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San Andrés Mine Pyromorphite

The small San Andrés Mine in Villaviciosa, Córdoba, produced, over the period 1997-1998, some really great Pyromorphite! The color is a fantastic apple green and their brilliance is typical of the specimens that in the past have made this mine famous. These are, without doubt, the best Pyromorphite found in Europe during the last few years, and they really compete well with the famous American Bunker Hill Pyromorphite, and with the new Chinese ones. The specimens were found in two different pockets. The first one was found in November 1997 and it was called 'Realces' pocket. The second (and last) one was found in November 1998. It was called the 'Geoda del Tunel' pocket. Unfortunately, after these two pockets the mine entrance was blocked by tons of rubble.

Geoda del Túnel (11/1998)

Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Pyromorphite

N4DQ7: Group of prismatic crystals on matrix, most of them doubly terminated, with an excellent definition of faces and edges and with flat pinacoidal terminations. The color and luster are excellent. 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: 6.2 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.5”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Euro:920 / US$1157 / Yen:101620
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite.

N86NQ7: Group on matrix of multiple subparallel growths of very acute elongated crystals, a very unusual habit at San Andrés, similar to the samples from El Horcajo. This kind of crystal which dominates, co-exists with another generation of darker but well-developed small crystals. 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: 6.9 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm = 2.7” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Euro:1350 / US$1698 / Yen:149120
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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

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”


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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

N14VD0: Group of doubly terminated, prismatic crystals, of good size excellent color and flat, bright terminations.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.6”


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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

N76KD0: Doubly terminated crystals of slightly curved edges and an uncommon yellow color.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Bocamina’ on page 76 in number 18, year 2006.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 3 × 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.2” × 1.3” × 1.0”


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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

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”


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Pyromorphite

N87YD0: Group of doubly terminated prismatic crystals on parallel growth. Color and luster are excellent.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 0.7”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

N87GD0: Fine specimen. Crystals are prismatic, some of them doubly terminated, with smooth and bright faces and the best color and luster. On matrix.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 1.0”


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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Realces pocket (11/1997)

Pyromorphite

N32M: Group of green doubly terminated crystals on a base of small brown crystals.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

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


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

N10RK9: Group of prismatic crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster, on matrix.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.4”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV


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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

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”


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Pyromorphite

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”


Pyromorphite.
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Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

N57HD0: A group, very aerial, of doubly terminated crystals with slightly curved edges. The color is deep green.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

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


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Pyromorphite

N36DK9: Group of prismatic crystals, many of them doubly terminated and with faces of the pinacoid. Other crystals show multiple terminations as a very sharp pyramid, always with well defined faces and edges. On matrix.
Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.4” × 2.1” × 1.7”

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

Minor fluorescence short UV


Pyromorphite.
Pyromorphite.
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Southern Spain


Iridescent Goethite

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Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.

NL59N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 2.0” × 1.1” × 0.8”


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Iridescent Goethite

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

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.4 × 3.8 cm = 2.2” × 2.1” × 1.5”


Iridescent Goethite. Front
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Iridescent Goethite. Rear
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Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.

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

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.7 × 3.8 cm = 3.2” × 1.9” × 1.5”


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Iridescent Goethite

NC8N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 1.0” × 0.8”


Iridescent Goethite.
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Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.

NG11N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.4”


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Iridescent Goethite

NM11L9: Stalactitic-botryoidal Goethite growth with variable colors on a grayish base but with areas of dominant golden and intense reddish tones.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.5” × 1.9” × 1.9”


Iridescent Goethite.
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Iridescent Goethite
Iridescent Goethite.

ND63N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality.
Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 2.6” × 1.4” × 1.2”


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Epidote from Aguablanca Mine

Epidote with Calcite

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”


Epidote with Calcite.
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Epidote with Quartz
Epidote with Quartz.

NH62P6: Crystals of Epidote with very well defined faces and edges, of typical pistachio-green color, with deformed Quartz crystals and on matrix.
Mina de Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 3.8 × 6.1 cm = 3.1” × 1.5” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3 cm = 1.6” × 1.2”


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Prehnite from Carchelejo

An ophite quarry in Carchelejo, Jaén, Spain produced good Prehnite, some of which are intensely green, with spherical forms, and often associated with brilliant Augite.
The quarry is now closed, so new specimens are unlikely to be found in the future.

Prehnite

NA14L3: Globular light green aggregate, with well defined and very bright crystal terminal faces. These brilliant specimens are quite unusual in this closed quarry. On matrix.
Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 1.7 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 0.7”


Prehnite.
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Prehnite
Prehnite.

