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Milpillas Mine

Cuprite
Cuprite. Cuprite.

TY47X8: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp and extraordinarily bright cuboctahedral crystals. Cuprite is not a common species at Milpillas, even less in samples of such quality.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 1.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.7”

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


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Cuprite

TA89X8: Aggregate, on matrix and more aerial than usual, of very sharp and extraordinarily bright cuboctahedral crystals. Cuprite is not a common species at Milpillas, even less in samples of such quality.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.7” × 2.5” × 1.2”

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


Cuprite. Cuprite.
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Azurite
Azurite. Front
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Azurite. Top
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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”


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Azurite with Malachite

TC50X5: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with equant shape and polycrystalline growths on their faces. They are very well defined, are very bright and have the vivid blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2011-2012)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 1.1”


Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite. Top
Top
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear

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”


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Azurite

TA99W9: Very aerial group of complex crystals that have very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and have an extraordinary deep blue color (electric blue) typical of the best samples from Milpillas. They have vivid reflections and transparencies under a strong light.
Mina Milpillas, Level 1100, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (10/2011)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.9”

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


Azurite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Side
Side

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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”


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Azurite with Malachite

TE87L0: Complex Azurite translucent crystals with polysynthetic and tiled growth. Excellent vivid deep blue color. With Malachite and on matrix. With the vivid blue color (electric blue) that has made the Azurites from this locality famous.
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”


Azurite with Malachite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear

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”


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Azurite with Malachite

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”


Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite.

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”


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Azurite

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”


Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Side
Side
Azurite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite.

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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”


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Azurite

TE0W4: Thick tabular crystals of azurite on matrix. They are much more isolated than usual, are very bright and have the 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: 7.4 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.9” × 2.0” × 1.3”

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


Azurite. Front
Front
Azurite. Top
Top
Azurite.
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Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite.

TB46X3: Aggregate, on matrix, of Malachite crystals, pseudomorphous after Azurite, which have very well defined faces and edges, slight curvatures and a very deep color and an excellent luster for the species.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”


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Malachite after Azurite

TA67X3: Aggregate of Malachite crystals, pseudomorphous after Azurite, which have very well defined faces and curvatures. They have a very deep color and an excellent luster for the species.
Mina Milpillas, Cananea, Sonora  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.3” × 0.5”


Malachite after Azurite. Front
Front
Malachite after Azurite. Side
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Malachite after Azurite
Malachite after Azurite. Malachite after Azurite.

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”


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Malachite after Azurite

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”


Malachite after Azurite. Malachite after Azurite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite. Azurite with Malachite.

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”


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Azurite with Malachite

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”


Azurite with Malachite. Front
Front
Azurite with Malachite. Rear
Rear
Azurite with Malachite.
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Azurite with Malachite
Azurite with Malachite.

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”


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Ojuela Mine

Wulfenite with Mimetite

TE98X8: Yellow elongated Wulfenite crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated and consisting of a prism with very acute dipyramidal terminations. They are on a limonite matrix with green botryoidal Mimetite growths.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.4 × 3 cm = 3.7” × 2.9” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”


Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.
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Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.

TK36X3: Druse of very elongated Wulfenite crystals, many of them doubly terminated. They are formed by a prism with slightly curved edges and the pinacoid. The Wulfenite is with small green spherules of Mimetite and is on a limonite matrix.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2009)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.7 × 3.6 cm = 2.5” × 2.2” × 1.4”

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


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Wulfenite with Mimetite

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, Mapimν, 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”


Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.
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Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.

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, Mapimν, 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”

Mimetite minor fluorescence long & short UV

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Wulfenite with Mimetite

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, Mapimν, 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”

Mimetite minor fluorescence long & short UV

Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.
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Wulfenite with Mimetite
Wulfenite with Mimetite. Wulfenite with Mimetite.

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, Mapimν, 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”


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Wulfenite on Mottramite

TL46X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Dark olive-green botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.4 cm = 1.8” × 1.6” × 0.9”

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


Wulfenite on Mottramite. Wulfenite on Mottramite.
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Wulfenite on Mottramite
Wulfenite on Mottramite.

TF66X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Dark olive-green botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.9” × 1.5” × 1.1”

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


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Wulfenite on Mottramite

TA87X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Olive-green botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow-orange Wulfenite crystals, bright and with slightly curved edges, consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7 × 8 cm = 2.9” × 2.8” × 3.1”

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


Wulfenite on Mottramite. Wulfenite on Mottramite.
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Wulfenite on Mottramite
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Wulfenite on Mottramite.

