Mineral Specimens - page 3
Spain

NE14V5: Nugget of complex and rounded forms, with red coatings and with hollows left by detached grains of Quartz.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.6 × 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.2” × 0.1”

NB6V5: Nugget of complex and rounded forms, with red coatings and with hollows left by detached grains of Quartz.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

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

NL16V5: Dendritic and laminar growths, with rough cubic forms and on Quartz matrix.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.2” × 0.1”

ND46V5: Pebble of complex and rounded forms, with red coatings and with hollows left by detached grains of Quartz.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

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

NC76V5: Group of rough crystals, probably dodecahedral, with rounded shapes but relatively well defined for the species.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” × 0.2”

NK56S1: Native Gold conserving very well defined crystalline forms and laminar and hooked growths. It is on Quartz matrix.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.5 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2” × 0.2”

NG36S1: Slightly eroded nugget of Native Gold that partially conserves its laminar and hooked forms.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.2” × 0.1”

NH56S1: Native Gold conserving very well defined crystalline forms and also laminar and hooked forms. On Quartz matrix.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 0.8 × 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2” × 0.2”

NA27S1: Very slightly eroded nugget of native Gold conserving a group of quite well defined aggregate of crystals of a considerable size.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.2” × 0.1”

NJ66S1: Slightly eroded native Gold nugget that conserves slightly curved crystalline forms with inclusions of rock matrix.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2010)

Specimen size: 1 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.2”

NY59V5: Aggregate of octahedral crystals with red tile color. They are bright, tabular, with a considerable size for the locality and showing clearly the typical twin of the species.
"El Repetidor", Sierra de Mijas, Mijas, Málaga  Spain (2007)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 1.2” × 0.7” × 0.6”

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

TG9L3: Globular Malachite growths with a velvety brilliance. Very elegant and original specimen on a Limonite matrix. Analysis has been done to provide the correct characterization due to its resemblance to other possible species.
Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1982-1984)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 9 × 5.1 cm = 4.3” × 3.5” × 2.0”

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

NM57V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 1.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.7” × 0.6” × 0.7”

NE57V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 2.6” × 1.2” × 1.1”

NP8V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 0.9”

NV10V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 3.2” × 1.3” × 1.0”

NX9S2: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 3.4” × 1.8” × 1.6”

NT59V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 3.7” × 1.7” × 1.3”

NC59V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 5.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.9” × 2.0” × 1.7”

NM11V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5 × 4.5 cm = 3.2” × 2.0” × 1.8”

NB61V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 1.6”

ND60V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6 × 4.4 cm = 3.7” × 2.4” × 1.7”

NV12V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.3 × 5 cm = 3.7” × 2.9” × 2.0”

NB26V6: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 8.6 × 5.2 cm = 3.4” × 3.4” × 2.0”

NF8V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 1.0”

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

NB12V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 1.7 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 0.7”

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

NP60V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.0”

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

NF62V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.6” × 0.8” × 1.3”

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

NJ60V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4 × 1.8 cm = 2.7” × 1.6” × 0.7”

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

NT62V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.6 × 1.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.0” × 0.4”

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

NG63V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.5 × 1.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.6”

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

NH64V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.5” × 0.9”

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

NA26V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.2 × 4.1 cm = 4.5” × 3.2” × 1.6”

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

NE63V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.3 × 0.9 cm = 1.4” × 0.9” × 0.4”

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

NL56V3: Although Mimetites have been previously found in Tharsis, between September and October 2011 some specimens of great quality appeared in the Filón Sur open pit. The size of the crystals is small, but the quality and definition is very high and they are also accompanied by Beudantites, whose analysis we will send to the buyer of the specimen.
Corta Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (9-10/2011)

Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.2 × 2.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.0” × 0.9”

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

ND10T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 0.8”

NG12T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2 × 2.5 cm = 2.0” × 0.8” × 1.0”

NC10T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 1.1”

