Mineral Specimens - page 3
Spain

NQ59X9: Floater group of very sharp Barite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, translucent, with inclusions and partially coated by a thin layer of small Dolomite crystals. Different.
Zerain, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 2.5” × 1.2” × 0.7”

NA61X9: Very sharp, complete and floater Barite crystal, with inclusions and partially coated by a thin layer of small Dolomite crystals. Different.
Zerain, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (1999)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3.9 × 1.9 cm = 2.9” × 1.5” × 0.7”

NR66X9: Complex polycrystalline growths of Sphalerite. They are translucent, very bright, with curved faces and edges and with a very deep roasted honey color, and on a matrix of White Dolomite crystals. The mine is currently collapsed and filled with water, so such Sphalerite samples are currently part of Spanish mineralogical history.
Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (1987)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5 × 2.6 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

NB87X9: Complex polycrystalline growths of Sphalerite. They are translucent, very bright, with curved faces and edges and with a very deep reddish color, and on a matrix of white Dolomite crystals with a small group of brown Siderite rhombohedrons. The mine is currently collapsed and filled with water, so such Sphalerite samples are currently part of Spanish mineralogical history.
Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (1985)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.3” × 2.2” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

NT98X9: Druse of complex Sphalerite crystals. They are translucent, very bright, have curved faces and edges, show a very deep reddish color and are on a matrix of White Dolomite crystals. The mine is currently collapsed and filled with water, so such Sphalerite samples are currently part of Spanish mineralogical history.
Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (1985)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.9 × 3.9 cm = 3.4” × 3.1” × 1.5”

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”

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”

VT56V9: Very aerial tabular crystals of Barite, sharp and with very well defined faces and edges, a pale blue color and on a matrix of white crystals of Dolomite.
Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.3 × 4 cm = 4.2” × 2.5” × 1.6”

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

NA88X4: Very sharp laminar crystals of Barite, bright and with an intense and uniform sky blue color. They are on matrix, with white Dolomite crystals and small cubic Fluorite crystals.
"Corte del Agua", Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (01/2012)

Specimen size: 17 × 10.5 × 7.3 cm = 6.7” × 4.1” × 2.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

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”

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”

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”

ND10X7: Aggregates of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. On matrix, with Calcite and small Quartz crystals. It has been discovered in a recent find at an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Barite and now offering these Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
Mina María Jesús (Mina Lobeto), Otero, Herrerías, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.3”

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

NX60X7: Aggregates of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. On matrix, with Calcite and small Quartz crystals. It has been discovered in a recent find at an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Barite and now offering these Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
Mina María Jesús (Mina Lobeto), Otero, Herrerías, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.5” × 1.3”

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

NE62X7: Aggregate of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. They are on matrix, with small Quartz crystals and white scalenohedral Calcite crystals on the back side. It has been discovered in a recent find on an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Barite and now offering this Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
Mina María Jesús (Mina Lobeto), Otero, Herrerías, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)

Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.4” × 2.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

NY11X7: Druse, on matrix, of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color and partially coated by small Quartz crystals. It has been discovered in a recent find on an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Barite and now offering this Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
Mina María Jesús (Mina Lobeto), Otero, Herrerías, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.2”

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

NJ16X7: Aggregate of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. They are on matrix, with Calcite and small Quartz crystals. It has been discovered in a recent find on an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Barite and now offering this Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
Mina María Jesús (Mina Lobeto), Otero, Herrerías, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 6.7 × 6.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.6” × 2.5”

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

NH6X7: Aggregate of complex equant crystals, translucent, bright, and with a very deep dark honey color. They are on matrix, with Calcite and small Quartz crystals. It has been discovered in a recent find on an abandoned mine, well known for Calcite and Barite and now offering this Sphalerite samples of very much better quality than all previously known.
Mina María Jesús (Mina Lobeto), Otero, Herrerías, Cantabria  Spain (2012-2013)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7 × 4.5 cm = 3.5” × 2.8” × 1.8”

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

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”

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”

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”

NJ10X4: A novelty at Mineralexpo (Barcelona) 2013. A druse, on matrix, of cubo-octahedral crystals with a superficial iridescent patina with dominant deep metallic yellow and blue shades and a very intense luster.
Barranco de Valdelapiedra, Area de Foz-Calanda, Teruel  Spain (01/2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 3.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.8” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

NL12W8: Flattened octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant with a grayish blue color and on a matrix of massive Quartz. A Spanish “oldie”.
Mina Victoria, Arres, Val d'Aran, Lleida  Spain (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.1 × 2 cm = 1.5” × 0.8” × 0.8”

