Minerals from Europe and Greenland M&W Minerals

Minerals from Europe and the island of Greenland

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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A

6970 Allargentum and likely Native Arsenic

Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany
(Ag_1-xSb_x)
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
4.9 x 3.5 x 0.9 cm
$150

6957 Aegerine with minor Astrophyllite in Nepheline Syenite Matrix

Barkevikskjaer, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Type Location
(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉ Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O
Ex. Steve Pullman
5.1 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
$25

6469 Axinite-Fe, Glaucophane (3 specimens)

Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France (within the former province of Dauphiny)
Ex. University of Michigan Geology #6589
6.4 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
$40

6385 Azurite variety: Chessylite

Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Villefranche, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
Type Location
Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960s
5.1 x 4.2 x 4 cm
$85

4529 Ferroan Magnesite

Brosso Mine, Calea, Lessolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.6 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm
SOLD

4202 Aragonite

Laurion, Attica, Greece
5.4 x 1.7 x 2.3 cm
curved stalactite rises 1.5 cm above matrix
$45

B

6130 Barite Baia Sprie mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania circa 1960 10.3 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm $60	6085 Bismuthinite partially pseudomorphed to Bismutite Gjellebekk Mine, Gjellebekk, Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway Bi₂S₃ , Bi₂O₂(CO₃) Ex.Wolfgang Henkel 7.6 x 7 x 5 cm $50	5969 Bismuthinite, Scheelite, probable Bismutite and Siderite Costabonne Mines, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste, Pyrenees-Orientales, Occitanie, France Ex. Steve Pullman 7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm $45
5313 Dolomite and Hematite on Barite Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England 11 x 10.3 x 8.7 cm $300	167 Barite Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England 10.8 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm $175

C

6961 Chalcopyrite on Barite Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Medebach, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Ex. E. Morales from A. Burkert, Munich show, Oct. 1983 6 x 2.5 x 3.3 cm $75	6941 Spherical Calcite Campomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, Feb. 1981 5.2 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm largest sphere is 1 cm across $75	6939 Mimetite variety: Campylite Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Sam Weller, 1982 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm $75
6603 Calcite Colored with Hematite Porthoustock (likely West of England Quarry), St Keverne, Lizard Penninsula, Cornwall, England Ex. Norm Woods 10 x 7.1 x 4.7 cm $75	6504 Calcite, Fluorite Laurion, Attica, Greece 5.1 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm $35	5878 Chalcocite Crystals on Massive Chaclcocite with Cast Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England 4.4 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm $100
5449 Calcite, Pyrite Tarstinkal, Caffiers, Guines, Pas de Calais, Haust-de-France, France Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1974 3.8 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm $35	5241 Calcite variety: Sinters Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 8.3 x 5.8 x 2.9 cm Calcite is between 2 and 3.5 mm in thickness. $50	5189 Manganoan Calcite, Albite, Quartz, Pyrite Schonbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm $50
5140 Chalcocite Crystals Cornwall, England Ex. Michigan School of Mines (now Michigan Tecnological University), Pre 1927 8.4 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm $250	4630 Chalcocite, Quartz, Siderite Cook's Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England 1800s, Ex. H. R. Mc Broom, purchased from Sam Weller, 1985 9.2 x 8.5 x 2.8 cm crystals to 5 mm $1000	4317 Calcite on Chalcedony with Pyrite and Hematite Geevor Mine (North Levant Mine), Pendeen, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Sam Weller, 1987 11 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm $100
4038 Manganoan Twinned Calcite, Quartz, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite Madan, Bulgaria Ex. Kirk Valuet 5.8 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm Largest Calcite XLs are slightly over 1 cm across $45

D

6456 Datolite, Calcite

Bleidacher, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria
8.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 cm
$75

F

6999 Blue John Fluorite, Barite (unpolished)

Old Tor Mine, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire, England
Ex. Kirk Valuet collected by A. Bohne
8.5 x 5.6 x 5.5 cm
SOLD

6891 Fluorapatite, Muscovite and Arsenopyrite on Ferberite

Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
5.3 x 2.7 x 0.5 cm
largest Apatite crystal is 4 mm across at it's widest
$100