NF62T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 0.6”

NH62T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 2.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

NE62T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 1.3”

NN63T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.9” × 2.1” × 1.3”

NJ62T9: This is a Spanish novelty because in the Los Amigos Mine Chrysocolla wasn't mentioned before. We should also mention that the appearance of this Chrysocolla is very attractive as it isn’t just a crust as usual but it has nice forms covering what seem to be crystals of Quartz and probably Chalcedony. These nice forms together with their great color, generate what is, in our opinion, the best Chrysocolla found in Spain and nearly as fine as the nicer ones from other countries.
As usual when we offer unusual things like this, we will send a copy of the analysis to the customer.
Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, Filón La Cruz, Linares, Jaén  Spain (11/2011)

Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 0.7”

NB9R9: Clear green globular aggregates of Prehnite with bright and very well defined terminal faces, which are unusual on samples from this quarry, actually closed. On matrix.
Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (2002-2005)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.8 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.9” × 1.5”

NR58R9: Globular and fan-like growths of Prehnite with a good green color. Their surface is slightly spotted by small crystals of Augite. The quarry is actually closed.
Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (2002-2005)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3 × 1.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.2” × 0.5”

NP63N6: Thick crystals of Epidote of considerable size, with very well defined faces and edges, partially included in Calcite and on a rich Andradite matrix. One of the few samples of quality collected in the Aguablanca mine.
Mina Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.1” × 2.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.1”

NC14R9: Short prismatic crystals of Epidote with very well defined faces and edges and a typical pistachio-green color, with deformed crystals of Quartz and small rounded crystals of Andradite.
Mina de Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.4 × 4.4 cm = 2.9” × 1.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

N76FD0: Group of doubly terminated, prismatic and parallel with multiple hexagonal terminations.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

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

N42L: Druse of short prismatic crystals with flat and bright hexagonal terminations, with excellent color and luster. They are on matrix.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.0”

N46JD0: Group of doubly terminated, prismatic crystals with multiple hexagonal terminations.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.5”

N96VD0: Group of small doubly terminated, prismatic crystals very neat and bright, on matrix.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 4 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.6” × 0.8” × 0.6”

N11H: Doubly terminated prismatic crystals showing parallel growth and grouped on bundles. They have flat, smooth and bright hexagonal terminations.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.2” × 1.1”

N34T: Crystals are prismatic with brushlike terminations. At the lower right on the sample there is a group of small black crystals, the color due to Galena inclusions.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.8” × 1.2”

N57QD0: Doubly terminated prismatic crystals of slightly curved edges on matrix. They have flat, smooth and bright hexagonal terminations.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

N36GQ7: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, most of them doubly terminated, with an excellent definition of faces and edges, some with flat pinacoidal terminations and others with acute multipointed terminations. The color and luster are very good. A glory of the past, from one of the best pockets ever found at the San Andrés Mine.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

N36C: A little bit yellower than the other ones but with very good color intensity as you can see in the photo. The form, crystal size, specimen size and dramatic nature, make this specimen one of the more unusual from the find.

Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.5” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

N36KD0: A very aerial group with green doubly terminated crystals with multiple hexagonal terminations.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

N36ZD0: A group, very aerial, of doubly terminated crystals of an intense green color and an excellent luster. Terminations are multiple.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.7”

N67VD0: Group of doubly terminated crystals with slightly curved edges. The sample has two different colors, yellow and green.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 0.8”

NZ8Q4: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century.
El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4” × 0.4”

NT57Q4: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century.
El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920)

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

NB64S5: This Gold, on massive Quartz matrix and quite rich for the locality, has a mainly leafy shape, with good crystallization on the lower part of the aggregate and a skeletal growth with a well marked parallel striation on its base.
Mina Pilar, La Nava de Ricomalillo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha  Spain

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.6”

