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This page gathers together the specimens that, because of their quality, rarity or interesting locality, we wish to maintain on our web site as reference specimens.

Apatite-(CaF) with Muscovite
Apatite-(CaF) with Muscovite.

MR26K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. We have had this Apatite analyzed and it is really Apatite-(CaF), as we guessed.
Group of doubly terminated prismatic crystals formed by the prism and the pinacoid. Their habit and their deep green color remind us of some specimens from Panasqueira. The group is implanted on a matrix of Muscovite. We did an analysis to confirm the species because there is also Apatite-(CaOH) at the locality, but this ones they are Apatite-(CaF).
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Aimorés, Minas Gerais  Brazil (07/2007)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.2 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm

Intense fluorescence long & short UV


 
Apatite-(CaF)

MA46K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. We have had this Apatite analyzed and it is really Apatite-(CaF), as we guessed.
Uniaxial growth of crystals formed by the prism, the pyramid and the pinacoid, of beautiful green color and excellent luster. We are waiting an analysis to confirm the species, but we believe, due the morphology and the general aspect, they are Apatite-(CaF), but we are still uncertain because there is Apatite-(CaOH) at the locality.
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Aimorés, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm

Intense fluorescence long & short UV


Apatite-(CaF). Front
Front
Apatite-(CaF). Rear
Rear
 
Muscovite
Muscovite.

MD12L0: Very esthetic specimen, very rich in yellow laminar crystals, with well defined outlines, some of them forming rosettes.
Proberil Mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/2007)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.3 × 6 cm

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.8 cm


 
Hematite

TC87J3: Group of very complex crystals, extraordinarily rich in faces, with delicate striations and triangular forms of growth. It is very bright.
Casa de Pedra Mine, Congonhas do Campo, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.8 × 4 cm


Hematite.
 
Kosnarite with Albite and Mica
Kosnarite with Albite and Mica.
Kosnarite with Albite and Mica.

TZ87J0: Groups of small crystals of very well defined faces and edges and excellent intense yellow color, on a group of laminar crystals of Albite and with small sheets of Mica (probably Muscovite).
Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2003)

Specimen size: 12.2 × 8.2 × 5.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm

Minor fluorescence short UV


 
Zanazziite (manganoan) with Kosnarite and Albite

TE96H4: On the same specimen there are two very rare species. Kosnarite in pseudo-octahedral, creamy, crystals with very sharp and bright faces and edges. The Zanazziite has been carefully analyzed and the result is surprising: iron is nearly replaced by manganese (thus its pinkish shade), so we present it as manganoan Zanazziite. Matrix is Albite. We’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002-2003)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 6.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm

Fluorescent short UV


Zanazziite (manganoan) with Kosnarite and Albite. Front
Front
Zanazziite (manganoan) with Kosnarite and Albite. Side
Side
Zanazziite (manganoan) with Kosnarite and Albite.
 
Topaz with Albite, Orthoclase, Muscovite and Apatite-(CaF)
Topaz with Albite, Orthoclase, Muscovite and Apatite-(CaF). Topaz with Albite, Orthoclase, Muscovite and Apatite-(CaF).
Topaz with Albite, Orthoclase, Muscovite and Apatite-(CaF).

TL67J7: Doubly terminated prismatic crystal, transparent and with slight forms of dissolution on faces and edges giving it a rounded shape with abundant curves. The matrix is a group of prismatic crystals of Orthoclase, with recrystallization of Albite, small groups of Muscovite crystals and groups of small crystals of Apatite-(CaF), very fluorescent.
Sitio do Paraiso, Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais  Brazil (02/2006)

Specimen size: 12.7 × 9 × 8 cm

Main crystal size: 8.5 × 3 cm

Apatite-(CaF) fluorescent long & short UV


 
Topaz with Muscovite

ED99H9: Curious floater crystal, of an intense sky blue color, clear, bright and with marked forms of dissolution that mask almost completely the original faces of the crystals. The sample is from a very recent find at Itinga.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06-07/2006)

Specimen size: 5 × 2.4 × 2.7 cm


Topaz with Muscovite. Front
Front
Topaz with Muscovite. Rear
Rear
 
Topaz with Zanazziite and Mica
Topaz with Zanazziite and Mica. Front
Front
Topaz with Zanazziite and Mica. Side
Side

