Mineral Specimens

TT62V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TX63V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TR63V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TV64V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TQ64V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TY64V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TM6V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TZ16V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

TA36V8

From an old and abandoned Bulgarian locality, these individual brown crystals of Pyromorphite look nice perched on the white Quartz matrix.
Something unusual and with some beauty too.

NX9V8

Columnar and arborescent groups, very aerial and esthetic, of dipyramidal crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with very well-defined faces and edges. They have good luster.

NH64V8

Very aerial and esthetic columnar growths of small but extraordinarily defined and bright crystals. Those are dipyramidal and have very well defined faces and edges and most of them are doubly terminated. The matrix is a group of crystals of white Calcite.

NZ63V8

Very aerial and esthetic columnar growths of small but extraordinarily defined and bright crystals. Those are dipyramidal and have very well defined faces and edges and most of them are doubly terminated. The matrix is a group of crystals of white Calcite.

NV63V8

Group on matrix of Limonite of small, bright crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, that form sharp dipyramids.

NY6V8

Group on matrix of Limonite of small, very bright crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, that form sharp dipyramids.

NG36V8

Very aerial and esthetic columnar growths of small but extraordinarily defined and bright crystals. Those are dipyramidal and have very well defined faces and edges and most of them are doubly terminated. The matrix is a group of crystals of white Calcite.

NB28V8

Group on Limonite matrix of small bright crystals, most of them doubly terminated, forming dipyramids with very well-defined faces and edges. The specimen is very esthetic due its columnar growths, with very attractive crests and vugs.

NR67V8

Very aerial and esthetic columnar growths of small but extraordinarily defined and bright crystals. Those are dipyramidal and have very well defined faces and edges and most of them are doubly terminated. The matrix is a group of crystals of white Calcite.

TB61Q4

Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, elongated, and almost completely covered by a second generation of laminar and bright crystals of Hematite.

TA11Q4

Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, and almost completely covered by a second generation of laminar and bright crystals of Hematite.

TC12Q4

Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, and almost completely covered by a second generation of laminar and bright crystals of Hematite.

TG14Q4

Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, and almost completely covered by a second generation of laminar and bright crystals of Hematite.

TJ6Q4

Parallel and skeletal growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs after Magnetite, elongated, and almost completely covered by a second generation of laminar and bright crystals of Hematite.

EV16H2

Doubly terminated floater. The color is deeper at the terminations, whose luster is also more intense than in the other faces. The crystal grew on other small crystals of Quartz (Amethyst)

TC11P7

On the same specimen there are two very rare species. Kosnarite in pseudo-octahedral, creamy crystals with very sharp and bright faces and edges. The Zanazziite, in very small crystals, has been carefully analyzed and the result is surprising: iron is nearly completely replaced by manganese (thus its pinkish shade), so we present it as manganoan Zanazziite. Matrix is Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

TM14P7

On the same specimen there are two very rare species. Kosnarite in pseudo-octahedral, creamy crystals with very sharp and bright faces and edges. The Zanazziite, in very small crystals, has been carefully analyzed and the result is surprising: iron is nearly completely replaced by manganese (thus its pinkish shade), so we present it as manganoan Zanazziite. Matrix is Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.

MH26K5

Group of prismatic crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, of excellent color and with Rockbridgeite crystallizations.

ME14J9

A crystal of considerable size, very transparent, with excellent luster and a very fine vertical striation.

MC14F5

One can see different crystals that have grown in various directions. To me it looks like it is the very complex crystallization that gives the specimen so many faces, which means that any movement creates numerous reflections. It is a very original floater with zones of smoky color and multi-colored reflection from its interior.

PT64P7

The crystals have a curious growth, they are gradually thickening from the base to the top.

EV86H2

Some crystals are doubly terminated, some others are implanted on the matrix. The aspect of these Mimetite crystals, with its deep yellow-orange color, reminds me of coral growths.

EZ66H2

Crystals are distributed as a comb on the matrix. They are transparent, have a good color and show a slight zonation, more intense in the upper termination.

E91AC7

Cumbria, British Museum, Barite, these are all names that remind me of a splendid past. Jordi bought this one from the Behier collection but did not put it up on the web site as the base has a small ding. But given that you cannot see this defect when you display it and that it is such a nice specimen that displays well I think that it would look good in any collection.

As well as the history I like the fact that it has its old labels and that not only are the crystals transparent but that they have two colors, due, Jordi tells me, to the Hematite inclusions in certain areas which add the red tint.