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

N57HS5: Very acute sharp dipyramidal crystals. They are isolated on the matrix, black, and have very well defined faces and edges.
Pizarrera, Lago de la Baña, La Baña, León  Spain (1996)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.8”

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

NZ58P4: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Quartz with slight curvatures on the prism edges and on matrix. Their characteristic brown color seems due to indeterminate inclusions. The matrix is also brown Calcite and has been partially dissolved by acid to expose the crystals.
Brañes, Oviedo, Asturias  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.2” × 1.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

NP63V2: From a recent find at the Moscona mine. A druse of tabular crystals of Barite with very well defined faces and edges, good transparency and luster and an intense sky blue color, with small yellow scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, Dolomite and minor Fluorite.
"Corte del Agua", Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (01/2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.7” × 2.9” × 1.7”

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

NQ16V2: From a recent find at the Moscona mine. A druse of thick tabular crystals of Barite with very well defined faces and edges, good transparency and luster and an intense sky blue color, on matrix and with minor Fluorite.
"Corte del Agua", Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (01/2012)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.5 × 4.6 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 1.8”

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

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, Corvera, Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

NQ46P2: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, very bright and with abundant carbonaceous inclusions, on a small matrix of Barite. The sample is from a recent find of a big geode in the locality. Unfortunately only a few specimens were saved and complete. The Emilio mine is very well known for colorless Fluorite crystals but Quartz is very uncommon there.
Coquera Norte, Zona Norte, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (03/2009)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 4.1 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 1.6”

NB87P2: Two very bright and well defined doubly terminated crystals with abundant inclusions and with a small concretion of Pyrite. The sample is from a recent find of a big geode in the locality. Unfortunately only a few specimens were saved and complete. The Emilio mine is very well known for colorless Fluorite crystals but Quartz is very uncommon there.
Coquera Norte, Zona Norte, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (03/2009)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4 cm = 2.8” × 1.6”

NE16M3: Complete Quartz crystal, with irregularly grown faces and dissolution forms (no fractures) on the back side. This crystal shows inclusions and small matrix fragments with laminar Barite crystals on its surface.
Zona intermedia, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.1 × 4 cm = 3.5” × 2.0” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 8.5 × 4.9 cm = 3.3” × 1.9”

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 = 3.5” × 2.0” × 1.5”

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, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.5 × 5 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 2.0”

NE16V5: Floater doubly terminated crystal, transparent, with yellow color and rich in faces. The predominating forms are the scalenohedron with and a shallow rhombohedron on the terminations. Some Dolomite is attached to the back side.
Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.8” × 1.7” × 1.5”

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 = 5.6” × 4.3” × 1.6”

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

NA66T8: A novelty at Expominer (Barcelona) 2011. A crystal on matrix with an unusual flattened morphology, which is quite uncommon for Navajún. The edges, sharp and perfect, are completely natural and the crystal has been consolidated on its matrix to avoid its possible detachment.
Mina Ampliación a Victoria, Nivel 1, Navajún, La Rioja  Spain (04-05/2011)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 1.8 × 6.1 cm = 2.1” × 0.7” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4” × 0.8”

NB97T8: A novelty at Expominer (Barcelona) 2011. A crystal on matrix with an unusual flattened morphology, which is quite uncommon for Navajún. The edges, sharp and perfect, are completely natural and the crystal has been consolidated on its matrix to avoid its possible detachment.
Mina Ampliación a Victoria, Nivel 1, Navajún, La Rioja  Spain (04-05/2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

NL13M5: Irregular aggregate of pink-violet crystals of Fluellite, on matrix, very well defined and partially covered by botryoidal aggregates of Metavariscite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998-2000)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.7 × 5.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 2.0”

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

NK16M9: Lance-like crystals of Celestine that have excellent luster and sky blue color. They are in a geode upholstered by small "hedgehogs" of white crystals of Calcite. The sample is from a 2007 find.
Torà, La Segarra, Lleida  Spain (09-11/2007)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.2 × 7.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.0” × 2.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.1”

