Mineral Specimens - page 2
Mexico - Canada

TX16V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.4” × 1.0”

TP36V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 12 × 5.8 cm = 4.8” × 4.7” × 2.3”

TJ47V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.3 × 6 cm = 3.9” × 2.9” × 2.4”

TP66V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.8 × 4.2 cm = 3.9” × 3.1” × 1.7”

TX28V7: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.3 × 5.7 cm = 3.9” × 2.9” × 2.2”

TX67V4: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 4.7 cm = 3.9” × 2.6” × 1.9”

TB96V2: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.3 × 6.8 cm = 4.9” × 3.7” × 2.7”

TA96V4: A novelty at Tucson 2012. These Mottramites are totally new for the Ojuela Mine where they never were seen before. Also the quality is quite competitive due to its richness and the botryoidal forms, so they are not only a "locality sample" but also a good representation of the species.
We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, level 35, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

Specimen size: 13 × 10 × 7 cm = 5.1” × 3.9” × 2.8”

TQ66V5: Flattened botryoidal aggregate on limonite matrix, with intense and uniform bluish green color. As a curiosity we note that the nodule resembles vaguely the outline of USA.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.6 × 1 cm = 2.1” × 1.4” × 0.4”

TV86V5: Complete botryoidal nodule, with intense and uniform bluish green color.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.4” × 0.9”

TT36S1: Spheroidal growths of Rosasite of rich greenish blue color, very uniform, that contrast with the deep green color of the Conichalcite that coats the limonitic matrix.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.6” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TE96V5: Botryoidal aggregate with an almost cylindrical contour and with intense and uniform bluish green color.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 1.0”

TV27S0: Botryoidal aggregate of Rosasite with a very deep blue color and silky luster, and with small arborescent growths of Plattnerite.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.4 × 3.6 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.4”

TR47V5: Botryoidal aggregate, on limonite matrix, with intense and uniform bluish green color and velvety luster.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 4 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.6”

TM67N0: Fanlike growths of Hemimorphite crystals. They are flattened, transparent with sharp faces and edges. The Hemimorphite is with small clear crystals of Calcite on a matrix of Limonite.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1990)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 8.5 × 6 cm = 4.5” × 3.3” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TD6Q6: Radial groups of very thin and separate laminar crystals. They are transparent and have very well defined faces and edges and are on a thin matrix of Limonite. The sample is very representative of the material recently found, at the end of last year, in the Ojuela mine and slightly different from previous ones.
Lugar San Juanito, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (10/2009)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.2 × 3.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.4” × 1.3”

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

TR76N8: Doubly terminated crystals of Wulfenite with flat pinacoidal terminations. They have excellent color and a curious orange zoning in their center. They are with small green crystals of Mimetite and are on Limonite matrix.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.9 × 3.3 cm = 3.6” × 2.7” × 1.3”

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

TA67P9: Well individualized crystals of Wulfenite, some of them doubly terminated, consisting of a single prism with slight curvatures on their edges, and the pinacoid. The crystals, on a matrix of Limonite, have good color and luster.
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TE27N4: Unusually elongated Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism of slightlycurved edges, beveled by the faces of a dipyramid. There are with globulargrowths of green Mimetite and a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 3.1 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 1.2”

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

TM27N4: Crystals of Wulfenite consisting of a prism of slightly curved edges with pyramidal polycrystalline terminations. The sample, on Limonite matrix, is especially rich in green botryoidal Mimetite.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 1.5”

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

TR87N4: Wulfenite crystals unusually elongated with slightly curved edges and the faces of a dipyramid, with green globular growths of green Mimetite, on a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.3”

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

EQ97V4: Very dense fibrous aggregates of bluish green acicular crystals of Aurichalcite on limonite matrix.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.3 × 3.4 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.3”

TV90V4: Spheroidal aggregates of acute dipyramidal crystals with intense yellow color and on matrix.
The sample, of high quality for the locality, is with a label of the Chris Cowan collection that we will send to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.2 × 3 cm = 3.1” × 2.4” × 1.2”

