MINERALS FROM EUROPE   Updated SEPTEMBER 20,  2002
       
MINERAL NUMBER MINERAL NAME LOCATION DESCRIPTION
69 AGARDITE-CE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Very sharp! Light apple green, acicular or fibrous spherical groups or long thin prismatic crystals in vugs in Quartz.  (1E)  4.00  ONLY 1 REMAINING NOW!  - JULY 29, 2002
28 AMPHIBOLE Bellerberg, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany Colourless, elongated, prismatic to acicular crystals with Pyroxene and /or Tridymite.  (E)  $4.00
23 ANDRADITE Bellerberg, LaacherSee, Eifel, Germany Extremely fine lustrous yellow or brown crystals. 1(E) - $4.00
24 ARAGONITE Nickenicher Sattel, Laacher See, Germany Spherical groups of white to almost colourless, lustrous, thin prismatic crystals on light grey lava. (N, E, U) -  $4.00
71 ARSENOPYRITE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Fine specimens! As tiny elongated metallic grey crystals in matrix.  (E)  $4.00
74 BA-PHARMACOSIDERITE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Excellent specimens!  Highly lustrous orange-yellow to brown cubic crystals.  (E)  $5.00
73 BARITE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Very fine colourless to white "almost square" prismatic crystals.  (E)  $4.00
21 CALCITE Bellerberg, LaacherSee, Eifel, Germany Golden scalenohedra &/or white to colourless stalactitic groups. (E) - $4.00
10 CHABAZITE VAR PHACOLITE Michelnau, Vogelsberg, Germany Very fine, vitreous, colourless lenticular crystals and groups (N, E, U) - $4.00
709 CHALCOPYRITE Cavnic, Romania Rare! - pseudo-isometric habit. "Cubic" light-green tarnish crystals on white Dolomite. Very attractive mounts. (N, E, U) - $4.00
82 CLINOCLASE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Very fine, lustrous, light, royal blue tiny, thin, flattened prismatic crystals.  3(E)  $4.00
83 CORNWALLITE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Fine spheres of grey-green to bright apple-green crystals in vugs in matrix +/- Olivenite.  (E)  $5.00
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CRONSTEDTITE Mine de Salsigne, Aude, France Very, very fine, lustrous black to very dark brown tapering crystals and groups: usually with various sulphides and/or Calcite (N, E, U) - $5.00
60093 DATOLITE/STILBITE Augustollen, Oberscheld, Germany Colourless lustrous Stilbite crystals on complex Datolite crystals.  1) 3.5 x 2.8cms - $7.00
187 DICKITE Raberjac Mine, Lodéve, France Groups of pearly white pseudohexagonal plates on matrix.  (E)  $5.00
154 DYPINGITE Brosso, Salvere Level, Torino, Italy White to pale grey-white spherules on brown matrix +/- Inderite, Canavesite.  (N, E)  $6.00
153 INDERITE Brosso, Salvere Level, Torino, Italy Radial groups of vitreous, colourless to white thin prismatic crystals.  Usually with minor Canavesite.  (N, E)  $6.00
151 KUTNOHORITE Arezzo, Italy Spherical or saddle-shaped groups - cream to brown to black - on superb Aragonite crystals in calcareous nodules.  (N, E, U)  $6.00
50151 KUTNOHORITE Arezzo, Italy Spherical or saddle-shaped groups - cream to brown to black - on superb Aragonite crystals in calcareous nodules.  (N, E, U)  $6.00
22 MAGNETITE Bellerberg, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany Very fine highly lustrous, sharp black crystals of various habits on matrix. Best at 30X (N, E, U) $4.00
129 MAGNETITE Bellerberg, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany Black Magnetite crystals +/- Pyroxene, Sanidine crystals.  (E)  $4.00  ONLY 1 REMAINING!