EV29I5: The crystal has a deeper color than usual and has very well marked forms of dissolution and some well defined faces. It forms a very interesting association, not previously observed, with the very rare Zanazziite forming coverage of small brown crystals, in various zones of the crystal. We’ll send the analytical results to the buyer.
Teixerinha Mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.4 × 4.1 cm


 
Topaz "Saramenha"

TB46J3: Prismatic crystal of very well defined faces and edges. The orange color is excellent and also good are the transparency and luster.
Mina do Vermelhão, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


Topaz "Saramenha".
 
Topaz
Topaz. Front
Front
Topaz. Rear
Rear
Topaz. Top
Top

EA96J8: The color it is exceptional, between deep pink and reddish with honey yellow shades. It has very well defined faces and edges, an intense luster and excellent transparency. Unlike the orange “Saramenha” Topaz, a classic locality, this has a neat fluorescence.
Distrito Rodrigo Silva, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/2007)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


 
Euclase

MC26J4: A clear prismatic crystal with very well defined faces and edges and curious inclusions. Its luster is excellent.
Mãe dos Homens, Capelinha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.4 × 1 cm


Euclase. Front
Front
Euclase. Rear
Rear
 
Euclase on Quartz
Euclase on Quartz.
Euclase on Quartz. Euclase on Quartz.

TR49H6: A sample of high quality, with a magnificent crystal, doubly terminated, transparent, bright and of an excellent aquamarine color. It is implanted on a floater group of flat Quartz crystals.
Equador, Parelhas, Rio Grande do Norte  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 15 × 6.2 × 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm


 
Rhodonite

TV58I8: Parallel growth of very well-defined flat crystals, on matrix, with sharp outline and faces. They are transparent, bright and of an extraordinary color. The quality is rare for the species.
Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/1998)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm


Rhodonite.
 
Brazilianite with Mica
Brazilianite with Mica.

TB64L2: Esthetic group of Brazilianite crystals, all of them doubly terminated, good transparency and excellent luster and yellow greenish color. With a small Muscovite matrix.
Lavra do Joao Lopes, Linopolis, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2007)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 1.6 cm

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 1 cm

Fluorescent short UV


 
Brazilianite with Orthoclase

TN86L1: Very sharp Brazilianite crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent transparency, color and brilliance. The matrix is an Orthoclase crystal.
Lavra do João Lopes, Linopolis, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.3 cm

Fluorescent short UV


Brazilianite with Orthoclase. Front
Front
Brazilianite with Orthoclase. Side
Side
 
Brazilianite with Albite
Brazilianite with Albite. Front
Front
Brazilianite with Albite. Rear
Rear

TK87J6: The crystal shows a parallel growth, with very well defined faces and edges, an excellent luster and a considerable transparency. The sample is almost complete except on its base, which clearly is a flat contact.
Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais  Brazil (06/2005)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm

Minor fluorescence short UV


 
Quartz with Rutile and Hematite

MF47L1: Very sharp Quartz crystal group, with acicular Rutile crystal inclusions. Rutile crystals are epitaxic on laminar Hematite, some of them included in the Quartz, some not. Very esthetic specimen.
Caí bom Mine, Novo Horizonte, Ibitiara, Bahia  Brazil (07/2005)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.5 × 3.9 cm

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2 cm


Quartz with Rutile and Hematite. Front
Front
Quartz with Rutile and Hematite. Rear
Rear
 
Herderite with Muscovite and Albite
Herderite with Muscovite and Albite. Front
Front
Herderite with Muscovite and Albite. Rear
Rear

TG98H9: Doubly terminated crystal of very well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of Albite partially covered by thin prismatic, yellowish-green crystals of Muscovite. Curiously the faces of the crystal are brighter on the back, which is not clearly shown in the picture. The color is excellent.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm


 
Dolomite with doubly terminated Quartz

TP36J8: Thick tabular crystal tabular formed by dominant pinacoid faces and those of the rhombohedron, giving it a hexagonal shape. The frosted crystal is implanted on a neat and bright, doubly terminated, prism of Quartz.
Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 2.8 × 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 2.1 cm

