 to 7 cm; HS = hand-sized piece 7 to 10 cm; GS / MS = museum-sized pieces larger than 10 cm.