91 MALACHITE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Groups and spheres of silky light green crystals on Quartz matrix +/- Cornwallite and Agardite-Ce.  2(E)  $4.00
200 MALACHITE Rudabanya, Hungary Bright green "splintery" crystal groups on Limonite.  (E)  $4.00
92 OLIVENITE (I) Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany VERY GOOD! Light pistachio green to brownish green prismatic crystals in vugs.  (E)  $4.00
186 OTTRELLITE Ottrée, Belgium Dark green platy crystals on and embedded in matrix (N) - $4.00 
201 PSEUDOMALACHITE Villavilosa, Estremoz, Portugal Sharp lustrous dark emerald-green crystals: usually on a light green matrix of Malachite (?).  (E)  $5.00
101 PYROMORPHITE Pchelojad Mine, Kordzah, Bulgaria Transulcent light honey-brown hexagonal prismatic crystals with pedion termination on matrix.  (E)  $4.00
190 PYROMORPHITE Les Farges Mine, near Ussel, Corrèze, France Very, very fine lustrous yellow-green prismatic crystals and groups with sugary yellow caps.  (N, E)  $5.00
191 REALGAR Mine de Matra, Haute-Corse (Corsica) France SUPERB terminated prismatic, bright orangey-red crystals in vugs in white matrix.  2E)  $7.00
99 SCORODITE Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany Groups of highly lustrous to subadamantine, colourless to pale gray-green to pale blue tabular crystals and spherical groups on Quartz crystals.  (E)  $5.00
102 SILVER Tarragona, Spain Fine groups of native silver crystals on matrix.  (E)  $4.00
185 SMITHSONITE Chessy les Mines, Rhône, France Fine colourless to apple-green crystals from this famous locale. Usually some minor Cu secondaries. (N, E) - $4.00
50103 TACHARANITE Espalion, Avergron, France Cottony white botryoids of Tacharanite on Phillipsite crystals of 1 - 3mm lining large vugs in basalt.  $12.00.  1 with creamy botryoid  $10.00
       
Minerals from Lavrion mining district, Attiki, Greece
  I have just completed a physical count of the remaining Lavrion minerals!  Sept. 26/02 - 12:38PM
280 ADAMITE Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos Groups of lustrous, colourless prismatic crystals on iron-rich matrix.  1(E)  $5.00
266 ADAMITE - (NI) Km 4 Open Cut, Kamariza This rare Nickel rich form of Adamite occurs as lustrous light-green crystals, groups and spheres of crystals on matrix. Usually with Calcite and/or Smithsonite and/or Conichalcite. (N, E, U) - $5.00
281 ADAMITE  SOLD OUT Jean Baptiste Mine, Agios Konstantinos SUPERB! Light green to colourless highly lustrous crystals on matrix.  1(E)  $5.00
264 AGARDITE-LA Serpieri Mine Sprays of lustrous, silky acicular crystals on matrix usually with Cu-Adamite. (N, E, U) - $5.00
260 ANNABERGITE (1) Km 3 Mine A different habit; small blue-green spheres of lathlike crystals. Best at (30X). (N, E, U) - $4.00
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ANNABERGITE (2) Km 3 Mine Superb pieces! Groups of brilliant, light emerald green crystals in vugs. To avoid damage all pieces have been mounted in Euro boxes. (N, E) - $4.00 Unmounted not available.
228 ARSENIOSIDERITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Flattened radial sprays of red-brown to golden-brown acicular crystals in Quartz matrix.  2(E)  $5.00 each
213 ARSENOPYRITE Serpieri Mine # 60, Laurium Dark brassy prismatic crystals and/or sprays of crystals in matrix.  Usually frosted with tiny Siderite +/- Quartz, Serpierite (?) sprays Calcite.  (E, U)  $6.00
202 AURICHALCITE(I) Hilarion #48, Lauirm Groups of radiating, blue-green lath-like CRYTSALS on limonite matrix.  (2N, E)  $6.00
204 AURICHALCITE(II)  Hilarion # 48, Laurium Light blue to white radial masses and tuffs of silky, very thin crystals on limonite.  (N, E)  $5.00
50204 AURICHALCITE(II)  Hilarion # 48, Laurium Light blue to white radial masses and tuffs of silky, very thin crystals on limonite in 3.8x3.2x3.2 cm boxes.  $6.00
60204 AURICHALCITE(II)  Hilarion # 48, Laurium Light blue to white radial masses and tuffs of silky, very thin crystals on limonite in a 7.7x5.3x3.6cm box.  $7.00
258 AUSTINITE  Hilarion Mine Unusual tiny (30x) green Austinite crystals, usually on Calcite. (N, E, U) - $4.00
230 AUSTINITE  SOLD OUT Jean Baptiste Mine, Agios Konstantinos Very, very fine lustrous terminated, transparent light green prismatic crystals on gossan.  4(E)  $5.00 each.
