Mineral Specimens - page 12
Brazil

TC56X5: Mossy and dendritic growths on Quartz matrix. The sample was found, at the beginning of the twenties of the last century, on a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, area that was afterwards absorbed and built up when the quick growing of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” × 0.2”

TA56X5: Dendritic crystalline growths on Quartz matrix. The sample was found at the beginning of the twenties of the last century in a rural area on the São Paulo periphery, an area that was afterwards absorbed and built up by the fast-growing city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.3” × 0.2”

TD56X5: Mossy and dendritic growths on Quartz matrix. The sample was found, at the beginning of the twenties of the last century, on a rural area, at this time, on the São Paulo periphery, area that was afterwards absorbed and built up when the quick growing of the city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.3” × 0.2”

TB56X5: Dendritic crystalline growths on Quartz matrix. The sample was found at the beginning of the twenties of the last century in a rural area on the São Paulo periphery, an area that was afterwards absorbed and built up by the fast-growing city. It is obviously a rarity, very difficult to obtain today.
Perus, São Paulo, São Paulo  Brazil (±1920)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.3” × 0.2”

EB88X0: Floater group of Topaz crystals unusually sharp and all doubly terminated and complete, transparent, very bright and with parallel growths.
Mimoso do Sul, Espirito Santo  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.8” × 0.9”

MF10L5: Topaz crystal with intense color and good brilliance. With a complex termination very rich in faces, where we can observe at least two pyramid forms and the pinacoid, along with two prisms. The base is a cleavage surface.
Antonio Pereira Mine, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10/11/2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 1.7” × 0.5” × 0.4”

MB68T2: Crystal of Topaz with corroded forms on alternating flat and smooth crystalline surfaces. It is very transparent and has an excellent blue color, very vivid and uniform, and has small growths of Albite on its surface.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06-07/2006)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.0” × 0.8”

ER66M5: Bluish crystal, transparent and bright, with very well defined forms of dissolution and partially covered by small but very well defined crystals of the rare phosphate Zanazziite.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06-07/2006)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” × 0.7”

EV64V1: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, formed by a very short prism and a very much flattened rhombohedron on the terminations. They are colorless, transparent and bright. From a Brazilian locality that is a classic for the species.
São Miguel de Piracicaba, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.4”

TA89V1: Very sharp tetrahedral crystals of Helvite whose color changes between yellow and black, suggesting the presence of more than a single species on each crystal. They are implanted on a matrix of Albite (Cleavelandite), with leafy aggregates and crystals of Muscovite.
Lavra do Navegadora, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 15 × 12 × 8.5 cm = 5.9” × 4.7” × 3.3”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

TV68Q8: A floater flattened dodecahedral crystal with parallel faces due to etching typical for the specimens from this locality. The crystal is transparent and has a very deep and uniform color that acquires a special quality under an intense light.
Lavra do Navegadora, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10-11/2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.7”

TQ99Q8: A floater equidimensional dodecahedral crystal with parallel faces produced by etching, typical for the specimens from this locality. The crystal is transparent and has a very deep and uniform color that acquires a special quality under an intense light.
Lavra do Navegadora, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10-11/2006)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 0.9”

MK87P6: Floater and flattened crystal of very well marked polycrystalline growths and etch dodecahedron faces. Color, luster and transparency are excellent.
Lavra do Navegadora, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10-11/2006)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.6”

TH90S1: Complete cyclic twin, tabular and on matrix. The twin, with the typical profile of a six pointed star, is translucent, of deep green color under daylight (fluorescent), acquiring reddish shades when it is under an incandescence light.
Carnaiba Mine, Pindobaçu, Bahia  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.1” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.1” × 0.8”

EQ52S1: Thick tabular floater crystal of Beryl (Morganite), with completely transparent areas and of very intense pink color, with small crystals of Elbaite and with Albite (Cleavelandite).
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1972)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 2.9” × 2.1” × 1.5”

TD16P9: Deeply striated pseudocubic crystal with small parallel growths on its faces. Luster is excellent.
Casa de Pedra Mine, Congonhas do Campo, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.4” × 0.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

AH67N6: Floater group of very thin tabular crystals of Hematite. Extraordinarily bright, they are very rich in side faces, all them perfect.
Mina da Pombas, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 3.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 0.4”