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

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”

NL87X9: Partially doubly terminated and very sharp parallel and sceptered growths of Quartz (amethyst). They are rich with inclusions, bright and have a very intense and uniform color, typical of Massabé quarry, even if their luster is not as intense as the samples from the nearby Ave quarry. They are on a base of smoky Quartz and Microcline.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (05/2007)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 6.4 × 5 cm = 4.6” × 2.5” × 2.0”

NL36W4: Polycrystalline parallel growth, translucent and bright and with intense violet color that shows a nucleus of deeper shades.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (05/2006)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.4”

NM10W4: Parallel growths of bright crystals with an intense and deep violet color, some of them doubly terminated, on white Quartz matrix.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 4.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

NB59W4: Parallel growth of crystals with deep violet color, with a lot of very well marked scepter growths, some of them doubly terminated, and on a white Quartz matrix.
This specimen was photographed and published in the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2012, page 46
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (10/2004)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 2.5” × 1.5” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.5” × 0.9”

NE66W4: Scepter growth partially doubly terminated, bright, between transparent and translucent and with a very deep violet color. On smoky Quartz matrix.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (04/2005)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.6 × 4 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.6”

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”

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”

NQ66W4: Single crystal of very deep colored smoky Quartz. It is transparent and bright and it is on a small matrix of Microcline and Albite, with leafy growths of Muscovite. The crystal shows a notable phantom growth at its termination.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (04/2004)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.6” × 1.5” × 1.3”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

NL14X9: Complex Cinnabar crystal with dominant rhombohedral faces. It is more aerial than usual for Las Cuevas samples and it is bright, has a very intense color and it is on matrix of microcrystalline Cinnabar with native Mercury drops and small Quartz crystals.
Mina Las Cuevas, Almadén, Ciudad Real  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.3” × 1.3” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

NM14X9: Rhombohedral Cinnabar crystals, one of them clearly dominant, bright, with a very intense color and on matrix with native Mercury drops and small Quartz crystals.
Mina Las Cuevas, Almadén, Ciudad Real  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.0”

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

NB26X9: Group of very well defined divergent sharp Bavenite crystals, very bright and on matrix, with Albite and Quartz crystals. The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2005)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

ND68X9: Spheroidal aggregates of divergent sharp Bavenite crystals. They are very bright and are on a well crystallized Microcline matrix partially coated by very dark green chlorite. The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (02/2012)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 5.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 2.3”

NK13X7: Spheroidal Bavenite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces on their faces. They are very bright, have an ivory white color and are implanted on a Microcline crystal with epigenetic growths of clear Albite and small chlorite crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 0.9”

NB13X6: Group of bright and well defined Bavenite crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with sharp polycrystalline growths and on a matrix of Albite crystals, small slightly smoky Quartz crystals and small aggregates of chlorite. The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 1.3”

NF46X7: Spheroidal Bavenite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces on their faces. They are very bright, have ivory white color and are implanted on Quartz matrix, with spread small chlorite crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 0.9”

NN63X7: Spheroidal Bavenite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces on their faces. They are very bright, have ivory white color and are implanted on a Microcline matrix with small Quartz crystals and spread small chlorite crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2012)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 2.5” × 1.5” × 1.1”

NL64X7: Spheroidal Bavenite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces on their faces. They are very bright, have ivory white color and are implanted on matrix with slightly smocky Quartz crystals and spread small chlorite crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 0.9”

NC46X6: Group of spheroidal crystals of Bavenite with sharp polycrystalline growths. They are very bright and are on a Microcline matrix with chlorite coatings. The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Venero I (Cantera Central), Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 3 cm = 3.0” × 2.8” × 1.2”

NG16X7: Spheroidal Bavenite crystals with polycrystalline surfaces on their faces. They are very bright, have ivory white color and are implanted on Microcline matrix, with Quartz, white Laumontite crystals and spread small chlorite crystals.
The sample is from the Carlos González Bargueño collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer. Carlos was the first to find these Bavenites and it was thanks to his labor that these extraordinary samples have been saved.
Cantera Valdeconejillos, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.5” × 2.3” × 1.3”

NE8X6: A novelty at the Escuela de Minas de Madrid Show 2013. Druse of very bright crystals with a very deep green color and formed by a short prism and the pinacoid, sharp and with well defined faces and edges, and on matrix.
Filón Luis Norte, Minas del General, Cabezarrubias, Ciudad Real  Spain (01/03/2013)