232 BAYLDONITE  SOLD OUT Spitharapoussi, Lavrion Sharp pale green spheres on a matrix of micro Quartz crystals.  1(E)  $6.00
233 BEUDANTITE(2)  SOLD OUT Jean Baptiste Mine, Agios Konstantinos Bright yellow-brown, slightly pearly tabular crystals richly covering matrix +/- Adamite.  (E)  $5.00
208 BEUDANTITE(1) Jean Baptiste Mine, Agios Konstantinos Highly lustrous brown to yellow-green crystals on matrix +/- Carminite / Adamite.  (E)  $5.00
50208 BEUDANTITE(1)  Jean Baptiste Mine, Agios Konstantinos Larger matrix pieces in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $7.00 each
50283 BEUDANTITE (3)  Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Highly lustrous yellowy-green crystals +/- light blue Cu-Adamite / Mimetite / Conichalcite in a 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm box.  $7.00
234 BINDHEIMITE  SOLD OUT Pepa Mine, Agios Konstantinos Rich druses of tiny colourless to light yellow crystals with brochantite crystals.  4(E)  $5.00 each
207 BOTALLACKITE  Sounion Mine # 19, Laurium Patches of small (30x minimum) blue-green needles of this rare chloride on limonite.  (N)   $10.00
217 BRIANYOUNGITE Esperenza Mine, Laurium Groups and sprays of acicular to very thin colourless to white crystals with pearly lustre on Sphalerite/Carbonate matrix.  (N)  $7.00
284 BROCHANTITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Very lustrous dark green crystals on gossan.  1(E)  $4.00
285 CARMINITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Very sharp, tiny (30x) red to red-brown tufts and spheres with Segnitite +/- Conichalcite.  4(E)  $6.00
50285 CARMINITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Larger matrix pieces in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $8.00
268 CERUSSITE  Plaka # 1 Mine Groups of very fine colourless to silvery crystals of varied habits on Galena/Iron matrix. Usually with Anglesite crystals. (N, E, U) - $4.00
287 CHENEVIXITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Light sage green botryoids and encrustations on matrix.  (E)  $5.00
236 CONOCHALCITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Sharp light to medium green spheres on matrix.  2(E)  $4.00
50286 CONOCHALCITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Larger matrix piece in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm box.  $6.00
269 CONICHALCITE (I) Hilarion Mine Superb pieces! Bright apple-green - almost fluorescent spheres with a silky lustre on Limonite matrix. (N, E) - $5.00  Unmounted not available.
214 CU-ADAMITE Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos Very fine lustrous sky blue crystals on matrix.  (E)  $5.00
288 CYANOTRICHITE  SOLD OUT Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos VERY FINE PIECES! Tiny spheres of bright blue acicular crystals on matrix.  3(E)  $5.00
50288 CYANOTRICHITE Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos Larger matrix pieces with matrix measuring 2.5x2.0 cms dotted with blue spheres.  $10.00
218 DEVILLINE  SOLD OUT Jean Baptiste Mine, Laurium SUPERB spheres composed of individual thin blue prismatic crystals on white matrix +/- Gypsum/Serpierite/Ktenasite.  (E)  $8.00
50289 DUFTITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Lustrous yellow-green aggregates on matrix +/- Malachite spheres / Azurite.  $7.00
203 DYPINGITE Sounion Mine # 19, Laurium White to pale grey-white spherules on matrix.  (N, E)  $6.00
237 FORNACITE  SOLD OUT Sounion Mine # 19, Sounion Groups of tiny (30x) yellow-green to almost lime green crystals on matrix  3(E)  $6.00 each
50206 GALENA ps. ARAGONITE Hilarion #48, Laurium A study in pseudomorphs! Galena "needles" and "spears" etc pseudomorphous after Aragonite.  On some pieces there appears to be another pseudo of Cerussite (?) after Galena.  Larger matrix pieces up to 3.2x2.5cms in 3.8x3.2x3.2 cm boxes.  $10.00
238 GIBBSITE  SOLD OUT Soueza Mine, Agios Knostantinos Pale blue botryoids on gossan matrix.   2(E)  $5.00 each