MG56M9: Very short doubly terminated crystals of Uvite. They have perfect rhombohedral terminations that are bright, transparent and have excellent deep green color and are on a matrix of white sharp rhombohedral crystals of Magnesite, with orange Calcite and right-handed crystals of Quartz, the biggest one with an included small crystal of Uvite.
Mina da Pombas, Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia  Brazil (09/2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.9 × 5.7 cm = 2.2” × 1.9” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TD12W8: Parallel growths of elongated crystals with well developed pyramidal terminations. They have an intense and uniform green color and a good luster.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha District, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10/2010)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm = 3.4” × 0.9” × 1.0”

TA53X2: Group of parallel growths of elongated prismatic crystals with dipyramidal terminations, most of them doubly terminated. They have clear green color and good luster. A nice natural sculpture.
Sapo Mine, Ferruginha District, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (10/2010)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.3”

TD67H3: The crystals of Eosphorite are prismatic and doubly terminated and are more individualized than usual. The base is a doubly terminated crystal of Smoky Quartz. At one end it is progressively milky and at the opposite end it has a crown of pink crystals. The specimen is completed by a fine white matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase)
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.7 × 4 cm = 2.9” × 1.5” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.3” × 0.0”

MH54R8: A real Brazilian "old timer" (collected in the year 1975), the piece is notable for its aerial growth. On a leafy aggregate of very well defined crystals of Muscovite and flattened white crystals of Quartz, there is a group of pink crystals of Quartz of intense color and luster, all this partially coated by small crystals of Eosphorite, most of them doubly terminated, transparent, bright and with a deep color.
Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1975)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 11 × 7.5 cm = 5.0” × 4.3” × 3.0”

ET6R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EE63R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EX12R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 4.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

ED6R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.9 × 2.1 cm = 2.2” × 1.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EF12R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EC66R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EL14R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.9 × 3.1 cm = 2.5” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EB12R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 45 in number 2011/1
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.6” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EC6R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.2 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

EG80R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.1” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

ER36R4: Aggregates of small crystals of Fluorapatite, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals are very bright and have a vivid blue color. They are with Quartz, Muscovite and crystals of Albite partially coated by small groups of Bertrandite crystals, visible under a magnifying glass, that are of excellent quality, clear, bright and many of them doubly terminated. We'll send a copy of the Bertrandite analysis to the buyer.
Machadão pegmatite, Golconda, Governador Valadares, Vale do rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2010)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.4 × 4.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

TV47H5: Classic prismatic crystal from Pederneira terminated wit three faces of a very acute rhombohedron. Color is very deep and the transparency is excellent. The esthetic equilibrium is due to the coverage of Muscovite on the right side of the sample.
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”

MR73M8: Group of three crystals. The main one is doubly terminated, the second has recrystallyzed terminations. The crystal parallel to the main one is broken. The uniformly green crystals are partially coated by small crystals of Rubellite. Still, the crystals are very aerial, and they are not repaired.
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 5.3 × 2.6 cm = 5.2” × 2.1” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 9.3 × 1.5 cm = 3.7” × 0.6”

MM13P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 0.9”

MN13P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.0” × 0.7”

ME26P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.8”

TK67J5: Group of two prismatic crystals, one of them doubly terminated and having one of the terminations unusually acute for the species. The color is very deep and its transparency is very good.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.9 × 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 2.3” × 0.5” × 0.3”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 0.6 cm = 2.0” × 0.2”

AC86P1: Parallel growth of very well defined Elbaite crystals. They are bright, of excellent and very uniform deep green color and terminated by a smooth and also bright pinacoid. On Albite matrix, with Muscovite.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.3”

HK36K9: Parallel growth of very flat crystals that becomes clearly fibrous on the back side, with silky luster and goleen to greenish reflections.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.2 × 1.8 cm = 3.2” × 1.7” × 0.7”

TA77H3: A curious and interesting sample not easy to define. A close study reveals a multiple prismatic growth forming a scepter. Color is very deep and luster is very good.
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 1.0”

TW47M5: The crystal is formed by the six faces of the hexagonal prism and a very acute terminal pyramid. The color shows gradual changes, from the yellow at the base to reddish on the termination, passing through slight orange in the central zone.
Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2001)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.5” × 0.4” × 0.3”

TX7B6: As you can see in the photo the color varies between red-yellow-green. The dominant color is a reddish color and the crystal is totally gemmy. The crystal is not complete at the bottom but its tip is perfect.

Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2001)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.3” × 0.2”

TA9B6: As you can see in the photo the color varies between red-yellow-green. The dominant color is a greenish yellow color and the crystal is totally gemmy. The crystal is not complete at the bottom but its tip is perfect.
Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2001)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.5” × 0.4” × 0.3”

TC63K0: Very aerial group of crystals of very well defined faces and edges and excellent transparency, color and luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

TE37J8: Very aerial and esthetic group of doubly terminated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, an excellent luster and deep color.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

TC56K0: Group of very deep colored crystals on a base of normal Quartz with Muscovite crystals.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TB76K9: Group of deep pink Quartz crystals with very defined faces and edges, more than usual in these specimens.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

DM46Q8: A spray of transparent and very well defined crystals, bright and with an excellent color, and accessory faces typical of these pieces. On a matrix of Orthoclase.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.4 × 3.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.1”

MB96L3: Druse of Quartz crystals with exceptionally sharp faces and edges, without the curvatures or deformation that we usually see in these specimens. Very intense color as well.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TF14K6: An esthetic growth of short prismatic crystals of delicate pink color comprises the base of a group of crystals of milky Quartz, some of them with scepter terminations.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 5.9 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TG30V4: Rose Quartz crystals on smoky Quartz. The rose Quartz crystals are very well defined, transparent, bright and with an intense pink color.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 2.9” × 1.6” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TL47K0: A floater specimen with groups of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, of good transparency and luster on a multiple crystal of uncolored Quartz.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

TL70H7: The crystals of pink Quartz, well defined, of intense color, bright and some perfectly transparent, form an elegant crown contrasting on a matrix of yellowish-white Quartz.
Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 9.6 × 8 × 7.5 cm = 3.8” × 3.1” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TF67K0: Multiple sceptered growth of doubly terminated crystals that have window formations, geometric zones and inclusions. The sample has a minor “ding” on one of the edges on the left crystal in the second picture. It is not very important because it is on the back of the specimen, but we prefer to note it. The locality is uncommon.
Santa Maria do Jetiba, Espirito Santo  Brazil (12/2004)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5 × 5 cm = 2.5” × 2.0” × 2.0”

TN37N4: Floater group of crystals, all them doubly terminated, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in Chlorite inclusions.
Diamantina, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 2 cm = 2.8” × 0.8”

EE46M9: Very well defined crystals of Childrenite that have excellent sharp terminations. They are translucent, with small spheroidal growths of Roscherite and in matrix of Quartz. With the sample, we will send a copy of the analysis that identifying both phosphates.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 3.1 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

MC86M9: Very well defined crystals of Childrenite that have excellent sharp terminations. They are translucent, with small spheroidal growths of Roscherite and in matrix of Quartz. With the sample, we will send a copy of the analysis that identifying both phosphates.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6 × 4.1 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

ET87I1: The crystals are prismatic, and quite thick. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to their color and luster they have a strong contrast with the matrix of Feldspar. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.8 × 5 cm = 3.9” × 2.7” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”

EM68T5: Group of Brazilianite crystals, some of them doubly terminated. They are transparent, very bright and with a very intense yellow color. Their matrix is a crystal of Orthoclase with epigenic growths of Albite.
Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1 cm = 1.0” × 0.4”

M58HA8: Brazilianite with Orthoclase. Different color from the usual Brazilianite (greener) and also aerial on top of the Orthoclase matrix.
Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (07/00)

Specimen size: 7 × 4 cm = 2.8” × 1.6”

TX76Q1: Parallel growth of intense green color and extraordinarily rich in terminal faces consisting of three pyramids and the pinacoid.
Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.2” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.5”

MA10J0: A parallel growth of two prismatic crystals with quite acute and very well defined pyramidal terminations. Color, luster and transparency are excellent. A small bit of Albite matrix appears at the base.
We especially like this specimen.
Catuji, Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.1” × 0.9” × 0.8”

MR67I8: Very well-defined prismatic crystal with small pyramidal faces and the flat termination of the pinacoid. In its core there are a lot dissolution channels with very visible bubbles.
Colatina, Espirito Santo  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 2.4” × 0.6” × 0.4”

EC68K6: Doubly terminated crystal with very different terminations. One of them is formed by the faces, with very well marked curvature, of a very acute pyramid; the opposite is multiple and has forms and channels of dissolution.
Pica Pau, Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 2.7” × 0.5” × 0.4”