NC62P2: Clear green globular aggregates with very well defined and bright terminal faces, which are not typical for the samples from this locality, actually now closed. The Prehnite is on a serpentine matrix.
Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (2004)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 1.0”


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Gold

NY6P6: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold nuggets but it has been public only very recently. This one has a cavernous surface, rich in small vugs, some of them occupied by Quartz grains. Color is intense.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008)

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


Gold. Front
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Gold. Rear
Rear
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Malachite
Malachite.
Malachite.

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”


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Northern Spain


Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions

TG47Q1: Group of doubly terminated crystals of very well defined faces and edges and with abundant fluid inclusions with hydrocarbons of organic origin. The most important of the bubbles, on the upper pyramid of the main crystal, is mobile.
Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias  Spain (±2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 3 cm = 2.1” × 1.2”

Hydrocarbons fluorescent long & short UV

Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions. Front
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions. Rear
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Barite
Barite.

NQ10P1: Esthetic group of white laminar crystals, one of them clearly dominant. The crystals have the morphology typical of Berbes, being clearly thicker at the center and very much thinner on the edges.
La Cabaña, Berbes, Asturias  Spain

Specimen size: 9 × 5.9 × 5.7 cm = 3.5” × 2.3” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.0”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions

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”


Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions. Front
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions. Rear
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions and Pyrite
Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions and Pyrite. Front
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions and Pyrite. Rear
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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”


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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions and Barite

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”


Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions and Barite. Front
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions and Barite. Rear
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions
Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions.

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”


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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions

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”


Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions. Front
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Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions. Rear
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Quartz
Quartz.

NC58P4: 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: 4.1 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”


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Quartz

NJ9P4: Group of 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: 4.2 × 3.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.3”


Quartz.
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Quartz
Quartz.

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”


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Quartz

NF59P4: 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: 4.5 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.4”


Quartz.
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Variscite
Variscite.

NB58P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix, with hollows and channels showing drusy crystals on their surfaces. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.6” × 1.2”


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Variscite

NA8P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix, with hollows and channels showing drusy crystals on their surfaces. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.2 × 3.9 cm = 1.3” × 0.5” × 1.5”


Variscite.
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Variscite
Variscite.

NG59P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.6 × 4.8 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 1.9”


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Calcite with Barite and Fluorite

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

Specimen size: 11.7 × 8 × 5 cm = 4.6” × 3.1” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

Fluorite with zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Calcite with Barite and Fluorite.
Calcite with Barite and Fluorite.
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Barite
Barite.

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”


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Hemimorphite with Hydrozincite

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”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV


Hemimorphite with Hydrozincite. Hemimorphite with Hydrozincite.
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Fluellite with Metavariscite
Fluellite with Metavariscite. Fluellite with Metavariscite.

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”


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Celestine with Calcite

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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


Celestine with Calcite.
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Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.

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”


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Silver with Acanthite and Calcite

NB27M5: Dendritic growths of very well defined and bright elongated crystals of native Silver with small crystals and aggregates of Acanthite, on massive Calcite matrix.
Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (15/09/2006)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.1”


Silver with Acanthite and Calcite. Front
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Silver with Acanthite and Calcite.
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Eugui Dolomite

The Eugui quarry in Navarra is famous for its specimens of twinned, transparent or translucent Dolomite. While the quarry is still active, specimens are only found from time to time. In 1997 to 1998 a significant number were found and over the last few years a few more have appeared.

Dolomite with Aragonite
Dolomite with Aragonite. Front
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NF6P2: Aggregate of rhombohedral crystals with very well marked interpenetration twins. Faces and edges are also very well defined and the group is on matrix and has small coatings of Aragonite.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1990)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5 × 3.7 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.5”

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


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Twinned Dolomite

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”


Twinned Dolomite. Front
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Twinned Dolomite. Rear
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Aragonite
Aragonite.
Aragonite.

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”

Very fluorescent long & short UV


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Aragonite with Dolomite

NA66Q1: Very acute, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and implanted on Dolomite crystals and on matrix. Crystals are different and of superior quality to those that are more common at Eugui.
Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (08/2007)

Specimen size: 11 × 7.3 × 4 cm = 4.3” × 2.9” × 1.6”

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

Fluorescent long & short UV


Aragonite with Dolomite. Aragonite with Dolomite.
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Magnesite with Dolomite
Magnesite with Dolomite. Magnesite with Dolomite.

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”


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Quartz from Sils

In a small quarry near Barcelona, appeared good samples of smoky Quartz and exceptionally some Quartz Amethyst. Lots of local collectors go there on the weekends hoping to find the sample of their dreams. As we know many of them we hear about new finds and see the specimens found. Here are some of them. If you want to know more about Sils Quartz please follow this link

Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz and Orthoclase

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, Sils, 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”


Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz and Orthoclase.
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Quartz (Amethyst) with Quartz
Quartz (Amethyst) with Quartz.

