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A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. With small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers. These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province China (±2014)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 3.1 × 1 cm = 3.74” × 1.22” × 0.39”
Price: €2200 / US$2343 / ¥358950 / AUD$3610

TBY88AO2: Silver with Calcite

A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers. These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
This specimen has been published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the 'What’s New on the Internet Reports' section, report 63, April 15, 2022 edition, page 2
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province China (±2014)
Specimen size: 9 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 3.54” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 0.1 cm = 2.83” × 0.04”
Price: €3800 / US$4047 / ¥620000 / AUD$6230

TAX10AO2: Silver with Calcite

A novelty on the market in 2022. Very aerial and aesthetic arborescent growth of Silver, with a very marked spinel-law twin plane. On matrix, with numerous small Calcite crystals that adorn it and differentiate it from the classic Hongda silvers. These pieces come from a find made in a small gold working, currently closed, and which showed no evidence of such good silvers until now.
Jizishan deposit, Linqu, Weifang Prefecture, Shandong Province China (±2014)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 3.35” × 1.73” × 1.18”
Price: €5900 / US$6284 / ¥962640 / AUD$9680

SM390NZ: Silver with Calcite

Native Silver plate with fine granules on the surface and Calcite coatings. Of excellent color despite the passing of the years, which seems to indicate the absence of the mercury that usually accompanies Imiter specimens.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±1990)
Specimen size: 12.5 × 5.2 × 1.4 cm = 4.92” × 2.05” × 0.55”
Price: €390 / US$415 / ¥63630 / AUD$640

TX17AN1: Silver with Calcite and Löllingite

A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified, and small crystals of Löllingite (analyzed)
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2020)
Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.67” × 0.47” × 0.35”
Price: €210 / US$223 / ¥34260 / AUD$340

TF97AN1: Silver with Calcite and Löllingite

A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, very bright and on a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified, and small crystals of Löllingite.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2020)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.34” × 0.75” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.04” × 0.04”
Price: €240 / US$255 / ¥39150 / AUD$390

TF28AN2: Silver with Calcite and Löllingite

Dendritic aggregates and isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On a rock matrix with small crystals of Löllingite, and with Calcite, which has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.94” × 0.71” × 0.31”
Price: €320 / US$340 / ¥52210 / AUD$520

TP51AN1: Silver with Calcite and Löllingite

A novelty post-Easter 2021. Isolated cubic Silver groups and crystals cubics and cuboctahedral with well defined faces and edges, bright and partially coated by Löllingite (analyzed). On a rock matrix with Calcite, which has been acidified.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2020)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.34” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.12” × 0.12”
Price: €640 / US$681 / ¥104420 / AUD$1050

DM48AI0: Silver with Copper

Floater and dendritic growth of very well defined and bright Silver crystals partially coated, especially at the tips of each crystal, by native Copper.
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan USA
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 0.2 cm = 1.14” × 0.79” × 0.08”
Price: €380 / US$404 / ¥62000 / AUD$620

CFR69AO8: Silver with Copper (variety halfbreed)

Silver crystals with polycrystalline growths and discernible crystal forms, interspersed with an arborescent growth of Copper. A classic and, at the same time, a rarity from the USA. The specimen comes from the collection of duplicates of Carlos Curto (number 1989.29), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Lake Superior Mine, Phoenix, Keweenaw County, Michigan USA
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.06” × 1.02” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.0 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”
Price: €440 / US$468 / ¥71790 / AUD$720

TJ90AN2: Silver with Gypsum and Calcite

Isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On matrix, with Gypsum and Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.46” × 1.22”
Price: €580 / US$617 / ¥94630 / AUD$950

TGB90AN4: Silver with Löllingite and Calcite

New discovery post-Easter 2021: Isolated cubic Silver crystals and groups, with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges, found on a rock matrix with Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2020)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.65” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”
Price: €540 / US$575 / ¥88100 / AUD$880

TF2AN2: Silver with Löllingite and Calcite

Dendritic aggregates and isolated cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined and very lustrous faces and edges. On matrix, with small crystals of Löllingite and Calcite that has been acid-etched.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.18” × 1.06”
Price: €940 / US$1001 / ¥153370 / AUD$1540