Minor fluorescence short UV


Dolomite with doubly terminated Quartz. Front
Front
Dolomite with doubly terminated Quartz. Rear
Rear
 
Magnesite with Dolomite
Magnesite with Dolomite. Front
Front
Magnesite with Dolomite. Top
Top

TG26G5: The sample has a very interesting association of Magnesite, with dark, beveled crystals, which co-exist with a very aerial group of Dolomite, in white rhombohedral and very sharp crystals.
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 5.8 cm

Main crystal size: 5 × 5 cm


 
Magnesite

TB37J8: Big rhombohedral crystal of very well defined faces and edges on a bed of smaller crystals of the same species. The locality produced some of the best samples of Magnesite and this one honors that tradition.
Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 13 × 11.2 × 8.3 cm

Main crystal size: 7.4 × 4.7 cm

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Magnesite. Front
Front
Magnesite. Top
Top
 
Pyrrhotite with Quartz and Calcite
Pyrrhotite with Quartz and Calcite. Pyrrhotite with Quartz and Calcite.

NV60G8: Pyrrothite forms very sharp lamellar crystals of a marked hexagonal contour, all over white lenticular crystals of Calcite, all covering a group of clear prisms of Quartz.
Morro Velho, Nova Lima, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1970)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.5 × 3.8 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm


 
Stokesite

TQ66G0: Globular growth, practically spherical, a floater, of platy crystals. The development of the crystals and their luster are excellent for this rare calcium and tin silicate.
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm


Stokesite.
 
Stokesite with Plumbomicrolite
Stokesite with Plumbomicrolite. Front
Front
Stokesite with Plumbomicrolite. Rear
Rear

NM26L1: Double spheroidal growth of well defined crystals of this rare calcium and tin silicate. With small Plumbomicrolite orange crystals.
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2007)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm


 
Anatase with Quartz

MG57J7: The locality is very uncommon for the species and the crystals, that form acute dipyramids, also have an uncommon color. The matrix is a parallel growth of two Quartz crystals with abundant inclusions.
Cuiabá, Gouveia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2 × 1.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm


Anatase with Quartz.
 
Helvite with Albite
Helvite with Albite.

EH36H8: Crystals have a tetrahedral habit, they are well defined and form groups esthetically aligned and contrasting on a white matrix of Albite.
Lavra do Navegadora, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (05/2004)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm


 
Helvite

EA10E6: Very aerial crystals that are spread out nicely across the matrix of Albite. The fact that the latter is white gives a good contrast to the specimen and makes what is a rare, but often not that appealing, mineral into an esthetic specimen.
Lavra do Navegadora, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03/03)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.3 × 1.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm

Fluorescent long & short UV


Helvite.
 
Olivenite with Malachite
Olivenite with Malachite. Olivenite with Malachite.

MD63L0: Groups of very acute Olivenite crystals, some of them doubly terminated, totally or partially covered by botryoidal Malachite and a color that contrasts with the dark Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from a locality not yet well known.
Núbia, Ibitiara, Bahia  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.4 × 5.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm


 
Xenotime-(Y) with Quartz

MR13K4: A sharp crystal of very sharp faces and edges and good color and luster. On Quartz matrix.
Novo Horizonte, Ibitiara, Bahia  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm

Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV


Xenotime-(Y) with Quartz.
 
Tapiolite-(Fe) with Quartz and Mica
Tapiolite-(Fe) with Quartz and Mica.

TX60H3: A recent find. Crystal has bigger size than usual for this uncommon species and has faces and edges quite sharp and bright and contrasting with the matrix of Quartz and Muscovite.
Quixabá Mine, Frei Martinho, Paraíba  Brazil (2005-2006)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 3.1 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm


 
Beryl (Morganite)

MA51J8: Curious group of crystals with dissolution forms that partially mask a large number of very well defined faces. Its color, transparency and, especially the luster are excellent.
Corrego do Urucum, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±2000)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.1 × 3.4 cm


Beryl (Morganite). Front
Front
Beryl (Morganite). Rear
Rear
 
Beryl (Heliodor)
Beryl (Heliodor).