TR98V4: Parallel aggregates of Azurite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and with a very deep color. They are on a base of fibrous crystals of Malachite.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

TG91V4: Sharp short prismatic crystal with very neat forms. Implanted on matrix, it has a deep blue color, good luster and intense blue transparency on the edges. An especially well balanced miniature.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (05/2011)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

TX52V4: Two very well individualized crystals of Azurite with very well defined faces and edges, excellent luster and a vivid blue color (electric blue) that has made the samples of this locality famous. They are implanted on matrix, with small clear green crystals of Malachite and dark green spheroidal growths of a manganese oxide.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (10/2011)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.8” × 0.4”

TD47V2: Esthetic group of sharp, flattened, crystals of Azurite with very well defined faces and edges. They are partially pseudomorphed by Malachite, but they conserve a lot of the pristine transparency and intensity of color of the Azurite.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.3” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.1 cm = 1.6” × 0.8”

TH90V2: Aerial group of complex crystals, rich in very well defined faces and edges, with deep blue color, transparent and with growths of fibrous Malachite on the back.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.7” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.5”

TQ51V2: Aerial group on matrix of elongated crystals very rich in faces, very bright and with a vivid blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (10/2011)

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

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.5”

TQ96V2: Polycrystalline growth, on matrix, of elongated crystals that are doubly terminated and rich in faces, very bright and with a vivid blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (10/2011)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.1 × 3.9 cm = 2.4” × 1.2” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 0.8”

TK96L0: Complex group of Azurite crystals of neat and sharp faces and edges. Excellent deep vivid blue color, with fibrous Malachite radial growths, on matrix. From a new locality not yet well known by mineralogists.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 0.9”

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

TE87L0: Complex Azurite translucent crystals with polysynthetic and tiled growth. Excellent vivid deep blue color. With Malachite and on matrix. From a new locality not yet well known by mineralogists.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.4 × 2.1 cm = 1.8” × 1.7” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

TF48L0: Parallel growth of complex Azurite crystals of neat and sharp faces and edges. Excellent and translucent deep blue color, with fibrous Malachite, on matrix. From a new locality not yet well known by mineralogists.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2007)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.1 × 2.1 cm = 2.4” × 1.6” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”

ED14Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. Very aerial group of crystals of very well defined faces and edges and having the very brilliant luster from Milpillas. Their incredible blue color (“electric blue”) is typical of the samples of this very special find. With Malachite.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.1” × 1.0”

TD50Q0: Aggregate of equidimensional crystals of Azurite of very deep color and intense luster, on matrix with Malachite. Some faces show a beginning of altering to Malachite but they haven’t lost their luster.

Level 1100, Milpillas, Sonora  Mexico (08/2009)

Specimen size: 5.1 ×  3 × 2.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EH66Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. Very aerial and esthetic group of very well defined faces and edges and having the very intense luster from Milpillas. Their incredible blue color (“electric blue”) is typical of the samples of this very special find. With Malachite growths and on matrix.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”

EG13Q8: A novelty at Ste. Marie 2010. Group of lenticular crystals of Azurite with an excellent definition of their faces and edges and having a very brilliant luster from Milpillas. Their incredible blue color (“electric blue”) is typical of the samples of this very special find. With Malachite and on a small matrix.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.7”

TQ17V2: Aerial group of Malachite pseudomorphous after Azurite crystals, with rounded faces and edges, a very deep green color and silky luster.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.3”

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

TB47S3: Crystals of Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, with a fibrous aspect on the faces of the crystals, and with superficial fan growths and intense velvet luster.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.2 × 3.6 cm = 4.3” × 3.6” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.3” × 0.6”

TT11V1: Aggregate on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after small crystals of Boleite more intensely colored than usual. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.7”

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

TC11V1: Aggregate on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after cubic crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.5” × 0.3”

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

TM9V1: Aggregate on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after small crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.6”

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

TA16V1: Aggregate on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after small crystals of Boleite and also forming concretions and botryoidal growths. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4 × 3.4 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.3”

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

TC36V1: Aggregate on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after cubic crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5 × 1.3 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 0.5”