TC47X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Equant shaped Wulfenite consisting of a short prism and the terminal pinacoid. They have a creamy-yellow color and are on a matrix of Mottramite. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5 × 2.7 cm = 3.0” × 2.0” × 1.1”

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


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Wulfenite on Mottramite

TD17X6: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Olive-green columnar and botryoidal growths of Mottramite with yellow Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism and the terminal pinacoid. We will provide a copy of the analysis of the Mottramite to the buyer of the specimen.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (10/2012)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 4.5 × 4.1 cm = 3.6” × 1.8” × 1.6”

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


Wulfenite on Mottramite. Front
Front
Wulfenite on Mottramite. Rear
Rear
Wulfenite on Mottramite.
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Mimetite with Wulfenite
Mimetite with Wulfenite. Mimetite with Wulfenite.

TY89X4: Globular growths of clear green Mimetite with small yellow tabular crystals of Wulfenite and on matrix.
An old sample from the well known collection of John H. Marshall, of Massachusetts, whose label unfortunately hasn't been preserved.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.8 × 3.9 cm = 3.0” × 2.7” × 1.5”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Mimetite

TA86X3: Druse of barrel-shaped, almost spherical, crystals, an uncommon shape for the samples from Mapimν. The crystals, with distinguishable faces despite their shape, have a yellowish green color and are implanted on a limonite matrix.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.3 × 3 cm = 3.5” × 2.9” × 1.2”

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


Mimetite. Mimetite.
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Mottramite
Mottramite. Mottramite.

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, Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

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


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Mottramite

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, Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (11/2011)

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


Mottramite. Mottramite.
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Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite.
Hemimorphite.

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, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, 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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Hemimorphite with Dolomite

MB76W7: Radial and fanlike groups of flattened crystals. They are translucent and very bright, with a slightly yellowish color zoning. They are on a limonite matrix. The sample is characteristic of finds in the seventies of the last century.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 10.5 × 7.2 cm = 5.0” × 4.1” × 2.8”

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

Hemimorphite with Dolomite. Front
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Hemimorphite with Dolomite. Top
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Hemimorphite with Dolomite.
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Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite. Front
Front
Hemimorphite. Side
Side
Hemimorphite.

TM48W8: Fanlike aggregates of very thin and separate crystals with excellent terminations. They are very well defined, transparent and are on limonite matrix.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (01/2009)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 12.5 × 7.5 cm = 5.7” × 4.9” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.1”


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Hemimorphite

TR47X3: Radial aggregates of flattened crystals with excellent terminations. They are very well defined, transparent, bright and on a limonite matrix.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (01/2009)

Specimen size: 15 × 10.5 × 5.5 cm = 5.9” × 4.1” × 2.2”

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


Hemimorphite. Hemimorphite.
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Rosasite
Rosasite.

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

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


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Rosasite

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

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


Rosasite.
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Rosasite
Rosasite.

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, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2010)

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


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Rosasite

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

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


Rosasite.
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Adamite from Ojuela Mine

Adamite
Adamite. Adamite.

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

Fluorescent long & short UV


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Cuprian Adamite
Cuprian Adamite

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, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, 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”

Fluorescent long & short UV


Cuprian Adamite.
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Cuprian Adamite
Cuprian Adamite. Front
Front
Cuprian Adamite. Top
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TA20X4: Curved and interpenetrating aggregates with poorly defined crystals, and with a yellow color with greenish tones due to the presence of copper. Very aerial and on limonite matrix. An excellent Mexican classic.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.5 × 3.9 cm = 2.3” × 2.2” × 1.5”

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV


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Duftite from Ojuela Mine

Duftite with Calcite

MX9X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.1” × 0.8”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MC10X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.6”


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Duftite with Calcite

MT12X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 0.9”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MV11X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 1.0”


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Duftite with Calcite

MB61X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.0” × 0.4”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MP12X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.1”


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Duftite with Calcite

MR14X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.1”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MD14X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 0.9”


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Duftite with Calcite

ME12X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 2.2 cm = 2.3” × 2.1” × 0.9”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MA61X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 0.8”


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Duftite with Calcite

MH14X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.2 × 1.3 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 0.5”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MG11X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 2.6 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 1.0”


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Duftite with Calcite

MF13X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 2.7” × 1.6” × 0.9”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MJ6X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm = 3.4” × 1.8” × 1.4”


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Duftite with Calcite

MD76X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 10.7 × 4.3 cm = 4.3” × 4.2” × 1.7”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MA96X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 12 × 8.8 × 3.8 cm = 4.7” × 3.5” × 1.5”


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Duftite with Calcite

MC96X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 9.5 × 2.8 cm = 5.0” × 3.7” × 1.1”


Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.
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Duftite with Calcite
Duftite with Calcite. Duftite with Calcite.