NA27D7: Nice natural golden color in this Brazilian heliodor. Quite transparent as it is not that thick, which is almost certainly the reason for which it was not cut and can be offered as a collector's specimen.
Pau Alto, Coronel Murtra  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm


 
Chrysoberyl (Alexandrite)

TT96F2: Both the faces and the edges of this crystal are perfectly defined. The change in color between sunlight and bulb light is very typical of this variety of Chrysoberyl.
Carnaiba Mine, Pindobaçu, Bahia  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.2 × 1.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm


Chrysoberyl (Alexandrite). Fluorescent light (day light)
Fluorescent light (day light)
Chrysoberyl (Alexandrite). Bulb light
Bulb light
 
Phenakite
Phenakite.

NF14D5: A small but lovely Phenakite, floater, complete and much gemmier than the photo suggests.
Pica Pau, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1 cm


 
Doubly terminated Zircon

TC76F6: Doubly-terminated growth on a single axis, in which various forms of the double pyramid dominate. The lack of matrix is compensated for by the great definition and brilliance of this floater.
The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Rocks & Minerals’ on page 312 in the volume 82, number 4.
Santa Teresinha  Brazil

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm

Extremely fluorescent long & short UV


Doubly terminated Zircon. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Zircon. Rear
Rear
 
Reddingite with Huréaulite, Strengite and Triphylite
Reddingite with Huréaulite, Strengite and Triphylite. Reddingite with Huréaulite, Strengite and Triphylite.

MZ26L2: Excellent specimen of this uncommon manganese phosphate. Reddingite crystals are well defined, with good color, brilliance and size for the species. The matrix consisists of delicate rosettes of prismatic Huréaulite crystals, very sharp and with good brilliance, with pinkish tones. On the base there is a growth of crystalline and deep blue Strengite with small Triphylite crystals. As we usually do with rare species, we will send a copy of the analysis of the Reddingite and Triphylite to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.3 × 7.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm


 
Reddingite with Huréaulite

EC36H9: The sample is from a recent find of this rare manganese phosphate. Its crystals are very well defined, have an excellent color and luster and are very big for the species. They are with pink crystals of Huréaulite. This is a magnificent opportunity to obtain the two species but we especially note the Reddingite, really of an exceptional quality.
We will deliver to the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (04-05/2006)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.3 × 4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm


Reddingite with Huréaulite. Reddingite with Huréaulite.
 


Huréaulite

Huréaulite with Reddingite and Rockbridgeite
Huréaulite with Reddingite and Rockbridgeite. Front
Front
Huréaulite with Reddingite and Rockbridgeite. Rear
Rear

MM6I5: Very well defined bright crystals, between translucent and transparent and having an exceptional color. The base is Reddingite, also crystallized and in some zones of the specimen there are small black crystals of Rockbridgeite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm


 
Huréaulite with Rockbridgeite and Strengite

MB37L7: Group of small but well defined Huréaulite crystals. Excellent color and brilliance, with some small black green globular slag-like Rockbridgeite growths. On a blue Strengite-rich matrix.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.4 × 5.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm


Huréaulite with Rockbridgeite and Strengite.
Huréaulite with Rockbridgeite and Strengite.
 
Huréaulite with Reddingite, Rockbridgeite and Strengite
Huréaulite with Reddingite, Rockbridgeite and Strengite.
Huréaulite with Reddingite, Rockbridgeite and Strengite.

MY50I8: The specimen is high quality. It has short prismatic crystals, very sharp and of excellent color. They are bright and partially covered by small black crystals of Rockbridgeite and brownish crystals of Reddingite. The matrix is Strengite's rich.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.5 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm


 
Huréaulite with Strengite

MB16K9: Very well defined aerial Huréaulite crystals. Acute terminations and excellent brilliance and deep pink color. On the base there is a growth of crystaline Strengite. As we usually do with rare species, we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm


Huréaulite with Strengite.
Huréaulite with Strengite.
 


Childrenite with Roscherite

Childrenite with Roscherite
Childrenite with Roscherite.
Childrenite with Roscherite.