M9BV6

Apparently being a single crystal, the growth shows different spread terminations all along the prism. In the interior a very thin, as a needle, “faden” is formed.

M87ZV6

Apparently being a single crystal, the growth shows different spread terminations all along the prism. In the interior a very thin, as a needle, “faden” is formed.

R58MV6

Apparently being a single crystal, the growth shows different spread terminations all along the prism. In the interior a very thin, as a needle, “faden” is formed.

R11BV6

Apparently being a single crystal, the growth shows different spread terminations all along the prism. In the interior a very thin, as a needle, “faden” is formed.

B9RV6

Group of elongated, clear and shiny crystals, with "faden" growths in them.

R57FV6

Very unusual distorted Quartz, extra-flat and apparently with broken areas, although "in person" it is clear that all faces are complete and undamaged.

TG36S2

Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.

TF46S2

Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.

TJ66S2

Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense greenish-blue on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.

TA66S2

Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite of intense green on Limonite matrix. A recent discovery at the classic Ojuela mine.

TF6Q9

Between 2007 and 2009 the Ojuela Mine produced neat combinations of Wulfenite and Mimetite. The Wulfenite formed long crystals, which are not very typical for the species, and the presence of green Mimetite adds to the appeal.

TG6Q9

Between 2007 and 2009 the Ojuela Mine produced neat Wulfenites. These Wulfenites formed long crystals, which are not very typical for the species.

TA36Q9

Between 2007 and 2009 the Ojuela Mine produced neat Wulfenites. These Wulfenites formed long crystals, which are not very typical for the species.

TA16Q9

Between 2007 and 2009 the Ojuela Mine produced neat combinations of Wulfenite and Mimetite. The Wulfenite formed long crystals, which are not very typical for the species, and the presence of green Mimetite adds to the appeal.

TE66Q9

Between 2007 and 2009 the Ojuela Mine produced neat combinations of Wulfenite and Mimetite. The Wulfenite formed long crystals, which are not very typical for the species, and the presence of green Mimetite adds to the appeal.

TZ26Q9

Between 2007 and 2009 the Ojuela Mine produced neat Wulfenites. These Wulfenites formed long crystals, which are not very typical for the species.

TM60L2

The crystal growth of this specimen inside a tight cavity makes it different from other Adamites. Formed by two fan-shaped groups of Adamite crystals, nearly perpendicular, this specimen shows marked triangular terminal faces.

EK64H2

An infinity of fans and needles of Brochantite cover the sample with Linarite, partially covered, on a second plane.

NB9H2

An open gap in Calcite offers enough space for the growth of Quartz crystals and another pleochroic (different color, black or brown, depending of crystal position) mineral. We acquired the sample thinking it could be something very rare, a sulfide or a cobalt arsenate... As usually happens, the analysis send us back to reality: They are Goethite crystals. Beautiful, very unusual for the locality, but Goethite.

TE14J2

A taste of the curious globular Elbaites from Myanmar, shaped as “bouquets”, with good color and in white Quartz matrix.

TR10K5

Globular growths, of deep red color, on Quartz matrix.

MR62K5

Complex crystals that are forming a bundle, as a consequence of the multiple growth of a multitude of very thin prismatic crystals.

TP14Q2

Deep blue fibrous growths of Shattuckite on Quartz matrix with Malachite. The mining has been abandoned so probably we must expect an increasing scarcity of this kind of sample in the mineral market.

JZ16F1

Very clear and transparent Calcite. The crystals, even though they are on top of each other, show off well the rhombohedral form with many modified edges, which give the specimen a particular softness.

MZ76H2

Translucent and of nice color, the Brookite crystals, incomplete but unbroken, sit on a bed of Quartz and Albite crystals. Some of the Quartz crystals have green inclusions enhancing the specimen.

EE97G6

A perfect design. From a base of Albite crystals a very erect Beryl crystal arises. The prism is striated and ends with a completely flat pinacoid. In fact, the inner crystal is also strongly striated, with some channels, which are hollow to the matrix. The detail picture shows the pinacoid with the mouth of the channels.

NB11M7

A group of two violet crystals, with zoned color and a cluster of small crystals on its side. On the back, there is a neat contact. The crystals have small damage on the edges.

NH9N7

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.

NE8N7

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.

NM58N7

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.

NP8N7

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.

NL9N7

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.

NQ9N7

The Preguiça Mine is currently well known and the species from there well described. Anyway, an unusual find was made there in 2006, a pseudomorph of Descloizite after Vanadinite. The analysis we did shows only Descloizite but the crystal form is without doubt that of former Vanadinite.