MB27X2: Botryoidal growths of micro-crystals of Duftite, some of them very well defined under a binocular microscope. They are clear green to slightly darker green and their luster varies from bright to dull, with transparent and colorless crystals of Calcite, and they coat a limonite matrix. Due to the absence of previous data about notable samples of Duftite at the Ojuela mine, we consider this find as an interesting "novelty" for this mine. The samples have been analyzed, and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimν, Municipio de Mapimν, Durango  Mexico (2012)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 7.5 × 4 cm = 5.4” × 3.0” × 1.6”


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Wulfenite with Vanadinite (endlichite) and Calcite

TZ63X7: Equant crystal that shows a parallel growth with very well defined faces and edges. It is very bright and has a very intense orange color. On matrix, with Calcite and small brown crystals of Vanadinite (endlichite variety).
Mina Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.5” × 0.9” × 0.6”

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


Wulfenite with Vanadinite (endlichite) and Calcite.
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Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.

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”

Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV


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Wulfenite with Vanadinite (variety endlichite)

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”


Wulfenite with Vanadinite (variety endlichite). Wulfenite with Vanadinite (variety endlichite).
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Wulfenite with Vanadinite (variety endlichite)
Wulfenite with Vanadinite (variety endlichite).
Wulfenite with Vanadinite (variety endlichite).

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”


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Wulfenite

EE89V9: Notable aggregate of tabular crystals of Wulfenite. They have an orange-yellow color, a darker horizontal geometrical color zoning and they are on limonite matrix.
Sierra de Los Lamentos, Ahumada, Chihuahua  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 13 × 10 × 8.5 cm = 5.1” × 3.9” × 3.3”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer


Wulfenite. Wulfenite.
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Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.

TD13X4: Druse of elongated crystals which show a prism with acute scalenohedral terminations, a clearer color on the prism faces and more concentrated color on the terminations. They are transparent, very bright and are on matrix. One of the rare new samples of Rhodochrosite from a recent find at Santa Eulalia. This may be the announcement of new samples from this mine.
Mina El Potosν, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdαn, Chihuahua  Mexico (01/2013)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.5”

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


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Vanadinite

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”


Vanadinite.
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Hemimorphite
Hemimorphite. Hemimorphite.

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 Serdαn, 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”

Minor fluorescence short UV


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Calcite

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 Serdαn, Chihuahua  Mexico

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

Former Oliete collection. Number 320, bought in 1988

Calcite. Front
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Fluorite with Galena and Calcite
Fluorite with Galena and Calcite. Fluorite with Galena and Calcite.
Fluorite with Galena and Calcite
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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”


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Silver (Spinel twin)

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”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


Silver (Spinel twin). Silver (Spinel twin).
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Scepter Quartz
Scepter Quartz.

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”


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Chrysocolla after Boleite

TN13X3: Aggregate, on matrix, of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after small Boleite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. 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 Rosalνa, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.4”

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


Chrysocolla after Boleite.
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Chrysocolla after Boleite
Chrysocolla after Boleite.

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 Rosalνa, 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”


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Chrysocolla after Boleite

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 Rosalνa, 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”


Chrysocolla after Boleite.
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Chrysocolla after Boleite
Chrysocolla after Boleite.

TJ76X3: Aggregate, on matrix, of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after cubo-octahedral Boleite crystals. 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 Rosalνa, Boleo, Baja California  Mexico (10-12/2010)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”

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


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Chrysocolla after Boleite

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 Rosalνa, 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”


Chrysocolla after Boleite.
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Chrysocolla after Boleite
Chrysocolla after Boleite.

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 Rosalνa, 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”


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Chrysocolla after Boleite

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 Rosalνa, 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”


Chrysocolla after Boleite. Chrysocolla after Boleite.
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Chrysocolla after Boleite
Chrysocolla after Boleite. Chrysocolla after Boleite.

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 Rosalνa, 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”


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Topaz with Opal

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 Potosν  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”


Topaz with Opal.
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Calcite
Calcite.

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 Potosν  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”

Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer

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Stibiconite

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 Potosν  Mexico

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

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


Stibiconite. Front
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Stibiconite. side
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Stibiconite. Top
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Stephanite
Stephanite. Stephanite.