6737 Fluorite

Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England
Ex. H. R. McBroom from Sam Weller, 1985
10.2 x 7.7 x 5.6 cm
$150

6673 Fluorite with Marcasite (labeled as Pyrite)

Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (likely Fonsante Mine)
Ex. Norm Woods
19.3 x 10.8 x 6 cm
$375

6545 Fluorite on Quartz with Pseudomorphic Casts after Fluorite

Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England
12 x 11.2 x 5.3 cm
$250

4195 Fluorite, Galena

Heights Mine, Westgate, Weardale, North Pennines, Co. Durham, England
Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Sam Weller, 1983
6.6 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm
largest fluorite XL is 10 x 6 x 3 mm
$70

1574 Ferberite, Quartz and Pyrite

Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
9.8 x 9.8 x 6.4 cm
$150

1098 Fluorite

Wolsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
4.2 x 2.3 x 3.5 cm
$20

G

6958 Galena in Gangue Harz Mountains, Germany Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department #5824, Lederer collection, prior to 1841 7 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm $35	5979 Galena with Various Crystal Habits Krushev dol deposit, Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria Ex. Kirk Valuet 9.5 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm $75	5008 Goethite Eiserfeld, Westphalia, Germany 6.3 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm $25
4799 Galena Septemvri mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 9.5 x 5.6 x 4.9 cm $100	4600 Aragonite on Basalt Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 9.4 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm $50	315 Galena, Quartz, Calcite Mogila Mine, Deveti Septemvri Complex, Madan District, Southern Rodope Mountains, Bulgaria 9.2 x 8.1 x 6.8 cm $100
215 Spinel Twins Galena Mogila Mine, Deveti Septemvri Complex, Madan District, Southern Rodope Mountains, Bulgaria 8 x 8 x 3 cm $200

H

6576 Iridescent Hematite Crystals with Quartz Crystals Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy 10.4 x 8 x 6.6 cm $75	6137 Hematite varieties: Specularite and Bortyoidal, Quartz with Included Hematite Florence Mine, Cumberland, England Ex. H.R. McBroom, purchased from Sam Weller, 1987 9 x 6.6 x 3.1 cm $75	5893 Botryoidal Hematite Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Eric Otty, 1979 5 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm $45
4587 Fluorapatite variety Francolite (carbonate rich) Levant Mine, Pendeen, Penwith, Cornwall, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, purchased from Sam Weller,1985 8.9 x 6.9 x 3.6 cm $75	4313 Kidney Ore Hematite Stalactite Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Eric Otty, 1980 3.7 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm $75	4245 Hematite variety Specularite Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England Ex. H.R. McBroom, from trade with Isis Minerals, 1981 7.2 x 5 x 1.5 cm $75
4115 Hematite, Quartz Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum 3.2 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm Largest Hematite crystal is 18 x 15 x 4 mm $80	3108 Hematite Rio Marina, Isle of Elba, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Itlay 9 x 6.3 x 4.7 cm $100	3086 Hematite variety Specular, Quartz Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England 5.4 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm $50
2983 Double Terminated Quartz and Specular Hematite on Botryoidal Hematite Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England 4.7 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm $90	1798 Rutile on Hematite on Quartz Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland 4.1 x 2.2 x 2.6 cm $25

K

2298 Aragonite Dyed with Copper Sulfate

Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex. Steve Pullman
10.4 x 7.3 x 3 cm
$30

M

6973 Magnesioferrite

Ohrberg Quarry, Ohrberg - Badberg area, Schelingen, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
MgFe³⁺₂O₄
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
5.2 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm
SOLD

6187 Magnesioferrite, Pyrochlore group variety: Koppite, Apatite variety: Cerapatite

Orberg Quarry, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
MgFe³⁺₂O₄
Ex. Steve Pullman, M. Leonardi collection
6.1 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm
$35

5983 Muscovite, Titanite, Albite, Chlorite, Hematite

Cavagnoli glacier area, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
5.2 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
SOLD

2062 Mimetite on Goethite pseudomorphs after Calcite

Megala Pefka Mine No. 28, Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District, Attiki (Attica) Prefecture, Greece
Ex. Steve Pullman
6.2 x 6 x 1.5 cm
$50