ED86I1: The crystals are prismatic, quite thick and bright and partially covered by Roscherite. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to their color and luster they have a strong contrast with the matrix of Feldspar. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.3 cm


 
Childrenite with Roscherite

EX96I1: The crystals are prismatic, thin, transparent and bright. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to theirt is color and luster they have a strong contrast with the matrix of Quartz, Albite and Muscovite. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.2 cm


Childrenite with Roscherite. Childrenite with Roscherite.
 
Childrenite with Roscherite
Childrenite with Roscherite. Front
Front
Childrenite with Roscherite. Side
Side
Childrenite with Roscherite.

EP36I1: The crystals are prismatic, thin, transparent and bright. Some of them are doubly terminated. Due to their color and luster they have a strong contrast with the crystalline Quartz matrix. The analysis confirms it is Childrenite. Roscherite, also analyzed, is present as very small crystals covering the Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 2.3 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm


 


Ruifrancoite

It is a new species discovered and accepted by the IMA in the year 2005. It forms different growths, the most usual practically spherical forms, but also donut and empty hemispherical forms. This rare phosphate can be easily confused with another similar, also rare, species. So, we analyzed our samples and we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. The analytical process also confirmed that in some specimens the matrix is Beryllonite that, furthermore, appears as idiomorphic crystals which adds special interest to the specimen where it is present.

Ruifrancoite with Childrenite and Quartz

TA11J1: Donut-shaped isolated growths, green colored, on Quartz crystals and prisms of brown Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm


Ruifrancoite with Childrenite and Quartz.
 
Ruifrancoite on Beryllonite and with Childrenite
Ruifrancoite on Beryllonite and with Childrenite. Front
Front
Ruifrancoite on Beryllonite and with Childrenite. Side
Side

TE14J1: Spherical green growths on a white, well-developed, crystal of Beryllonite, and with brown prisms of Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.3 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm


 
Ruifrancoite with Quartz and Childrenite

TB14J1: Concretions and spherical green and yellowish green growths on a group of deformed crystals of Quartz and numerous prisms of brown Childrenite.
Lavra do Poço Dantas, Piauí, Taquaral, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 6.5 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm


Ruifrancoite with Quartz and Childrenite. Front
Front
Ruifrancoite with Quartz and Childrenite. Rear
Rear
 


Red Variscite

The color of these Variscites is extraordinary, deep red, and especially unusual for the species, placing them among the best known.
Analysis indicate these Variscites are slightly ferroan (which is normal considering that Al and Fe form a series). We think, however, its color is not due to iron because the center of crystals is almost uncolored but the external zone is deeply colored yet both zones have the same chemical composition. Considering all this we think the red color may be due to color centers as is the case of some zoned Fluorites.
As we normally do in these cases we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.

Variscite with Strengite
Variscite with Strengite. Variscite with Strengite.

EF11H6: Microcrystals with very intense color and luster. They occupy the vugs and fissures on the sample, co-existing with purplish Strengite and contrasting with the matrix, clearer in some zones and darker in others.
Lavra Boa Vista, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 3 cm


 
Variscite

EJ14H6: Crystals and spheroidal groups have very intense color and luster. They occupy the vugs on the sample and contrast with the matrix, clearer in some zones and darker in others.
Lavra Boa Vista, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2 cm


Variscite. Front
Front
Variscite. Top
Top
 
Variscite on Albite
Variscite on Albite.
Variscite on Albite. Variscite on Albite.

TY68H6: Huge specimen with distinct Variscite crystals as well as spheroidal groups with very intense color and luster. They occupy vugs on the sample and contrast with the matrix, clearer in some zones and darker in others. The color of the spherules is less intense than in the other samples but they are bigger and strongly contrast with the cream-colored Albite matrix.
Lavra Boa Vista, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 12 × 11.8 × 9 cm


 
Strengite

TR9H6: The sample is very rich with purlish Strengite concretions that occupy nearly all the specimen volume. Locally there are some small rows of Variscite crystals.
We’ll give a copy of the Strengite analysis to the buyer.
Lavra Boa Vista, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.4 × 3.8 cm


Strengite.
 


Apatite-(CaOH)

Apatite-(CaOH) with Quartz and Orthoclase
Apatite-(CaOH) with Quartz and Orthoclase.