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

TB56V1: Aggregate on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after cubic crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 5.3 × 1.8 cm = 2.7” × 2.1” × 0.7”

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

TV13S7: Aggregates on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphous after small cubic crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago, but on paler samples, in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.4” × 1.4”

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

TJ13S7: Aggregates on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphous after small cubic crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago, but on paler samples, in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 0.7”

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

TK6S7: Aggregates on matrix of Chrysocolla pseudomorphous after cubo-octahedral crystals of Boleite. This rare pseudomorph was discovered a few years ago, but on paler samples, in an area near Amelia (not in the mine itself), but until the end of 2010 new samples had not been recovered.
Manto 3, Santa Rosalía, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.7” × 0.7”

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

MC26V1: Doubly terminated crystal on matrix. It has very well defined faces and edges and is transparent, with a very deep color. It also has a small aggregate of Opal (variety hyalite) near its upper termination.
Tepetate, Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosí  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

EY7V0: Aggregate of tabular crystals (poker chip habit) with hexagonal shape and triangular growth forms on the pinacoid. They have a very well defined color zoning, white on the terminations and creamy in the center.
Mina San Bartolo, Charcas, San Luis Potosí  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 5.0” × 3.1” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.0”

TR10Q8: Group of sharp crystals, pseudomorphous after Stibnite, with very well defined faces and edges. The locality is considered typical for the species.
It is noted as a donation of A.B. Stiles to the Mineralogical Museum of the University of Delaware.
Real de Catorce, Catorce, San Luis Potosí  Mexico

Specimen size: 23 × 5 × 5 cm = 9.1” × 2.0” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 22 × 3.6 cm = 8.7” × 1.4”

TA99E0: An excellent, really shiny Stephanite that is well positioned on the matrix and has complex crystal forms. There are also some large crystals of Stephanite on the rear of the specimen. There are no dings or scratches anywhere on it and there is a small amount of Pyrite matrix. As we often do, we will send the buyer of this one a copy of the analysis of this tempting specimen.
Pozo San Luis, Fresnillo, Zacatecas  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.6” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TP57T1: Very sharp individualized crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent with a very intense luster, and they have a very deep color, and are implanted on matrix.
Piedra Parada, Las Vigas, Veracruz  Mexico (±1985)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 6.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.2” × 2.5” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.8” × 0.4”

TY96P1: A very esthetic group of crystals on matrix. The crystals have very well defined faces and edges and are very transparent, bright and a uniform and intense color.
Piedra Parada, Las Vigas, Veracruz  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

MK47S7: Group of crystals on matrix, some of them very bright, of pale violet color and internal growths of sharp negative crystals in the central area of each crystal.
Piedra Parada, Las Vigas, Veracruz  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.2 × 4.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 5 × 1.4 cm = 2.0” × 0.6”

TB61V4: A novelty at Tucson 2012. Unusual crystalline shape for the Vanadinite, whose aggregates are formed by crystals with a prism and an acute dipyramid, with their faces and edges slightly rounded and distorted. They show a creamy color and are on matrix.
Veta el Gallo, Mina San Antonio, Nivel 4, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua  Mexico (2011)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 1.0”

TD14V4: A novelty at Tucson 2012. Unusual crystalline shape for the Vanadinite, whose aggregates are formed by dipyramidal crystals of very well defined faces and edges. They show a creamy color and are on matrix.
Veta el Gallo, Mina San Antonio, Nivel 4, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua  Mexico (2011)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

TY16V4: A novelty at Tucson 2012. Unusual crystalline shape for the Vanadinite, whose aggregates, very aerial, are formed by crystals with a prism and an acute dipyramid with very well defined faces and edges and are on matrix with small crystals of Calcite. They show a creamy color and are on matrix.
Veta el Gallo, Mina San Antonio, Nivel 4, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua  Mexico (2011)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

TQ76S9: Druse of very bright crystals, with phantom growths and neat and individualized terminations which is not so with the samples from Santa Eulalia.
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6 × 3.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.4” × 1.3”

