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MD-113486 - Boulangerite, Quartz - - Archived Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China small cabinet, 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm.
5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm. You mostly see boulangerite as merely a color tone inclusion inside calcites from Eastern Europe. In this Chinese specimen, it is represented by a rich carpet of fine needles at the base of gemmy quartz crystals.
MD-171820 - Boulangerite - - Archived Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico cabinet, 12.5 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm.
12.5 x 6.5 x 6.2 cm. This limestone matrix is covered by a matted, felted mass of acicular, lustrous, gray, boulangerite: a lead, antimony sulfosalt in crystals to 1.75 cm across. Cubes of mirror-bright pyrite, to .5 cm across, also dot the matrix. This is an excellent example of the acicular crystal habit of boulangerite, well known historically from Zacatecas. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
MD-176379 - Fluorite, Boulangerite - - Archived Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China small cabinet, 7.0 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm.
7.0 x 6.2 x 5.3 cm. A rare combination specimen from the Yaogangxian Mine of metallic-bright boulangerite needles to 2.8 cm included in transparent, very glassy, colorless fluorite cubes. The large fluorite cube is 5.1 cm. The boulangerite needles are so dense within the fluorite cubes, that they appear to be gray.
MD-177507 - Boulangerite (Var: Falkmanite) - - Archived Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Waldsassen, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany small cabinet, 8.5 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm.
8.5 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm. Falkmanite is a lead-rich variety of Boulangerite. This is an interesting and attractive specimen.
MD-180751 - Boulangerite, Pyrite - - Archived Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico cabinet, 13.7 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm.
13.7 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm. An impressive cabinet specimen with a heavy mat of hair-like, metallic-bright boulangerite needles on sulfide matrix highlighted by lustrous, brass-yellow pyritohedrons. Ex. Ed Ruggiero Collection.
MD-188350 - Boulangerite - - Archived Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico cabinet, 11.0 x 8.8 x 8.0 cm.
11.0 x 8.8 x 8.0 cm. A scintillating mat of metallic-bright boulangerite needles covers the cabinet sulfide matrix of this fine specimen from the Noche Buena Mine of Zacatecas, Mexico. Older material, probably from the 1970s.
MD-236631 - Boulangerite, Baryte - - Archived Baia Sprie mine (Felsöbánya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsöbánya), Maramures Co., Romania large cabinet, 15.5 x 11.8 x 7.8 cm.
15.5 x 11.8 x 7.8 cm. A rare and fine, large cabinet combination specimen from the Baia Sprie Mine of Romania. Striking, echelon clusters of large, color-zoned barite crystals are aesthetically set in a sculptural, 3-dimensional matrix of highly lustrous, metallic-gray boulangerite needles. The tabular baryte blades reach 4.9 cm and have distinctive, off-white crystal edges. We believe the interiors of the baryte blades are included with boulangerite, meaning that the baryte crystal edges are pure baryte and lack boulangerite. Ex. Consie Prince Collection.
MD-240664 - Boulangerite, Calcite, Quartz - - Archived Trepča complex, Trepča valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo small cabinet, 5.9 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm.
5.9 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm. A fine and uncommon combination specimen from the historic mines at Trepca, Kosovo and the Jaime Bird Collection. A pretty and well-placed cluster of translucent, lustrous, fat, tabular calcite rhombs is perched atop a matrix of smaller calcites, which are richly and aesthetically sprinkled with golden chalcopyrite microcrystals and radial sprays of quartz needles. All of the calcite crystals are tinted gray by inclusions of boulangerite, which is very uncommon from Trepca. Outstanding and classic combination material from this classic locale. Essentially pristine.
MD-261448 - Boulangerite, Siderite - - Archived Vojtěch Mine (Adalbert Mine; Adalbert Maria Mine), Březové Hory deposit, Březové Hory (Birkenberg), Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republ cabinet, 10.0 x 5.5 x 4.9 cm.
10.0 x 5.5 x 4.9 cm. Boulangerite is extremely rare from the famous mines at Pribram. This very rich, old-time, sculptural, cabinet specimen is richly covered with nests of metallic, iridescent, hair-like needles of boulangerite to about 1.4 cm. The clusters of lustrous, tiny, brown, siderite crystals are a very nice accent. The matrix is layered sulfides and quartz. Ex. Bohemia Royal Museum and Joseph Vajdak Collections with labels. Vajdak is a noted Pribram collector and both labels indicate that the piece was collected in 1860 from the Vojtech Mine. This ancient mine was opened as the Adalbert Mine in 1779, according to an accompanying list.
MD-280353 - Calcite, Boulangerite - - Archived Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania miniature, 4.1 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm.
4.1 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm. Without question, these are among the most distinctive, unique and interesting Calcite specimens out there. This piece comprises a few very lustrous, translucent, layered "rosettes" (intergrown rhombohedra) of Calcite with sharp faces which are included by Boulangerite. The attractive "twisted" form of the crystals is striking and the piece is complete on all sides. Ex. Brian Kosnar Collection.
MD-47305 - Rhodochrosite, Boulangerite - - Archived Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia miniature, 4.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
An excellent Broken Hill specimen of lustrous, pastel-pink rhodochrosite rhombs to 5 mm with nests of silvery, hair-like, boulangerite needles richly covering quartz-rich matrix. Classic material from the upper oxidized zone of this famous deposit. 4.3 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
MD-47579 - Boulangerite, Arsenopyrite, Pyrite, Quartz - - Archived Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico cabinet, 12.2 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm
A STRKING and EXCELLENT CABINET specimen of nests of lustrous, soft, hair-like, silver boulangerite crystals richly covering the upper-half of the arsenopyrite, pyrite and quartz matrix from the famous Noche Buena Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. Ex Ed Ruggiero Collection, who purchased this piece in 1975 as jamesonite, but had it x-rayed as boulangerite. The arsenopyrite crystals are also choice and are up to 7 mm. 12.2 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm
MD-61261 - Arsenopyrite, Boulangerite, Pyrite - - Archived Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico thumbnail, 1.2 cm
A showy and excellent combination specimen of sharp, brilliant arsenopyrite crystals to 1.2 cm with a nest of metallic boulangerite needles and scattered pyrite crystals on massive pyrite matrix from the famed Noche Buena Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico. The specimen is pristine. 8.0 x 5.3 x 3.4 cm
MD-64318 - Calcite, Boulangerite - - Archived Herja Mine (Kisbánya), Baia Mare (Nagybánya), Maramures Co., Romania thumbnail, 3.0 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
Three intergrown balls of calcite tinted a pretty grey color by inclusions of boulangerite. Floater! Exquisite! 3.0 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm
RARE08-2-32 - Falkmanite (A variety of Boulangerite) - $ 150 SOLD Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Waldsassen, Oberpflzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany small cabinet, 8.5 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm
I bought this at Munich, having never heard of it before. According to MinDat, it is a "lead-rich variety of Boulangerite from Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Waldsassen, Oberpflzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany," which is indeed the location scribbled on the old label accompanying. Still, and interesting oddity, and for its shimmering surface not unattractive.
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