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

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

ND63X6: A novelty at the Escuela de Minas de Madrid Show 2013. Aggregates of very bright and very well defined crystals with the faces of a short prism and the terminal pinacoid. They have two different colors, deep green and vivid yellow, and are on a limonite matrix.
Filón Luis Norte, Minas del General, Cabezarrubias, Ciudad Real  Spain (01/03/2013)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 2.1” × 1.1” × 0.6”

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

NC13X6: A novelty at the Escuela de Minas de Madrid Show 2013. Aggregates of very bright and very well defined crystals with the faces of a short prism and the terminal pinacoid. They have two different colors, deep green and vivid yellow, and are on a limonite matrix.
Filón Luis Norte, Minas del General, Cabezarrubias, Ciudad Real  Spain (01/03/2013)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.2” × 0.9”

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

NF62X6: A novelty at the Escuela de Minas de Madrid Show 2013. Aggregates of very bright vivid yellow crystals with well defined faces of a short prism and the terminal pinacoid. They are on a limonite matrix.
Filón Luis Norte, Minas del General, Cabezarrubias, Ciudad Real  Spain (01/03/2013)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.0” × 0.7”

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

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”

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”

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”

EX64X9: Andalusite crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with a perfect smooth termination and very well marked parallel growths on the prism faces and partially coated by Muscovite. The sample is from a relatively recent find in an area where access is currently prohibited.
Sierra Albarrana, Hornachuelos, Córdoba  Spain (1993)

Specimen size: 11 × 4.5 × 5.5 cm = 4.3” × 1.8” × 2.2”

NA10X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, one of them clearly dominant and of a considerable size for such samples. The Allanite-(La) crystals are partially coated by small acicular Epidote crystals and are with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

NB60X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges partially coated by small acicular Epidote crystals. They are on matrix, with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.8”

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

NC11X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, one of them clearly dominant, on matrix of the same Allanite, with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

ND61X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, partially coated by small acicular Epidote crystals, and on matrix with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

NE12X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of the same Allanite and with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.5 × 1.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.7”

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

NG13X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, partially coated by small acicular Epidote crystals and on matrix, with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 0.9”

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

NF62X7: Allanite-(La) crystals with very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of the same Allanite and with very sharp octahedral crystals of Magnetite.
Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1977-1978)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5 × 4.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.6”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NH38W4: The sample, larger than most of the samples from the locality, shows wide rounded forms and cavities that confers on them a more esthetical contour than usual.
Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (02-03/2012)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.2”

N9MW1: Crystals with a dipyramidal shape, prism faces scarcely developed, good luster and bluish color due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. They are on a serpentinite matrix.
Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 1.0”

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

N9HW1: Crystals with a dipyramidal shape, prism faces scarcely developed, good luster and bluish color due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. They are on a serpentinite matrix.
Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.4” × 1.9”

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

N12CW1: Crystals with a dipyramidal shape, prism faces scarcely developed, good luster and bluish color due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. They are on a serpentinite matrix.
Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 2.2” × 1.5”

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

N11KW1: Crystals with a dipyramidal shape, prism faces scarcely developed, good luster and bluish color due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. They are on a serpentinite matrix.
Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 4.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.7”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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 (10-11/1997)

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

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 (110-11/1997)

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

N36NX3: Fine miniature, very aerial and esthetic, with crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoid, with very well defined faces and edges. They have an apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” × 0.6”

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

N96CX3: Very aerial growth of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoid, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.6”

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

N16JX3: Druse on matrix, of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoid, with very well defined faces and edges, an apple green color and an intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

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

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

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 (10-11/1997)

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

N96EX3: Fine miniature, very aerial and esthetic, with crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 1 cm = 1.5” × 1.0” × 0.4”

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

N97VX3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. A lot of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.9”

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

N43MX3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section, report #34, April 9, 2013 edition.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5 × 3.8 cm = 2.3” × 2.0” × 1.5”

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

N87LX3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix, of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. A lot of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.6” × 1.9” × 1.2”

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

N36XX3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

N73BX3: Irregular aggregate, on matrix of crystals formed by a short prism and the pinacoide, with very well defined faces and edges and showing apple-green color and a very intense luster. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated. The sample is from the excellent, and already famous, find in 1997.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10/11-1997)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.8 × 4 cm = 3.1” × 2.3” × 1.6”

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

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”

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”

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”