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

TV96P8: Complex equidimensional crystals, very rich in faces, growing on an early generation of smaller crystals primarily covering a stalactitic growth of a mineral that has disappeared, maybe Limonite?. A very esthetic piece. The sample is from J. Catmur collection and the label indicates that it was acquired in 1994.
Mina El Potosí, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1994)

Specimen size: 14 × 10 × 3.5 cm = 5.5” × 3.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

FT86: Two generations of Calcite. The first generation was stalactitical and the second generation was the classic locality crystal form. Both first and second generation have brilliant crystals, and both are partially colored by brown iron oxides. Great esthetics in this decorative specimen.
Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 13.5 × 9 × 7.8 cm = 5.3” × 3.5” × 3.1”

TX97Q8: Very aerial group of crystals, most of them doubly terminated, with hollowed terminations, pale orange color, and with small crystals of Calcite, on matrix. We especially note, as unusual, the locality.
The sample is from the Gary Murdock collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Mina San Carlos (Mina Apex), San Carlos, Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.4”

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

TP86R9: Groups of transparent cubic crystals of a deeper color than usual for this kind of sample. The crystals show surfaces with polycrystalline growths on the octahedron faces and are implanted on a matrix with bright cub-octahedral crystals of Galena.
The sample is from the prestigious collection of Dr. Marvin D. Rausch (Massachusetts), whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Naica, Saucillo, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1986)

Specimen size: 15 × 13 × 11 cm = 5.9” × 5.1” × 4.3”

Main crystal size: 7.2 × 6.6 cm = 2.8” × 2.6”

TV16J8: Surface of small tabular crystals of very well defined faces and edges and exceptional color and luster. On matrix of white Calcite.
Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.6” × 1.1”

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

KT16L9: Group of Wulfenite crystals, with splendid color and luster, very well defined. Thick tabular crystals on a Calcite matrix with small aggregates of arsenic-rich Vanadinite (Endlichite).
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection, previously in the Folch collection. We will send both, the label from Catmur collection and the handwritten label from Folch collection.
Mina Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico (24/03/1964)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.7” × 2.5” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

TA96L5: Tabular Wulfenite crystal with an excellent orange color, on a matrix covered by small arsenical Vanadinite (Endlichite variety) crystals. A group of these Endlichite crystals is on the Wulfenite crystal.
Mina Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.4 × 4 cm = 3.1” × 2.5” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

KP56M3: Exceptional group of translucent and tabular Wulfenite crystals with an unusually good color and brilliance. Their shape and the sample size make the specimen especially esthetic.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label to the buyer.
Mina Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 10 × 6.6 × 6.2 cm = 3.9” × 2.6” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TB27K9: Tabular crystals with well defined faces and edges, with deep reddish-orange color and good luster. On Limonite matrix.
Mina Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.9 × 4.2 cm = 3.6” × 2.7” × 1.7”

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

TZ26F3: This is a really great sample, very esthetic, with the branches of the Silver very aerial, and clearly showing the Spinel twinning. This form is not that uncommon in the silvers from Mexico, but it is not normally this obvious. So, as we said, a great one.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 245 in number 2005/4.
Mina San Antonio, Batopilas, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 7 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.9” × 0.3”

TY16I2: Two main crystals have very sharp scepter growths. The crystal on the left forms an inverse scepter from the prism on the base and finishes with a very well-defined normal scepter.
Previously in the Thomas Moore collection.
Liliana Mine, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”

TE86M9: Fan growth of well defined thin crystals of intense and uniform color and excellent luster, with sharp terminations those that were freely formed. They are on limonite matrix. The sample is from the type locality.
Mina Flor de Peña, Lampazos, Nuevo León  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.3” × 0.0”

TG76N8: The sample is from the type locality. It has radial and globular groups on matrix. The crystals have an excellent luster and an intense yellow color.
Mina Flor de Peña, Lampazos, Nuevo León  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