NC86M5: Groups of small elongated crystals of native Silver. They have well defined faces, are very bright and are associated with irregular aggregates of Acanthite and massive Calcite.
Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (15/09/2006)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

NM96T1: Sample from the famous find on the AVE works, April 2006, whose pieces are characterized by their luster and the deepness of their color. In this case we also note the sharpness of the scepter, with a polycrystalline growth on the lower termination, and some window growths on the faces of the rhombohedron.
Cantera trabajos AVE, Riudarenes, La Selva, Girona  Spain (04/2006)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 3.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.5”

MV27R9: Parallel growth of crystals on a base of white Quartz. Crystals are transparent, bright and have an excellent, very deep, color with color zoning specially concentrated on the edges.
Cantera trabajos AVE, Riudarenes, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.5 × 6.2 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.5”

NP9M9: Scepter growth partially doubly terminated and of good color. The smoky crystal on the base is clearly taller than the terminal amethyst and there is some Microcline attached.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 4.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.1” × 1.8” × 1.7”

MD96Q1: On the sample are two morphologically very different crystallizations coexisting. One of them is smoky Quartz with a dominant prism and greasy-vitreous luster, and a second one is Amethyst forming scepters with a short prism and phantom growths.
Cantera trabajos AVE, Riudarenes, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.5” × 2.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 6 × 2.2 cm = 2.4” × 0.9”

MY17Q1: Very esthetic Group, with parallel growths and very deep color especially concentrated on the zones near the edges.
Cantera trabajos AVE, Riudarenes, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 7 × 4 cm = 4.1” × 2.8” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 0.9”

NP58M9: The crystal has a very deep smoky color, with a very sharp phantom growth. It has contact zones on the lower side.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.3”

NR56R9: Long prismatic crystal with excellent luster and a very deep color, almost black, with fragments of Microcline and with Albite.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (12/2009)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 4.9” × 1.9” × 1.6”

NG56M9: Irregular aggregate of acicular crystals. They are brown, translucent, with an excellent luster and are on matrix.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (08/2007)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 8.7 × 7.2 cm = 3.8” × 3.4” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.1”

NE76V5: Centered aggregates of Aragonite, one of them clearly dominant, with slightly spindled acicular crystals , transparent, very bright and on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarra  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.7 × 4.8 cm = 3.7” × 2.2” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.1 cm = 0.8” × 0.0”

ND47S5: Aggregate on matrix of twinned rhombohedral crystals. They are translucent, bright and have very well marked phantom growths on some of their faces.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarra  Spain (2001)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.8 × 4.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.3” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”

NA67S5: Transparent and bright rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite with a very well defined interpenetration twin, with small lenticular crystals of Magnesite and on matrix.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarra  Spain (2001)

Specimen size: 11.7 × 6.9 × 6.6 cm = 4.6” × 2.7” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

NT89S5: Transparent and bright rhombohedral crystals with very well defined phantom growths in some of their faces. The interpenetration twin is specially sharp and underlined by fine horizontal striations.
Cantera Asturreta, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarra  Spain

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm = 2.5” × 1.8” × 1.1”

MH17R9: Floater group of translucent rhombohedral crystals of a good size. The crystals show very plainly the interpenetration twin typical of the species.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1989)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8 × 6 cm = 3.3” × 3.1” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 4.6 cm = 2.1” × 1.8”

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 = 2.0” × 1.6” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0”

N90QR8: The piece is very rich in sharp rhombohedral crystals, which are twinned and have very well marked geometric zoning. The crystals, on matrix, are free of damage. A Spanish classic.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998)

Specimen size: 16 × 12 × 11.5 cm = 6.3” × 4.7” × 4.5”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.5 cm = 1.0” × 1.0”