TX26H7: Very aerial group of dipyramidal crystals of very well defined faces and edges, of deep green color, on a matrix of Quartz.
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Aimorés, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.1 cm

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV


 
Apatite-(CaOH) with Orthoclase

TB96J3: The specimen is very esthetic. It has a unique crystal of a considerable size implanted on the Orthoclase matrix. The crystal, dipyramidal, has deep green color, especially intense and very much uniform as usual on this material.
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Aimorés, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 4.5 × 5.6 cm

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.8 cm

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV


Apatite-(CaOH) with Orthoclase.
Apatite-(CaOH) with Orthoclase.
 
Apatite-(CaOH) with Orthoclase
Apatite-(CaOH) with Orthoclase.

TK63J3: Group of very flattened dipyramidal crystals with parallel growths and an attractive green color unequally distributed on the faces and strongly contrasting with the matrix of Orthoclase.
Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Aimorés, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm

Zoned fluorescence long & short UV


 


Elbaite (Tourmaline)

Elbaite with Lepidolite
Elbaite with Lepidolite

TE28: Thick Elbaite crystal recrystallized on its bottom and with another Elbaite crystal crossing it. Minor Lepidolite is associated with it. The feature of this specimen is its unusual blue tip.
An original label from the collector Steve Smale will be provided to the customer.
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 6 × 3 × 2.8 cm


Elbaite with Lepidolite. Elbaite with Lepidolite.
 
Elbaite
Elbaite. Front
Front
Elbaite. Top
Top

TA26G1: A prismatic crystal of attractive and unusual color, with a high degree of clarity. The terminal faces are two rhomboedra of very different characteristics: One of them has bright and smooth surfaces, the other rough and grooved.
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm


 
Sceptered Elbaite (Indicolite)

TE66H3: Scepter growth of a double parallel prism with a complex termination with rhombohedral faces. Its color is extraordinary, deep blue without green shades, so common in this type of crystal.
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2005)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm


Sceptered Elbaite (Indicolite). Front
Front
Sceptered Elbaite (Indicolite). Rear
Rear
 
Elbaite with Quartz
Elbaite with Quartz. Elbaite with Quartz.

TJ68D8: Great crystal of twin color Tourmaline (Elbaite) which stands upright on the lightly smoky Quartz. As often happens with pegmatite minerals, the bottom of the Elbaite and Quartz shows a natural fracture that was then healed. So while one cannot call it doubly terminated it is not broken either. Great esthetics.
Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1999)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4 × 3.8 cm

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 1.2 cm


 
Elbaite with Lepidolite and Feldspar

TR87J3: This specimen is especially esthetic. The prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges, of deep green color and extraordinary luster, are with doubly terminated Lepidolite crystals and they strongly contrast with the matrix of Feldspar (probably Orthoclase).
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 7 × 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.5 cm


Elbaite with Lepidolite and Feldspar. Front
Front
Elbaite with Lepidolite and Feldspar. Top
Top
 
Elbaite on smoky Quartz
Elbaite on smoky Quartz. Front
Front
Elbaite on smoky Quartz. Side
Side

TP66H3: Two prismatic crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with excellent color and luster on a crystal of doubly terminated Quartz and the presence of minor Albite.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2004-2006)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.7 cm


 
Elbaite (Verdelite)

TM49K1: The crystal has an excellent, deep and very uniform color and extraordinary transparency. Its termination, very rich in faces, has a small coverage of an unidentified silicate.
Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 1 × 0.8 cm


Elbaite (Verdelite). Front
Front
Elbaite (Verdelite). Side
Side
Elbaite (Verdelite). Top
Top
 
Doubly terminated Elbaite
Doubly terminated Elbaite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Elbaite. Top
Top

TP97J5: The crystal is partially doubly terminated. One of its terminations has the bright and very well defined face of the pedion, meanwhile the faces of the opposite termination are clearly rhombohedral. The central zone of this termination is rough due to a contact.
Mina do Boqueirão, Barra de Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2002)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 3.1 × 3.1 cm


 
Elbaite with Lepidolite

TJ36J7: Doubly terminated prismatic crystal with a flat termination, formed by the pedion while the other termination is pyramidal and multiple. The crystal, with a neat reddish zonation of color, is on a small matrix of Lepidolite.
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.3 cm


Elbaite with Lepidolite.
 
Elbaite