TF53L5: This Legrandite is from the type locality for this species and, probably, could be one of the first samples found of this rare zinc arsenate. Good sized crystal, well defined, showing excellent luster and color. The upper termination is a contact with some traces of Limonite. On the right one can see a small Legrandite crystal with well defined faces and edges and perfect termination faces. On a Limonite matrix.
With a wide "pedigree" as the Evan James (Arizona) collection file and label shows, together with a previous old label. We'll send these labels to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Flor de Peña, Lampazos, Nuevo León  Mexico (±1963)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.8” × 0.4”

TM99J7: An aggregate of acicular crystals taking the appearance of a single prismatic crystal that has a magnificent color that contrasts with the dark Smithsonite matrix that we analyzed. With the specimen we’ll send a copy of the analysis of the Smithsonite.
The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Lapis’ on page 41, volume 33, number 7-8, August 2008.
Mina Flor de Peña, Lampazos, Nuevo León  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.5 × 5.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.6” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.1”

TG63V2: Aggregate of dipyramidal crystals of simple morphology, green color, slightly yellowish. They are on limonite matrix.
The sample was in the collection of Chris Cowan, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

TF4B6: Like a seed head, the form of this Adamite makes it different from other ones. The good color and luster make for a final perfect result.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.9 cm = 1.1” × 1.1”

TD76M9: Globular growths and well individualized crystals that have yellow color and an intense luster that contrasts with the dark Limonite matrix.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7 × 3.9 cm = 3.6” × 2.8” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

TC87J7: Druse, on limonitic matrix, of crystals that form a very dense group that gives a globular aspect to the specimen. The color is intense.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.8 × 1.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.9” × 0.7”

TC56V7: Irregular crystalline aggregate of this rare species, with simple forms and flat appearance. The crystals are very bright, are on matrix and show an intense blue color, The sample is from the type locality for the species.
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Québec  Canada (2002)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.1”

EC66K0: Twinned crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of sharp faces and edges with good luster and color, on a matrix very rich in small crystals of Siderite and Quartz.
Rapid Creek area, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.6 × 4.5 cm = 3.2” × 2.2” × 1.8”

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

MH48S3: Druse of very sharp complex crystals of Lazulite. They are twinned, translucent and have an intense luster and a very deep blue color, with small clear crystals of Quartz and rhombohedral crystals of brown Siderite.
Crosscut Creek, Kulan Camp, Rapid Creek, Dawson, Yukon  Canada

Specimen size: 14.8 × 7.8 × 2.7 cm = 5.8” × 3.1” × 1.1”

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

MV46V4: Doubly terminated creamy crystals of Whiteite with curved faces and edges. They are on matrix with well developed crystals of Lazulite, Quartz and Siderite. The sample is with a J.S. White collection label in whose honor the species was named.
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

TC87V1: Druse of dodecahedral crystals of Grossular (hessonite). They are clear, slightly pinkish and very bright. In their center they have small phantom growths of a very deep green color. They are on matrix with white flattened crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/01/1982)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5 × 1.9 cm = 3.0” × 2.0” × 0.7”

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

TM99V1: Dodecahedral crystals slightly beveled by the trapezohedron. They are transparent and bright, with an intense color. They are on matrix, with translucent white elongated crystals of Pectolite.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (14/06/1985)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.6” × 1.4”

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

TE66S7: Aggregate of dodecahedral crystals whose bevels have fine echeloned growths. They are on matrix and are very bright, completely transparent and show honey color.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (18/09/1993)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TN46R9: Dodecahedral crystals of Grossular of a slightly salmon color. They are very transparent and bright and are on a matrix partially coated by small tabular crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.3” × 1.1” × 0.7”

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

TX26Q8: Group of dodecahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and an excellent luster and salmon color. On matrix with small crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TR96Q8: Group of dodecahedral crystals beveled by the faces of a trapezohedron. They have very well defined faces and edges and an excellent luster and color, between pink and orange. They are on a matrix coated by small crystals of Clinochlore.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (07/11/1981)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

TJ27Q8: Two crystals, clearly dominant, formed by the faces of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron, bright and very well defined. The matrix is a group of aerial and well defined prismatic crystals of Diopside.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.0” × 0.6”

