Catalog Search Guide
You can search our catalog using different mineral attributes. For example, you can search by color such as green, yellow or purple, or by chemical elements such as uranium, calcium or iron, or by mineral groups such as phosphate, silicate or carbonate. You can also filter by crystal habit like crystal, geode or crystal on matrix, by specimen size such as thumbnail, small, medium or cabinet, and by features such as radioactive or fluorescent minerals.
Tunisia
Discover a fascinating collection of mineral specimens from Tunisia, an increasingly important North African source celebrated by collectors for its exceptional fluorite and barite specimens. Tunisian mining districts have gained significant international recognition over the past decades for producing world-class collector minerals.
The Jebel Slata mining district is world-renowned for outstanding fluorite specimens, often displaying vivid purple, green and amber tones in well-formed cubic crystals highly sought after by collectors worldwide. The Hammam Zriba mining area is equally celebrated for exceptional baryte crystals with striking golden and honey coloration, alongside fine celestite specimens noted for their delicate blue tones and excellent transparency.
This collection also includes quality calcite, galena and sphalerite from various Tunisian mining districts, reflecting the country's diverse mineral-bearing geology across its northern mountain ranges.
Tunisian minerals are especially valued for their vivid coloration and well-developed crystal habit, with Jebel Slata fluorite and Hammam Zriba baryte now considered important modern classics in international mineral collecting circles.
From the fluorite-rich slopes of Jebel Slata to the golden baryte crystals of Hammam Zriba, Tunisia has emerged as one of North Africa's most exciting and productive sources of high-quality collector minerals.