TC21400NRT: Silver with Rhodochrosite and Acanthite, Quartz, Calcite

Arborescent crystals of Silver on a Calcite matrix with Rhodochrosite crystals coating the crystals of Silver, Quartz and small crystalline concretions of Acanthite. The specimen is from a locality where Silver is known but which yields collectable specimens only sporadically, and even more sporadically with this extremely unusual combo of Rhodochrosite coating Silver crystals. It comes from the collection of Ignacio Gaspar Sintes (number PL-34), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department Peru (±2009)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 5 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.97” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.08”
Price: €1400 / US$1491 / ¥228420 / AUD$2290

TFH94AP5: Silver with Safflorite and Löllingite

Very aerial arborescent growth of Silver, with good luster and sharp crystal forms, associated with small crystals of Safflorite with blackish tones and Löllingite, on a matrix of Calcite. Very elegant and of great quality. This specimen, from a very recent find last year, has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2022)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 1.85” × 1.77” × 1.30”
Price: €980 / US$1043 / ¥159890 / AUD$1600

TCX89AO0: Silver with Silver (variety amalgamate), Löllingite and Calcite

Very aerial growth of a first generation of cubic Silver crystals with extraordinarily well defined faces and edges, and a second generation that partially covers the crystals of the first with small, poorly defined, yellowish growths with rougher surfaces, also Silver, but a variety rich in mercury. This association sits on an epigenetic growth of Löllingite on an acid-etched Calcite matrix. All the components of the specimen have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 02/2021, page 101
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (12/2020)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.61” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”
Price: €480 / US$511 / ¥78310 / AUD$780

MBD37AO3: Skutterudite with Calcite

Stalactitic growth of a group of cubo-octahedral Skutterudite crystals with very sharp and lustrous crystal forms. The group, very aerial on its matrix is a Moroccan classic.
Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.14”
Price: €220 / US$234 / ¥35890 / AUD$360

JFD123AO4: Skutterudite with Calcite

Good crystal size, good luster, and Calcite - which proves that the piece has not been acid-cleaned. I understand that this is why, despite having been found in 1994, it is still impeccable, with no signs of aging.
Bou Azzer Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±1990)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 4.5 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.55”
Price: €360 / US$383 / ¥58730 / AUD$590

10MA13: Smithsonite

Botryoidal growths, which vary from a cream-orange color to blue-gray, along with some white areas, of Smithsonite crystals from a classic Hellenic mine.
Hilarion Mine, Hilarion area, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (12/2014)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm = 4.41” × 2.52” × 1.77”
Price: €80 / US$85 / ¥13050 / AUD$130

19MTX56: Smithsonite

Group of Smithsonite crystals in aerial globular aggregates with the crystals displaying great definition, with light shades between cream and a pale green with a pearly luster. An aesthetic piece from a small mine in the Lavrion mining district in Greece.
Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture Greece (09/2015)
Specimen size: 13.5 × 7.7 × 3.2 cm = 5.31” × 3.03” × 1.26”
Price: €120 / US$127 / ¥19570 / AUD$190

MM37AG9: Smithsonite

Botryoidal Smithsonite with a very aerial character, with a pale blue color and areas with intense blue shades. The sample is very typical for Kelly Mine samples, an American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico USA
Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.8 × 3 cm = 2.01” × 1.89” × 1.18”
Price: €220 / US$234 / ¥35890 / AUD$360

TPP27AO0: Smithsonite

Coating, on matrix, of Smithsonite crystals with very pronounced curvatures, the so-called “rice grain” habit, translucent and greenish in color due to copper salts. An excellent Australian classic.
Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales Australia
Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.4 cm = 2.32” × 1.81” × 0.94”
Price: €230 / US$244 / ¥37520 / AUD$370

TFB87AO0: Smithsonite

Spheroidal growths of Smithsonite, on matrix, translucent, with a satin luster and a uniform bluish green color. An American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico USA
Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 1.65”
Price: €260 / US$276 / ¥42420 / AUD$420

NY77AL5: Smithsonite

Aggregate of sharp Smithsonite crystals with a rhombohedral habit, between translucent and transparent and much brighter than usual in Smithsonite. A Namibian classic from a historic locality.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.97” × 1.69” × 1.14”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”
Price: €270 / US$287 / ¥44050 / AUD$440

TGR69AO5: Smithsonite

Druse of flattened rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals, almost lenticular, very sharp, translucent, with good luster and a uniform pale cream color. Great quality for Berg Aukas.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.28” × 2.05” × 1.18”
Price: €450 / US$479 / ¥73420 / AUD$730

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