215 GORDAITE Sounion, Laurium Very fine tiny (30x) light blue transparent tabular hexagonal crystals on matrix.  (N, E)  $6.00;  $9.00
256 GLAUKOSPHAERITE Km # 4 Mine Light to dark bottle-green, smooth spheres and botryoids: usually with Smithsonite(?) (N, E, U) - $4.00
239 JAROSITE  SOLD OUT Chritiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Very, very fine highly lustrous deep golden-brown crystals on matrix.  2(E)  $4.00 each
205 KANKITE  SOLD OUT Hilarion # 48, Laurium EXTREMELY RARE!  Iron arsenate as tiny (30x) very pale, yellow-green radial sprays on a friable iron matrix.  1(N) $ 10.00
50290 KTENASITE  SOLD OUT Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstaninos Very rich coverage of light blue-green Ktenasite with very pale blue Natroglaucerinite(?) and Serpierite.  1 Only!  $10.00
240 MARCASITE  SOLD OUT Sounion Mine # 19, Sounion 3 pieces in one euro box showing different habits.  $4.00
50291 MIMETITE Plaka Mine # 80, Plaka Very fine lustrous deep yellow crystals on gossan matrix in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $6.00
263 MIMETITE Plaka # 1 Mine Very fine yellow to creamy white crystals as singles, groups or sprays on gossan. (N, E, U) - $4.00
50292 MORENOSITE  SOLD OUT Sounion Mine # 19, Sounion Very hard to obtain water soluble mineral as pale-green botryoids with colourless Nesquehonite crystals.  1 Only!  $12.00
265 NATROJAROSITE Apo Sounion Lustrous pseudo-cubic, orangey-brown to yellow crystals on gossan. Usually with Jarosite. (N, E, U) - $4.00
209 NESQUEHONITE Sounion Mine # 19, Laurium Very fine lustrous clear prismatic crystals of this  rare magnesium carbonate on a white matrix of (?).  (N, E)  $8.00;  $12.00
242 NI-ROSASITE   SOLD OUT Km-3 Mine, Lavrion Sharp grey-green spheres of this nickel-rich variety with green to dark green Conichalcite spheres and Agardite sprays.  1(E)  $7.00
262 OLIVENITE Hilarion Mine Very, very fine, acicular sprays and bowties of silky sage-green crystals on gossan. (N, E, U) - $4.00
244 OLIVENITE  SOLD OUT Jean Baptiste Mine, Agios Konstantinos Beautiful gray-green sprays of crystals with silvery tips with Calcite crystals.  1(E)  $5.00
293 PHARMACOLITE  SOLD OUT Adami Mine # 02, Plaka Sprays of thin white to acicular crystals with pearly lustre on matrix.  3(E)  $6.00
50293 PHARMACOLITE Adami Mine # 02, Plaka Larger matrix pieces!  $10.00 each
294 PHARMACOSIDERITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Druses of shiny yellow-green to colourless cubic crystals on gossan matrix.  (E)  $4.00
245 PICROPHARMACOLITE  SOLD OUT Plaka Mine # 80, Plaka Finely acicular white sprays on matrix.  1(E)  $7.00
223 PLATTNERITE  SOLD OUT Fernando Mine # 1, Botsaris area Groups of tiny lustrous black metallic crystals on matrix.  2(E)  $6.00
50223 PLATTNERITE   SOLD OUT Fernando Mine # 1, Botsaris area Larger matrix pieces.  $8.00 each
295 PLUMBOJAROSITE Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Groups and druses of dull to slightly vitreous creamy crystals on gossan matrix.  (E)  $5.00
246 PYRARGYRITE  SOLD OUT Adami Mine # 02, Plaka Tiny (30x) bright red crystals in matrix.  1(E)  $6.00
247 PYRITE (needles) Sounion Mine # 19, Sounion Sulphide matrix conatining needles of Pyrite.  (E)  $4.00
50247 PYRITE (needles)  SOLD OUT Sounion Mine # 19, Sounion Larger matrix pieces.  $5.00
254 PYROLUSITE Plaka # 1 Mine Lustrous, metallic, acicular crystal sprays. Very Fine. (N, E, U) - $4.00
210 SCHULENBERGITE Serpiere Mine, Agios Konstantinos Turquoise blue, thin prismatic to tapering, blue-fading-to-silvery-white crystals on matrix.  Some as pseudos after Azurite +/- Ktenasite +/- Chalcopyrite +/- Namuite.  Best at 30x  (N,  E)  $7.00;  $10.00
50210 SCHULENBERGITE Serpiere Mine, Agios Konstantinos Larger matrix pieces from 2.2x1.5 up to 3.3x1.5 with rich coverage in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $12.00 each.