N47AS5: Crystals of Chalcopyrite of tetrahedral habit coated, and partially pseudomorphed by Malachite, on a group of rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite coated by a thin cap of brown Limonite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Esteríbar, Navarra  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 18.7 × 15.8 × 8.2 cm = 7.4” × 6.2” × 3.2”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

M46JN6: On this piece white Dolomite rhombohedrons and lenticular yellowish crystals of Magnesite have grown together. We especially note the rare richness of Magnesite crystals in the sample.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 10 × 8.8 × 5.7 cm = 3.9” × 3.5” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

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.
Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambas Aguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 4 cm = 2.1” × 1.9” × 1.6”

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

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.
Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambas Aguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994)

Specimen size: 0.5 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm = 0.2” × 1.8” × 1.8”

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

NT11S0: Sphalerite crystal with well defined and slightly curved faces and edges. It is transparent, bright and has an excellent yellow color with orange areas and a border of small crystals of white Dolomite.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.6”

NM10S0: A great miniature, excellent due to the quality of the group of complex crystals of Sphalerite. They are bright, transparent and have an extraordinary uniform honey yellow color and are on a matrix of crystallized white Dolomite.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.6”

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

NQ12S0: Sphalerite crystal with a polycrystalline surface with parallel growth. It is transparent, bright and has an excellent uniform orange color and it is with a group of small crystals of white Dolomite.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

NF11S0: Sphalerite crystal with slightly curved faces and edges. It is transparent, bright and has an excellent yellow color with orange areas and a border of small crystals of white Dolomite.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.3” × 0.9”

NV63S0: Polycrystalline growth of Sphalerite with slightly curved faces and edges. It is transparent, bright, of very deep and intense orange color and it is with a group of small crystals of white Dolomite.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 2.2” × 1.5” × 1.1”

NB14S0: Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, transparent, and its color is yellow with very well defined greenish shades. The color is very unusual and different from the more common yellow or orange on most of the samples from this locality.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.8”

NF46S0: Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and an area of parallel growth. They are very bright, transparent and have a deep orange color.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 23, volume 36, number 7-8, July-August 2011
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.6” × 1.3”

NB26S0: Group of complex crystals with slightly curved faces and edges. The crystals, on Dolomite matrix, are bright and translucent with an intense and deep uniform reddish color.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.1 × 5.7 cm = 3.7” × 2.8” × 2.2”

NR12R9: A complex crystal with curvatures on its faces and edges. It is transparent and has an excellent deep honey color. The back side shows exfoliated surfaces.
Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.4”

NB13I4: Complex crystals of curved faces and edges, with excellent color and luster. On white Dolomite matrix.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.5 × 5.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.8” × 2.1”

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

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6.3 × 3.3 cm = 3.1” × 2.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

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 Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.6 × 4.6 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 1.8”

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

NB60T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Very well defined crystals and spheroidal aggregates firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

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

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

NF60T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Very well defined octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant. The crystals are firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.6”

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

NQ11T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Spheroidal aggregates of octahedral crystals with slightly curved faces and edges and firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

NX11T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Very well defined octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant. Crystals are firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

NK11T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Very well defined octahedral crystals. Isolated or forming groups, they are firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of La the Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

NZ12T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Parallel growth of very well defined octahedral crystals, brighter than usual for the species and firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

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

NH61T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Parallel growth of very well defined octahedral crystals, brighter than usual for the species and firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

NJ13T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Groups of octahedral crystals sharper and brighter than usual and firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species, and they have bigger and better defined crystals than usual in the samples found before at this locality.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7”

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

NB63T6: A novelty at Munich 2011. Spheroidal aggregates, slightly botryoidal, brighter than usual and firmly based in an etched Calcite matrix. They are from a recent find in the area of the La Divina Providencia Mine, the type locality for the species.
Mina La Divina Providencia, Villanueva de Pontedo, Cármenes (Villamanín), León  Spain (2010-2011)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 3.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 1.2”

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