TD69J7: Doubly terminated prismatic crystal, transparent and of an good color. The main termination is very rich in pyramidal faces, combined with the flat pinacoidal face. The other termination is more complex and it is partially hidden by a second crystal, smaller and with abundant faces of dissolution.
Pancas, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 2.6 × 3 cm = 2.8” × 1.0” × 1.2”

EB97L7: Doubly terminated crystal with very different terminations. One of them is very acute with curious dissolution curved forms; the opposite is totally flat with a clear color zoning. The prism faces are very rich in growth forms and pits. Excellent transparency, good color and brilliance.
Pica Pau, Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 3.1” × 0.3” × 0.2”

TC27K9: Two doubly terminated crystals with parallel growth. Both core crystals are hollow showing dissolution channels within them, but preserving the terminal faces.
Medina, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 8.4 × 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 3.3” × 0.7” × 0.4”

MK26I8: Nice miniature, very aerial and esthetic, that forms a group of short prismatic crystals of excellent color, bright and partially covered by small black crystals of Rockbridgeite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

MF76I8: Group on matrix of short prismatic crystals of excellent color. They are bright and partially covered by small black crystals of Rockbridgeite and brownish crystals of Reddingite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

MP46M5: Aggregate of small but very well defined crystals of Huréaulite of very deep color and intense luster, with dark green, almost black, Rockbridgeite and cream colored Reddingite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.5 × 3.1 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

MG16P4: A very rich group of small crystals of Huréaulite, well defined and of excellent color, very deep, and lustrous, partially coated by dark small crystals of Reddingite and on a matrix very rich in Rockbridgeite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

MA37I5: Very well defined bright crystals, between translucent and transparent and having an exceptional color, that have grown on a base of crystalline, very deep blue, Strengite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 3.0” × 2.8” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

MX56K9: Very well defined, bright prismatic deep pink color Huréaulite crystals. On the left side you can see a group of brown Reddingite crystals. On a rich Muscovite matrix and parallel fibrous aggregates of Rockbridgeite. As we usually do with rare species, we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.5 × 3.8 cm = 3.5” × 2.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TE95H9: Group of quite well defined crystals, deep pink, on a matrix of Quartz partially covered by botryoidal deep green, almost black, Rockbridgeite.
Pomarolli, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 5 cm = 3.5” × 2.8” × 2.0”

MT26M5: Aggregate of small but very well defined crystals of Huréaulite of very deep color and intense luster, with dark green, almost black, Rockbridgeite and small very well defined whitish crystals of Triphylite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 10 × 8 cm = 4.6” × 3.9” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

MA17M5: Aggregate of small but very well defined crystals of Huréaulite of very deep color and intense luster, with dark green, almost black, Rockbridgeite, cream colored Reddingite, and bluish Strengite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.5 × 7.3 cm = 4.9” × 3.3” × 2.9”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

EA6H6: Crystals and spheroidal groups have very intense color and luster. They occupy vugs on the sample and contrast with the matrix, clearer in some zones and darker in others. The front part is a nearly full little pocket, an absolute tapestry of red Variscite crystals.
Lavra Boa Vista, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 5.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 2.2”

TE13P4: Blue Strengite with small red crystals of Variscite (a species that very rarely crystallizes) and Albite.
Boa Vista Mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 8.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.0” × 3.2” × 1.7”

EA11C9: Although the camera don't show it very well, the color is very nice, sort of a golden bronze, and its luster is very special with a lot of reflections. As with the other specimens that we had selected this one is floater, doubly terminated and great!
Cuiabá district, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.6” × 0.6”

AT47Q6: Floater growth of Anatase crystals, most of the doubly terminated and in parallel growths. The Anatase crystals are completely coated by epitaxial Rutile that gives to the piece its characteristics color and luster.
Cuiabá district, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 0.7”

EA8C9: Although the camera doesn't show it very well, the color is very nice, sort of a golden bronze, and its luster is very special with a lot of reflections. As with the other specimens that we had selected this one is floater, doubly terminated and great!
Cuiabá district, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.3” × 0.7” × 0.6”

EA7C9: Although the camera don't show it very well, the color is very nice, sort of a golden bronze, and its luster is very special with a lot of reflections. As with the other specimens that we had selected this one is floater, doubly terminated and great!
Cuiabá district, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2003)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.4” × 0.7” × 0.7”