221 SCRUTINYITE  Fernando Mine # 1, Botsaris area EXTREMELY RARE! Tiny (40x) almost acicular deep red-black crystals intimately associated with Plattnerite (turn specimen in light and look for red flashes).  (E)  $18.00
50221 SCRUTINYITE  SOLD OUT Fernando Mine # 1, Botsaris area Larger matrix pieces.  $25.00 each
296 SEGNITITE  SOLD OUT Christiana Mine, Agios Konstantinos Groups and druses of tiny lustrous yellow crystals on matrix +/- blue-green Adamite, Natrojarosite, Conichalcite, Scorodite.  3(E)  $6.00
50297 SERPIERITE  SOLD OUT Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos Druses and sprays of turquoise blue crystals on a matrix 3.1x2.6.  1 Only!  $7.00
255 SERPIERITE Serpieri Mine Bright sky-blue, lathlike crystals and groups - from the type locality. (N, E, U) - $4.00
50298 SILVER / ACANTHITE  SOLD OUT Plaka Mine # 80,  Plaka Larger matrix pieces 3.2x3.0 cms.  Tiny (30x) silver wires blackened by coatings of black Acanthite in vugs in Galena.  1 Only!  $7.00
248 SMITHSONITE Sounion Mine # 19, Sounion Very sharp light grey-blue "rice grain" crystals on gossan with green Adamite crystals.  (E)  $5.00
50227 SPANGOLITE  SOLD OUT Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos A 2.4x1.5 cm piece with tiny lustrous blue-green crystals forming botryoiddal groups on Seleniote.  1 Only $7.00
299 SULPHUR Plaka Mine # 80, Plaka Very fine sharp, pale yellow to almost colourless lustrous crystals on Galena-rich Matrix.  (E)  $4.00
216 VAUQUELINITE Exi Mine, Sounion, Laurium Very fine (30x minimum) highly lustrous yellowy to olive green prismatic crystals of this rare chromate on matrix.  (N, E)  $12.00
50224 WARIKAHNITE  SOLD OUT Plaka Mine # 80, Plaka Complex groupings of rare Zinc arsenates.  Warikahnite as eggshell white to occasionally colourless crystals,  encustations and casts after (?) on Sphalerite/Galena and / or Calcite matrix.  Usually with Köttigit, silky Brianyoungite and hydrozincite.  Yellowy-orange encrustations are probably Pitticite.  Larger matrix pieces in 40mm boxes.  $35.00
212 ZINCOWOODWARDITE  SOLD OUT Serpieri Mine # 60, Agios Konstantinos Groups of very pale blue to dull grey-white spherules and encrustations with Serpierite and/or Selenite (analyzed material)  (E)  $12.00
50212 ZINCOWOODWARDITE  Serpieri Mine # 60, Agios Konstantinos Larger matrix pieces from 2.2x1.2 cms in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $20.00 each
Minerals from Lengenbach, Switzerland
275 BARITE Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Water-clear vitreous prismatic crystals in vugs in Dolomite with Realgar. (E) $4.00
283 BINNITE Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Lustrous blue black crystals of this varietal form of Tennantite (E) $5.00
220 DUFRENOYSITE(I) Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Long prismatic to almost acicular, blue-black, metallic crystals. (E) Crystals have minor damage. - $5.00, $10.00
278 PYRITE Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Very, very fine complex crystals of various habits. 1 off matrix.  (E) - $4.00
225 REALGAR Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Lustrous bright red euhedral crystals on white Dolomite. (E) - $6.00
229 RUTILE Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Very fine, metallic-adamantine, long to short prismatic, deep-red to black crystals. Some are of unusual almost pure bipyramidal habit. (E) - $6.00
226 SARTORITE Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Lead-gray, usually striated, prismatic metallic crystals and sections. Very rare, extremely brittle. (Type locality). (E) $5.00 - crystal sections, $8.00 - terminated crystals
231 SPHALERITE Lengenbach, Binntal, Valais Excellent sharp highly lustrous crystals.  (E)  $5.00