MZ86Q1: Parallel growth of crystals having good color and luster, with marked color zoning, deeply concentrated around the edges.
Cantera trabajos AVE, Sils, La Selva, Girona  Spain (2006)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.2 × 6.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.8” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.4”


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Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz and Orthoclase

MY17Q1: Very esthetic Group, with parallel growths and very deep color especially concentrated on the zones near the edges.
Cantera trabajos AVE, Sils, 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”


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

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.2 × 6 cm = 3.2” × 2.0” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.5” × 1.1”


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Quartz (Amethyst) with Orthoclase

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 Orthoclase attached.
Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2005)

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


Quartz (Amethyst) with Orthoclase. Front
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Quartz (Amethyst) with Orthoclase. Rear
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Smoky Quartz
Smoky Quartz. Front
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Smoky Quartz. Rear
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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), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2005)

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


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Áliva Sphalerite

Áliva, in the Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain is one of the classic worldwide localities. The best red Sphalerite in the world comes from here! The mines are now closed and there is no regular access to the galleries (especially as many of them are flooded)

Sphalerite with Dolomite

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

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.7”

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


Sphalerite with Dolomite.
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite.

NF10M3: Parallel growth of Sphalerite crystals with an excellent transparency, brilliance and honey color, between orange to yellow. Partially covered by small white Dolomite crystals.
Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain

Specimen size: 5 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 2.0” × 0.7” × 0.6”

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


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Sphalerite with Dolomite

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

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.7”


Sphalerite with Dolomite.
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Sphalerite
Sphalerite.

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

Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6”


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Sphalerite

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

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.5”


Sphalerite.
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite.

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

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.0”


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Sphalerite with Dolomite

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

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 0.7”


Sphalerite with Dolomite.
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.

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

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.3” × 2.1” × 1.4”


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Sphalerite with Dolomite

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”


Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.

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

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.1” × 3.0” × 1.6”


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Sphalerite with Galena and Dolomite

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”


Sphalerite with Galena and Dolomite. Sphalerite with Galena and Dolomite.
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'Pine cone' Pyrite

At the Ambasaguas mine, famous for its pentagonododecahedral pyrites, from time to time they find a curious form of Pyrite in which hundreds of small crystals are grouped together in the form of a pine cone, all bound together by very strong marl. Over the years we have checked that these specimens are solid and stable, as the marl does not seem to alter. An unusual and aesthetic Spanish find.
If you want to know more about Ambasaguas Pyrite please follow this link

Pyrite 'pine cone'
Pyrite 'pine cone'.

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, Ambasaguas, 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”


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Pyrite 'pine cone'

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, Ambasaguas, 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”


Pyrite 'pine cone'.
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Copper

Copper
Copper.

NH59N6: Dendritic growths of small crystals of bright and very well defined faces and edges that contrast with their metallic matrix. The sample was found in a very distinct level, the only one with this kind of growth.
Boinás Este, Nivel 380, Begega, Belmonte, Asturias  Spain (24/10/2001)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.7” × 1.0” × 1.2”

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


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Copper

ND9N6: Dendritic growths of very well defined, small and bright crystals
contrasting with their metallic matrix. The sample was found in a very
distinct level, the only one with this kind of growth.
Boinás Este, Nivel 400, Begega, Belmonte, Asturias  Spain (04/09/2001)

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

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


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Central Spain


Clinozoisite-Epidote with Quartz and Orthoclase
Clinozoisite-Epidote with Quartz and Orthoclase. Clinozoisite-Epidote with Quartz and Orthoclase.

N9HI7: Groups of acicular crystals of Clinozoisite-Epidote, clear and very bright, on a matrix of Orthoclase, mosaic growths of Quartz crystals and Albite.
Cantera de los Gallegos, La Cabrera, Madrid  Spain (02/1999)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 4 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Minor fluorescence short UV


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Clinozoisite-Epidote with Quartz and Orthoclase

N9EI7: Groups of acicular crystals of Clinozoisite-Epidote, clear and very bright, on a matrix of Orthoclase, mosaic growths of Quartz crystals and Albite.
Cantera de los Gallegos, La Cabrera, Madrid  Spain (02/1999)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7 × 3.5 cm = 3.1” × 2.8” × 1.4”

Minor fluorescence short UV


Clinozoisite-Epidote with Quartz and Orthoclase. Clinozoisite-Epidote with Quartz and Orthoclase.
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El Horcajo Pyromorphite

During the last century a mine at El Horcajo, Ciudad Real, produced great Pyromorphite with a very large variety of forms. Specimens from the locality are very well represented in major European Museums. Unfortunately little of this material is available and it is very difficult to get hold of specimen from this mine. We obtained a few small specimens from an old Spanish collection and we are able to offer them :

Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite.

NG9M9: Parallel growths of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, whose color is green with slightly brown shades with excellent luster.
El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.7” × 0.7”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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