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Creedite: Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10·2(H2O)  
Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Purple transparent crystals of creedite to 6 mm on matrix of creamy botryoidal crystalline smithsonite.
Location: Level 8 San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 7 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
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Creedite: Ca3Al2(SO4)(F,OH)10·2(H2O)  
Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Purple transparent crystals of creedite to 6 mm on matrix of creamy botryoidal crystalline smithsonite.
Location: Level 8 San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 7 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
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Cuprite: Cu2O

Comments: Dark red ball or sphere of cuprite crystals set on a pearly white dolomite crystal matrix.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 5 x 2.5 x 4 cm.
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Cuprite: Cu2O

Comments: Dark red ball or sphere of cuprite crystals set on a pearly white dolomite crystal matrix.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: 5 x 2.5 x 4 cm.
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Danburite: CaB2(SiO4)2

Comments: Very-fine, large, single transparent crystal of danburite with minor crystals of colorless calcite all around the base.
Location: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Scale: 4 x 2.5 x 9.5 cm.
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Danburite: CaB2(SiO4)2

Comments: Very-fine, large, single transparent crystal of danburite with minor crystals of colorless calcite all around the base.
Location: Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Scale: 4 x 2.5 x 9.5 cm.
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Dioptase: CuSiO2(OH)2

Comments: Emerald green lustrous crystals of dioptase to 14 mm in size and doubly terminated, set upon a limestone and massive calcite matrix.
Location: Altyn-Tyube, South Kazakhstan Oblast', Kazakhstan. Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm.
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Dioptase: CuSiO2(OH)2

Comments: Emerald green lustrous crystals of dioptase to 14 mm in size and doubly terminated, set upon a limestone and massive calcite matrix.
Location: Altyn-Tyube, South Kazakhstan Oblast', Kazakhstan. Scale: 3.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm.
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Dyscrasite: Ag3Sb

Comments: Metallic-silver, prismatic, crystallized dyscrasite. Individual crystal spears to 8 mm in size.
Location: Mine #21, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: 6 x 10 x 6.5 cm.
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Dyscrasite: Ag3Sb

Comments: Metallic-silver, prismatic, crystallized dyscrasite. Individual crystal spears to 8 mm in size.
Location: Mine #21, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic. Scale: 6 x 10 x 6.5 cm.
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Enstatite: Mg2Si2O6

Comments: Single, terminated, brown, transparent to translucent enstatite crystal.
Location: Mpwa-Mpwa, Tanzania. Scale: 17x17x27 mm.
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Enstatite: Mg2Si2O6

Comments: Single, terminated, brown, transparent to translucent enstatite crystal.
Location: Mpwa-Mpwa, Tanzania. Scale: 17x17x27 mm.
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Gold: Au

Comments: Well crystallized bright metallic gold specimen.
Location: Red Ledge mine, Nevada Co., California. Scale: 3.5 x 6 cm in size.
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Gold: Au

Comments: Well crystallized bright metallic gold specimen.
Location: Red Ledge mine, Nevada Co., California. Scale: 3.5 x 6 cm in size.
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Grossular: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Comments: Gemmy, transparent, cinnamon-colored grossular crystals averaging 7 mm in size.
Location: Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm.
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Grossular: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Comments: Gemmy, transparent, cinnamon-colored grossular crystals averaging 7 mm in size.
Location: Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm.
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Hemimorphite: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Lustrous, mostly colorless to slightly reddish-brown hemimorphite crystals, the largest 13 x 20 x 2 mm in size.
Location: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 25 x 10 x 25 mm.
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Hemimorphite: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)

Comments: Lustrous, mostly colorless to slightly reddish-brown hemimorphite crystals, the largest 13 x 20 x 2 mm in size.
Location: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. Scale: 25 x 10 x 25 mm.
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Kesterite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4  
Mushistonite: (Cu,Zn,Fe)Sn++++(OH)6

Comments: Sharp, kesterite crystal, greenish in color due to a mushistonite coating with clear, prismatic beryl crystals.
Location: Xue Bao Diang Mountains, north of Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
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Kesterite: Cu2(Zn,Fe)SnS4  
Mushistonite: (Cu,Zn,Fe)Sn++++(OH)6

Comments: Sharp, kesterite crystal, greenish in color due to a mushistonite coating with clear, prismatic beryl crystals.
Location: Xue Bao Diang Mountains, north of Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China. Scale: Crystal size 1 cm.
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