NC11L4

Very interesting sample of Fluellite partially coated, on the base, by a thin white layer of Crandallite. The characteristic light violet color is seen and the Fluellite is positioned on a covering of green yellowish Metavariscite in small globular aggregates. All on a black carbonaceous slate matrix. In the deposit one can find Fluellite totally replaced by Crandallite.

NZ9L4

Aggregate formed by transparent Fluellite crystals, with well defined faces and edges, some of them curved. With an excellent brilliance and clearly showing the truncated bipyramidal habit. Some are colorless and others combine yellowish tones. Accompanied by green botryoidal Metavariscite. On a black carbonaceous slate matrix.

NA63L4

Excellent group of Fluellite crystals with well defined faces and edges and good brilliance. Color varies between colorless to yellowish. They show perfectly the truncated bipyramid. On a grey botryoidal aggregate of Metavariscite. All on a black carbonaceous slate matrix.

NT63R2

From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.

NC26R2

From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.

NZ26R2

From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.

NE76R2

From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.

NK36R2

From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.

NJ56R2

From an unexpected find in an old lead mining area of Roman time where the Pyromorphites appeared previously, although with a different shape than this specimen. Its habit and color, very distinctive, make this find unmistakable. It has become a Spanish classic. This specimen comes from a first selection of the specimens when they were found.

NK8R7

This Spinel comes from the first discovery in the Mijas area of this species, which is quite rare in Spain. It is characterized by its color, distinct from other Spinels from this area, as well as its good crystal definition.
As a plus, we can give the precise name of the place where it was found (El Chambao)

NJ58R7

This Spinel comes from the first discovery in the Mijas area of this species, which is quite rare in Spain. It is characterized by its color, distinct from other Spinels from this area, as well as its good crystal definition.
As a plus, we can give the precise name of the place where it was found (El Chambao)

NH10R7

This Spinel comes from the first discovery in the Mijas area of this species, which is quite rare in Spain. It is characterized by its color, distinct from other Spinels from this area, as well as its good crystal definition.
As a plus, we can give the precise name of the place where it was found (El Chambao)

NB10R7

This Spinel comes from the first discovery in the Mijas area of this species, which is quite rare in Spain. It is characterized by its color, distinct from other Spinels from this area, as well as its good crystal definition.
As a plus, we can give the precise name of the place where it was found (El Chambao)

NE10R7

This Spinel comes from the first discovery in the Mijas area of this species, which is quite rare in Spain. It is characterized by its color, distinct from other Spinels from this area, as well as its good crystal definition.
As a plus, we can give the precise name of the place where it was found (El Chambao)

NF10S6

Smoky Quartz from the finds of a few years ago when the workings of the new high-speed train (AVE) crossed a mineralized area of the Montseny Mountains near Barcelona.

NH9S6

Sceptered Quartz Amethyst from the finds of a few years ago, when the workings of the new high-speed train (AVE) crossed a mineralized area of the Montseny Mountains near Barcelona.

NG12S6

Quartz Amethyst from the finds of a few years ago, when the workings of the new high-speed train (AVE) crossed a mineralized area of the Montseny Mountains near Barcelona.

NH11S6

Sceptered Quartz Amethyst with a very intense color, from a quarry located in the Montseny Mountains area near Barcelona.

NA8S8

The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mines, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.

NE10S8

The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mines, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.

NC9S8

The iridescent Goethite from Rio Tinto is different from the Tharsis iridescent Goethite, it is not stalactitic and is much more colorful.
From an old find at the classic Rio Tinto mines, this Goethite surprises us with its rich and varied colors.

NB13Q2

Group of sharp crystals. They are transparent and implanted on a thin matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003)

NE46Q2

Group of sharp crystals with inclusions. They are implanted on a thin matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003)

NF47Q2

Group of sharp crystals implanted on a thin matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003)

T87QS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87US4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87ES4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87BS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87AS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87TS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87RS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87DS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T87ABS4

Fine example of this very rare vanadate of lead and bismuth (only three localities in the world, two in Nevada) from the type locality. It is with another rare related species, Clinobisvanite, which is easy to distinguish from the Pottsite either by its reddish color or by its fluorescence.

T13EI3

A rare gold telluride in small crystals on matrix.

SA36L2

Parallel growth of prismatic and tabular Barite crystals. Some of them doubly terminated and translucent, showing a grey bluish color (blue with transmitted a light source). This specimen comes from an old find close to Stoneham, Colorado (USA), where doubly terminated crystals were not so common.