Mineral Specimens - page 3
Spain

NA57L9: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened and scoriaceous growths of yellow Ferrosaponite, that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals, while preserving their shape. Ferrosaponite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm

NB8L9: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened and scoriaceous growths of yellow Ferrosaponite, that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals, while preserving their shape. Ferrosaponite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm

NC8L9: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened and scoriaceous growths of yellow Ferrosaponite, that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals, while preserving their shape. With some black scoriaceous Hollandite thin stains. Ferrosaponite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm

ND58L9: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened and scoriaceous growths of yellow Ferrosaponite, that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals, while preserving their shape. With some black scoriaceous Hollandite thin stains. Ferrosaponite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6 × 3.6 cm

NJ58L3: Scepter growth of very short Quartz (Amethyst) crystals. Really good and uniform color, more intense on the top of the pyramidal faces.
Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm

NN7L3: Multiple scepter growth of very short Quartz (Amethyst) crystals. Really good and uniform color, more intense at the top of the pyramidal faces. With a small Orthoclase matrix.
Massabé Quarry, Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm

NV7K7: Excellent miniature. Doubly terminated scepter growth with very well defined faces and edges. Deep color showing irregular zonations essentially in terminal zones.
Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm

NK60H3: A nice specimen with smooth and bright faces. The central part of faces has nearly Amethyst color but the zones near the edges have smoky tones. The sample is crowned by the testimonial presence of Orthoclase.
Massabé Quarry, Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (10/2005)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.5 cm

NX16K7: Parallel and scepter growth of doubly terminated crystals with short prisms, deep and uniform color. On Albite and Orthoclase matrix.
Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm

NH8K7: Scepter crystal growth with better developed terminal rhombohedron faces than prism ones, giving it a dypiramidal appearance. Really good color, very intense and uniform.
Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm

NB37K1: Combination of parallel and uniaxial growths of very well defined crystals that have neat zonation of color that varies from smoky to amethyst. The specimen is from the high-speed train works, now covered by rocky material and practically inaccessible.
Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.2 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.4 cm

NQ14K7: Parallel crystal growth, some with long prism faces and others with shorter prism faces. From the top to the specimen base you can enjoy a color gradation from the more pure amethyst color to smoky shade.
Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.2 × 6 cm

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 2.7 cm

NP27K7: Deep smoky crystal with a grey phantom in the terminal faces. Albite matrix at the base.
Massabé Quarry, Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.7 × 3 cm

NB16K9: Vug of sword-shaped Celestine crystals, with excellent luster and sky-blue color, coated by small white creamy hedgehoglike Calcite crystals. The specimen is a recent and exceptional find in the same locality as old findings, in Torà, but the new specimen’s quality is much better.
Torà, La Segarra, Lleida  Spain (09-11/2007)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.5 cm

NA10H1: The growth is laminar which is uncommon in the samples from Falset. Another aspect to distinguish the specimen is that it hasn’t been etched out with acid because the Silver is found in fissures and is not included in Calcite.
Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm

ND37J5: Arborescent and leafy growths, very well defined, on Calcite matrix. With the Silver and in the matrix there also are small Acanthite crystals.
Mina Balcoll, Pou 2, Falset, Tarragona  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm

NF14K9: Doubly terminated Quartz crystal with a short prism. Very good luster. It shows dissolution forms and several hydrocarbon inclusions. A curious specimen from a mine known for its colorless Fluorite.
Zona intermedia, Emilio Mine, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 5 cm

NK36G4: Doubly-terminated crystals on matrix, with hydrocarbon inclusions, on the classic colorless Fluorite typical of this mine, and also with little crystals of Barite.
Zona intermedia, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.2 × 6.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm

NQ46F3: Very similar to, but not the same as, the classic ones from Berbes. These first appeared in 2004 at the Emilio mine. This is a complex and tortuous growth of a crystal (or maybe more than one crystals), doubly terminated, very brilliant, and with obvious inclusions of carbon and hydrocarbons.
Zona intermedia, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5 × 3.8 cm