N

5390 Natrolite, Analcime, Prehnite, Pumpellyite, Datolite?, Calcite, Hematite?

Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
$35

P

6972 Pyromorphite

Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. E. Morales from C. Boton, Brussels Mineral show, Sept. 1981
5.1 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
$350

6741 Pyrite

Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy
Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Lorenzo Garbetlo, 1985
5.2 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm
$35

6724 Pyrolusite Pseudomorph after Manganite

Gremmelsbach, Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Ex. George Balogh
4.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm
SOLD

6150 Pyrite

Isle of Elba, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Itlay
Ex. H. R. McBroom, obtained in 1960
5.7 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm
$40

5997 Palygorskite, Calcite with Included Hematite

Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Ex. Steve Pullman
7.1 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm
$50

5325 Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Calcite

Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo
9.5 x 8.3 x 7.8 cm
$100

4605 Barite with Goethite and Probable Hematite

Vignola Mine, Vignola-Falesina, Valsugana, Trento Province, Italy
Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Lorenzo Garbero, 1986
6.3 x 5.2 x 1.9 cm
$25

608 Pyrolusite on Calcite

Steeden, Limburg, Hesse, Germany
5.6 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
$50

Q

6225 Smoky Gwindel Quartz

Val Val, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubunden), Switzerland
Ex. Marty Zinn
8.2 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm
SOLD

5846 Quartz with Included Chlorite

Vara Superiori, Liguria, Italy
Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1979
10.6 x 3.6 x 4.9 cm
The longest crystal is 2 cm long.
$50

5471 Quartz, Albite variety: Pericline, Muscovite, minor Hematite and Chlorite

Tyrol, Austria
7.6 x 4.8 x 5.7 cm
$30

4263 Quartz Casts after Calcite

Ladywell Mine, Shelve, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England
Ex, H. R. McBroom Collection, Traded from Olive Delaney 1979
11.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 cm
$150

4096 Blue Quartz, Magnesio-Riebeckite

Grubach, Golling, Salzburg, Austria
1 cm grid on 3rd picture
$45

R

6997 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite on Quartz

Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
Ex. Steve Pullman
4 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
SOLD

S

6902 Sodalite variety Hackmanite Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland Ex. CBWARD Fluorescent Minerals 5 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm $75	6795 Sulfur on Stalactic Barite 100 meter level, Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg City County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland Ex. E. Morales from G. Romero, Munich show, Oct. 1983 14.4 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm $450	6602 Sartorite variety: Scleroclase, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz Legenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland Type Location PbAs₂S₄ Ex. John Melhase prior to 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 4 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm The two entact Sartorite crystals are approximately 2 mm long. $75
6589 Stibnite, Quartz, Siderite Baia Sprie mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania Ex. Norm Woods 11.4 x 11.2 x 2.5 cm $90	6036 Pyrrhotite covered with Siderite and Sphalerite and Twinned Calcite and Quartz Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo 12 x 9.7 x 7.5 cm $175	5937 Dolomite and Siderite on Sphalerite with Minor Pyrite Trepca Complex, Kosovska Municipality, Kosovo 6.8 x 5.9 x 5 cm $100
5307 Segements (9) of Septarian Nodule with Quartz variety: Mirabeau Diamanten and Druze Calcite Le Mardaric ravine septaria occurrence, Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Ex. Steve Pullman Grid is 1 cm $30	5192 Sodalite Crystals, Hornblende Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Ex. University of Michigan - 1933, Ex. Cureton Mineral Co., Ex. Southwest Mineral Co., Ex. Carnegie Museum - White collection 5.7 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm $50	5139 Gemmy Sphalerite Crystals on Quartz with Galena and Chalcopyrite Mogilata deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 8.6 x 7.5 x 6.7 cm $45
4429 Siderite Grenoble, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Lorenzo Garbero, 1988 4.2 x 3 x 2.7 cm $25	4332 Silver Crystals in Barite Dornberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 3.4 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm $150	3747 Staurolite Twin variety Fairy Cross Ruisseau de Kerbihan, Scaer, Finistere, Bretagne (Brittany), France Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 3.9 x 3.9 x 1.7 cm $75
3093 Siderite, Dolomite in Quartz Geode Uffhofen, Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6 x 5 x 3 cm $35