Cavnic Minerals

Welcome to Cavnic Minerals, a collection of top class minerals from Cavnic, Herja in Romania, from Valzergues in France, from Navajun in Spain, from Hastenrath (Galena) in Germany, and from other localities around the globe.

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CM001 Yellow barite with stibnite. 550€

Large crystals up to 3.3cm. Very rare and very large specimen.

Perfect state. 23-14-6 cm. 

Cavnic Romania

CM002 Bournonite on quartz, chalcopyrite SOLD

Perfect state

The large rosette of bournonite is 1.5-1cm. Crystals of bournonite are up to 0.7cm. Very rare

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15-10-8cm

 

CM004 Manganoan Calcite with quartz and calcite 175€

Very rare. The largest quartz is 3.5cm.

Perfect state

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19-13-9cm

CM005 Calcite Pseudomorph with chalcopyrite on quartz 550€

Calcite plates are pseudomorph after yellow barite. Very interesting specimen.

The largest plates are up to 6cm.

Perfect state

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20-20-10cm

CM006 Calcite balls on quartz 275€

Perfect state except some sligthly damaged scalenohedrons on the surface but still in excellent state.

The largest ball is up to 9cm

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20-18-10cm

CM007 Manganoan Calcite with calcite 195€

Flowers of calcite on manganoan calcite. very rare

Perfect state except one damaged calcite flower at the centre right (small isolated flower; very difficult to see it). Still a top specimen.

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22-12-9cm

CM008 Manganoan Calcite with quartz and chalcopyrite/pyrite 450€

The manganoan calcite dome covers quartz underneath. The dome is 6cm height and the largest quartz is 4cm

Perfect state except one very minor nick on the top of a quartz, very hard to see it.

Cavnic Romania

15-12-11cm

CM009 Chalcopyrite with quartz SOLD

Perfect state

Numerous high quality chalcopyrite crystals covering quartz. A very typical Cavnic Chalcopyrite.

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18-20-7cm

CM010 Quartz with sphalerite and Pyrite 550€

Sphalerite crystals are under the quartz while some large crystals of sphalerite are fully exposed.

Perfect state

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23-19-9cm

CM011 Chalcopyrite with quartz, Pyrite and yellow baryte 275€

Large plate of macles of quartz and chalcopyrite. The back is crystals of pyrite. Large macles of quartz are up to 5cm and large chalcopyrite crystals are up to 1.2cm.

Perfect state except the yellow barite which is damaged. An excellent specimen.

25-16-7cm

Cavnic Romania