VA12K9: Crystals with predominant rhombohedral faces, giving it an equidimensional habit. On a matrix of cubic yellow Fluorite crystals and sky-blue laminar Barite crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm

VZ36K9: Scalenohedral Calcite crystal, very brilliant, color varies between colorless and white. On a group of blue zoned laminar Barite crystals.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.6 × 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 6 × 4.3 cm

VD26K6: Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite with parallel growths, on a matrix of transparent cubic crystals of Fluorite of honey yellow color partially covered by crystals of white Dolomite and with sulfide inclusions.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.6 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 3.9 cm

VV96K6: Yellow tabular crystals covering a group of complex crystals of Calcite; yellow is an unusual color for Barite from this locality.
Moscona Mine, Solís, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.8 × 7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.1 cm

VJ8G8: Nice miniature with a sharp rhombohedral crystal being the base of a group of aerial, tabular crystals of Barite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.3 cm

VE26G8: Crystals of Barite having an habit very much thicker than usual from the Moscona Mine. The color is very vivid and the transparency is also considerable.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.1 cm

NG56I7: A classic specimen from the Nieves Mine, Viérnoles, Cantabria, not well known. The Barite is in tabular crystals, some of them doubly terminated, and they have simple forms and are partially covered by small doubly-terminated crystals of Quartz.
Mina Nieves, Viérnoles, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2.1 cm

N9HH5: Small prismatic crystals of Hemimorphite, dark brown, very sharp and bright, partially covered by bed of spheroidal groups of white Hydrozincite.
Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain (1997)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm

N10NYH5: Small prismatic crystals of Hemimorphite, dark brown, very sharp and bright, partially covered by a bed of spheroidal groups of white Hydrozincite.
Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain (1997)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.8 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0'.5 cm

N46YH5: Small prismatic crystals of Hemimorphite, dark brown, very sharp and bright, partially covered by a botryoidal uniform bed of white Hydrozincite.
Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain (1997)

Specimen size: 14.3 × 11 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm

MR76L3: A classic, not easy to get now. Its condition is perfect and the crystals are more aerial than usual.
Julia Mine, Bilbao, Bizkaia  Spain

Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.5 × 7.6 cm

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.8 cm

ME16L1: Rhombohedral colorless crystals, really transparent, with a well marked penetration twin and some additional and unusual faces. A gemmy specimen.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (10/2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm

MH56L1: Group of rhombohedral translucent crystals, with sharp faces and edges. Specimen shows a well marked penetration twin, on a first generation Dolomite matrix. Silky luster, very different than usual for Dolomites from this locality.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (06/2007)

Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.3 × 7.5 cm

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 4 cm

NQ6K9: Double twin formed by three nearly transparent and color zoned rhombohedrons of Dolomite. With small Calcite crystals on matrix.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (04-05/2007)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.3 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.4 cm

TQ61K4: Twin of two rhombohedral crystals of good luster and transparency. The twin is very notable due to the excellent orientation of the specimen.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (02/2006)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm

M26AJ5: Rhombohedral crystals with very visible typical interpenetration twins, on a matrix covered by yellow-brown crystals of Calcite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (05/1997)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.6 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm

N56QJ0: Very aerial and esthetic growth of rhombohedral crystals. They have typical interpenetration twins and very well defined gray phantom zonation that contrasts with the translucent external zone.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7.7 × 5.2 cm

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 3 cm

NC10I7: Group of small but extraordinarily neat and bright rhombohedral crystals, esthetically grown on a matrix with a first generation of white translucent crystals of Dolomite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (08/2005)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm

N9MI0: Group of rhombohedra with very well defined faces and edges and a very marked zoning, nearly opaque at the core and translucent, almost clear, on the edges of crystals.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.4 cm

N57EI0: Lenticular white crystals, very aerial, of Magnesite on a group of gray rhombohedrons of Dolomite. Even though being known from Eugui, crystallized Magnesite is very much rarer than Dolomite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 6 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm

NA8J8: A curiosity from Eugui. The groups of white acicular crystals are not individualized but they cover rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.9 × 4.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm

NH11I0: Group of crystals of Chalcopyrite of tetrahedral habit, one of them clearly dominant, pseudomorphed by crystalline Malachite, contrasting with the matrix of Dolomite rhombohedra.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm

NG61K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future.
Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm

NF11K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future.
Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm

NJ61K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future.
Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm

NE11K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future.
Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 0.5 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm

NK12K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future.
Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.3 × 5.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm

NH12K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future.
Ambasaguas 1 Mine, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm

NH58E1: Unusual and neat!
Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 2.9 cm

NB6L3: Well defined Sphalerite crystal group, with curvatures in some edges and faces. The transparency, honey color and luster are excellent. Partially covered by small white Dolomite crystals.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 cm

NB66L3: Well defined Sphalerite crystal group, with curvatures on some edges and faces, and multiple terminations. Translucent sample with excellent color and luster. It is partially covered by small white Dolomite crystals.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm

NK9K9: Crystal shows parallel growths and curved faces. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2 × 2.8 cm

NQ8K9: Crystal shows parallel growths and curved faces. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey. Crystals are partially covered by white Dolomite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm

NB11K9: Crystal with parallel growths and curved faces. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm

NE57K9: An excellent miniature of sharp faces and edges, with a very well defined twin. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles dark honey. It is a small treasure.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm

NX12K9: Crystal of multiple growth forms that are honey-colored and with predominant triangular faces of the tetrahedron. Excellent transparency, luster and color.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.8 × 1.2 cm

NY11K9: Crystal shows parallel and multiple growths and curved faces. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey. Partially covered by white Dolomite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm

NJ14K9: Crystal of multiple growth forms that are honey- colored and with predominant triangular faces of the tetrahedron. Excellent transparency, luster and color. Partially covered by white Dolomite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 1.9 cm

NX11K9: Crystal shows parallel and multiple growths and curved faces. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey. Partially covered by white Dolomite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm

NF13K9: Crystal shows parallel and multiple growths and curved faces. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey. Partially covered by white Dolomite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 1.6 cm

NE11K9: Crystal with multiple defined faces and sharp edges. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles dark honey. On crystallized Dolomite matrix.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm

NK16K9: Group of crystals with strongly marked curvatures, excellent color, transparency and luster. Partially covered by white Dolomite.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.3 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm

NA14K9: Group of crystals with strongly marked curvatures, excellent color, on white Dolomite matrix.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.7 × 4 cm

N96EK0: Group of very sharp, twinned crystals of excellent color and luster on a matrix very rich in Galena and Dolomite. Due to the appearance and the association with Galena it looks different that the usual specimens from Áliva, but it is really from there.
Mina Las Mánforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.6 × 4.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm

N9JH5: Crystals are yellowish and doubly terminated. Faces and edges are very defined and clearly show the interpenetration of two rhombohedra. A curiosity from a mine very famous for its Fluorites.
Pozo Coroña, La Collada, Asturias  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm

NK8L9: Stalagmitic growth of Goethite showing a globular shape and multicolored tones: dominant golden, reddish and bluish.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm

NQ57L9: Stalagmitic and columnar Goethite growth with dominant grayish tones on one side of the specimen and golden to greenish tones on the other side.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm

NA8L9: Stalactitic and columnar Goethite growth with dominant and uniform reddish metallic tones across the specimen.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm

NL59L9: Stalactitic multicolored Goethite growth. With dominant reddish tones, from bright to dull on one side of the specimen, and grayish, golden and reddish tones on the other side.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 3.9 × 2.3 cm

NC10L9: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with dominant and intense pastel tones.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.4 × 3.8 cm

ND10L9: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with a secondary phase of scoriaceous shape, with nice dominant pastel tones.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.7 × 3.8 cm