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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”


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Quartz (Amethyst) with Quartz

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”


Quartz (Amethyst) with Quartz. Quartz (Amethyst) with Quartz.
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Quartz (Amethyst)
Quartz (Amethyst). Front
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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”


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Legrandite
Legrandite

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 Peρa, Lampazos, Nuevo Leσn  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”

Type locality


Legrandite. Legrandite.
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Legrandite with Smithsonite
Legrandite with Smithsonite.

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 Peρa, Lampazos, Nuevo Leσn  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”

Type locality


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Legrandite

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 Peρa, Lampazos, Nuevo Leσn  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”

Type locality


Legrandite. Legrandite.
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Legrandite with Smithsonite
Legrandite with Smithsonite.
Legrandite with Smithsonite.

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 Peρa, Lampazos, Nuevo Leσn  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”

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Pectolite

MY47X6: Very aerial group of crystals whose faces and edges are very well defined, with sharp terminations and forming parallel growths. They are translucent and have an intense pearly luster. Their color is the best known for the species.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 1.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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Grossular (Hessonite) with Diopside
Grossular (Hessonite) with Diopside.

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, Quιbec  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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Grossular with Diopside

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, Quιbec  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”


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Grossular (Hessonite) with Clinochlore
Grossular (Hessonite) with Clinochlore.

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, Quιbec  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”


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Grossular (Hessonite) with Clinochlore

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, Quιbec  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”


Grossular (Hessonite) with Clinochlore.
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Grossular (Hessonite)
Grossular (Hessonite).

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, Quιbec  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”


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Grossular with Pectolite

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, Quιbec  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”


Grossular with Pectolite. Grossular with Pectolite.
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Grossular with Diopside
Grossular with Diopside. Grossular with Diopside.

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, Quιbec  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”

Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV


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Andradite with Pectolite

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 Quιbec, that must not be confused with the classic Jeffrey Mine.
British Canadian mine, Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Chaudiθre-Appalaches, Quιbec  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”


Andradite with Pectolite.
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Smoky Quartz with Calcite
Smoky Quartz with Calcite. Front
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TF96X4: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very short prism, very well marked window growths on rhombohedron faces and a particularly intense glassy luster. Good samples from the Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are specially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their high quality, and the neat inner forms of growth and dissolution.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.3”


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Smoky Quartz with Calcite

TB29X4: Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very distinct phantom and a particularly intense glassy luster. Good samples from the Grant Quarry, aside from their scarcity, are specially appreciated by advanced collectors due to their high quality, and the neat inner forms of growth and dissolution.
Grant Quarry, Greely, Ontario  Canada (06/2004)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.5”


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Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz
Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.
Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz.

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”


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Andradite (Demantoid) from Jeffrey Quarry

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Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole

EJ12W8: Isolated crystals that show the dominant form of the dodecahedron beveled 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 analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.5”

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


Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole.
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Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole
Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole.

EC46W8: Clustered crystals that show the dominant form of the dodecahedron beveled 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 analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.5”

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


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Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole

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, Quιbec  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”


Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole.
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Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole
Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole. Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole.

ER46W8: Isolated crystals that show the dominant form of the dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are a very deep green color that contrasts with the rocky matrix partially coated of a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.7”

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


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Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole

EP16W8: Group of crystals that show the dominant form of the dodecahedron beveled 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 analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.0”

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


Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole. Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole.
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Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole
Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole. Andradite (Demantoid) with amphibole.

EC36W8: Isolated and clustered crystals that show the dominant form of the dodecahedron beveled by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are a very deep green color that contrasts with the rocky matrix partially coated by a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been analyzed and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.5”

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


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Jeffrey Quarry Vesuvianite and Diopside

The great Jeffrey Quarry in Asbestos, Canada is now closed, so we don't expect to get any more fine material from there in the future. In the last few days of its glorious history the Jeffrey Quarry nevertheless still giving us great things:

Vesuvianite

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

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

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Vesuvianite. Front
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Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite.

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, Quιbec  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”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Vesuvianite

AB89N4: Group of crystals of very good color, very uniform, and excellent transparency. Furthermore, a lot of the crystals on the group are doubly terminated. A floater.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3 × 2 cm = 2.6” × 1.2” × 0.8”

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

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)


Vesuvianite. Front
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Vesuvianite. Front
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Vesuvianite. Rear
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Vesuvianite.
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Vesuvianite with Diopside
Vesuvianite with Diopside. Vesuvianite with Diopside.

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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, Quιbec  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”

Diopside fluorescent short & long UV

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Vesuvianite with Diopside

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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, Quιbec  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”

Diopside intense fluorescence short & long UV


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Vesuvianite with Diopside.
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