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

TB28Q8: Group of relatively complex crystals formed, basically, by faces of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron, but with a repeated striation parallel to the edges of the dodecahedron. Crystals are transparent, of orange color and very bright.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (19/09/1998)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.8” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TV67S3: Dodecahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, they are transparent, very bright and have a very pale green color with deep green phantom growths.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (31/10/1998)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 0.9”

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

TQ96S7: Dodecahedral crystals of Andradite on matrix. They are very bright, completely transparent, have a deep, intense and uniform green color, and are on a matrix of white Pectolite. The sample is typical for this mine in Québec, that must not be confused with the classic Jeffrey Mine.
British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec  Canada (10/09/1995)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.4 × 0.9 cm = 1.3” × 1.3” × 0.4”

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

EK46V1: Group of dodecahedral crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces. They are very transparent and bright, with a very intense and deep color, and are on a matrix of an indeterminate amphibole.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.3”

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

EE26Q0: Excellent miniature with a dominant crystal that has the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. It has excellent transparency and luster and is a very deep green color contrasting with a matrix of a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.5” × 0.4”

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

EM14P9: Isolated and grouped crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color and are on a Serpentine matrix partially coated by a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.3” × 1.1”

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

ET46Q0: Isolated and clustered crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are a very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix of a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 1.8” × 1.6” × 1.1”

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

TJ16N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystal combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.7”

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

TM36S3: Elongated prismatic crystal. Transparent, of yellowish green color and with very well defined pyramidal faces on its termination.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (12/07/1998)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 1.8” × 0.3” × 0.3”

TZ16G9: Nice miniature formed by two main crystals and a third of minor size. Luster and greenish yellow color are very good, and crystal terminations are more transparent than usual.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6”

TZ16S3: Druse of short crystals. They are very bright and have a yellowish green color with lilac phantom growths. Faces and edges are very well defined and the terminations, that show the forms of the pyramid and the pinacoid, are perfect.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (19/09/1998)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.1 × 1 cm = 1.9” × 1.6” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

MB26L5: Group of Vesuvianite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, whose color varies between the yellowish green to mauve. Accompanied by flattened Diopside crystals with excellent creamy color, good transparency and brilliance.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.6” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”

MM88G7: The specimen is from a recent find by local searchers at the Jeffrey Quarry, now closed. Even considering that the cavity was very big very few pieces have such high quality. The tabular habit of the crystals is very uncommon, the fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid demonstrate they are very flat prisms. Their color and brightness are excellent and the transparency exceptional. Even more, their association with minor violet Vesuvianite adds more interest and glamour to the sample.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

MD3K0: Group of crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with an excellent luster and color, moving from green to mauve but basically yellow. The tips of the pyramids are transparent. The specimen, with the presence of small tabular and transparent crystals of Diopside, is a floater.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm = 3.0” × 2.3” × 2.1”

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

MC51J7: The crystal habit is rare: they are apparently tabular but the fine vertical striation and the presence of the pinacoid show that they really are very flat prisms. Their color and luster are excellent. They are implanted on a group of prismatic crystals of greenish-yellow Vesuvianite with deep violet terminations.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.7 × 4.5 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.8”

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

MA16H8: The sample has great quality. It is very esthetic because the Diopside crystals are more aerial and distinguishable than usual at this find. Perfectly defined, transparent and bright, they are placed on a base of prismatic crystals of Vesuvianite sharing yellow and violet colors.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 3.6” × 2.6” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

MJ87G9: The sample, exceptional, is from a recent find in the now closed Jeffrey Quarry. The pocket, being big, produced very few specimens of such high quality. Diopside crystals have an uncommon habit: they are apparently tabular, but fine vertical striations and the presence of the pinacoid show they really are very flat prisms. The color and luster are excellent and the transparency extraordinary. If all this seems not enough, their association with prismatic greenish-yellow and violet Vesuvianite crystals adds even more interest and visual appeal to the sample.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (09/2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 7 × 5.5 cm = 4.7” × 2.8” × 2.2”