Celestine with Calcite
	NB16K9: Vug of sword-shaped Celestine crystals, with excellent luster and sky-blue color, coated by small white creamy hedgehoglike Calcite crystals. The specimen is a recent and exceptional find in the same locality as old findings, in Torà, but the new specimen’s quality is much better. Torà, La Segarra, Lleida  Spain (09-11/2007) Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.2 × 5 cm = 3.5” × 2.0” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.2” Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

	Wulfenite (Chillagite)
N57ZJ0: Laminar, very thin, crystals of this rare variety of Wulfenite (Chillagite is tungstenian wulfenite). They are enhanced by a white matrix. The locality is a classic of Spanish mineralogy. Mina Teresita, Sant Fost de Campsentelles, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona  Spain (1983) Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

Montgomeryite
	N58DKJ0: The specimen has a higher quality than usual. It has a nice green color, silky luster and it is on matrix. Montgomeryite is one of the classic species from this locality near Barcelona. Pedrera del turó de Montcada, Montcada, Barcelona  Spain (07/1994) Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.2” Fluorescent short UV

	Hydromagnesite with Artinite
M57FJ5: A classic for the locality. Radial groups of white acicular crystals and silky luster, with groups of microcrystals of white Artinite. Pedrera de l'Àngel, Gualba, Barcelona  Spain (1971) Specimen size: 6 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0” Fluorescent long & short UV

Orthoclase with Albite
	M10FTL2: From a classic Catalan locality, at the foot of the Montseny Massif, we can enjoy this old Orthoclase specimen. A group of crystals with slight orange color totally coated by small Albite crystals, doubly terminated, orientated, very transparent and with good brilliance. La Batllòria, Montseny, Vallès Oriental, Barcelona  Spain (1975) Specimen size: 3.9 × 3 × 1.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 0.7”

	Millerite with Morenosite, Chalcopyrite and Calcite
N7BGJ5: Divergent groups of acicular crystals, partially covered by green Morenosite, on a matrix rich of Chalcopyrite. Mina Eugènia, Bellmunt, Tarragona  Spain Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 3.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.0”	Front Side

Silver
	NF59H1: The growth is laminar which is uncommon in the samples from Falset. Another aspect to distinguish the specimen is that it hasn’t been etched out with acid because the Silver is found in fissures and is not included in Calcite. Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (10/2004) Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.4”

	Silver with Acanthite and Calcite
ND27M5: Dendritic growths of very well defined and bright elongated crystals of native Silver with small crystals and aggregates of Acanthite, on massive Calcite matrix. Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (15/09/2006) Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.0”	Front Rear

Silver with Acanthite
	NB47G1: The specimen is from a discovery of 2004 in this old Spanish locality, previously not recognized for collection quality samples. Crystals are elongated and standing on a clear Calcite matrix carefully etched to display them, hard and stable. Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (10/2004) Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.5 × 4.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.6” × 1.7” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.0”

	Silver with Acanthite
NA10J8: Arborescent growths of hooked crystals, bright and partially covered by small, darker, crystals of Acanthite. Pou 2, Mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (2005) Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.4”	Front Rear

Silver with Acanthite
	NF87H1: Native Silver crystals are elongated and form a complex “nest” in which they are partially covered by small dark crystals of Acanthite. The group is very aerial and stands prominently on a matrix etched with acid to expose the Silver. Pou 2, mina Balcoll, Falset, Priorat, Tarragona  Spain (10/2004) Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.3 × 5.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.1” × 2.2”

Calcian Nontronite

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	Calcian Nontronite with Hollandite
NJ8M3: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened, radial and scoriaceous growths of yellow calcian Nontronite that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals. Calcian Nontronite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, La Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008) Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.5 × 4.6 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 1.8”

Calcian Nontronite with Hollandite
	NC8L9: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened and scoriaceous growths of yellow calcian Nontronite, that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals, while preserving their shape. With some black scoriaceous Hollandite thin stains. Calcian Nontronite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008) Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.3 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 1.1”

	Calcian Nontronite with Hollandite
NP57M3: A new species for Spanish mineralogy. Flattened, radial and scoriaceous growths of yellow calcian Nontronite that have completely replaced earlier Laumontite crystals. Calcian Nontronite is filling vacuoles of a volcanic rock. We will provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Pedrera Guixeras, Can Súria, Maçanet de la Selva, La Selva, Girona  Spain (05-06/2008) Specimen size: 10 × 8.2 × 4.8 cm = 3.9” × 3.2” × 1.9”

Quartz from Sils

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

Quartz (Amethyst)
	NB57F0: The most notable thing about these crystals is the way the rhombohedral faces of the termination are much larger than the prism faces. The color is intense and the coloring is not evenly distributed within the crystals. The rear has re-crystallized. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2004) Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 0.6”

	Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz
NZ58M9: Sceptered crystal with stepping. It has a very sharp phantom and its color, very deep, is especially concentrated on terminal faces. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2005) Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 0.8” × 1.1”

Scepter Quartz (Amethyst)
	NF58H1: A very sharp scepter growth. The Amethyst crystal with a short prism stands on white Quartz. The color is very deep and distributed in zones. The luster is excellent. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (10/2005) Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.7”

	Quartz (Amethyst) with Orthoclase
NX57M9: Poorly defined scepter growth, with stepping. The sample, of excellent color and a very sharp phantom, has contact zones on the back side and it is on an Orthoclase matrix. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.3 × 4.2 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 1.7” Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.3”

Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz, Albite and Orthoclase
Front Rear	ND9M9: A curious sample in which coincide two Quartz varieties (Smoky and Amethyst). On the thicker crystal there is a very well defined phantom and the violet color on terminal faces. With Albite and on an Orthoclase matrix. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.9” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 4 × 3 cm = 1.6” × 1.2”

	Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz and Orthoclase
NX16K7: Parallel and scepter growth of doubly terminated crystals with short prisms, deep and uniform color. On Albite and Orthoclase matrix. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0”

Quartz (Amethyst) "scepter" with smoky Quartz and Albite
Front Side	NA14M0: Very sharp scepter with the classical multiple double terminations, short prism and irregular color zoning. On a Quartz crystal partially covered by Albite. A specimen with much better quality than it is usual for this locality. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2008) Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.8” × 1.2” × 1.5”

	Quartz (Amethyst)
NR59K7: Parallel growth of a brilliant doubly terminated crystal group with a pale but uniform color. The group forms a scepter on a deep smoky Quartz crystal. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.6” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Quartz (Amethyst)
Front Side	NA10L6: Parallel growth of Amethyst crystals, with a second generation of small Quartz crystals, some of them doubly terminated, which grew perpendicular to the specimen main axis. Color is more intense in terminations. A very curious specimen for the locality. This specimen is from the AVE (Spanish High Speed Train) quarry works where actually it is quite impossible to obtain quality specimens. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 7.6 × 5.1 × 5.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.0” × 2.0”

	Quartz (Amethyst) with smoky Quartz and Orthoclase
NB88M9: The crystal, of big size, has clearly a violet color but at the same time has a core of neat smoky color with golden shades. The base is a flat contact. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2001) Specimen size: 13.5 × 9.2 × 8.2 cm = 5.3” × 3.6” × 3.2”	Front Side

Smoky Quartz with Orthoclase
	NK57K1: A transparent crystal with a deep and uniform color. It is on a matrix of Orthoclase. The crystal is from the Massabé Quarry, where is possible to find some specimens yet. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2002) Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 1.5” × 0.6” × 0.4”

	Smoky Quartz
NA88D8: The most significant crystal, undamaged and well positioned on the matrix of Albite, There is another small crystal of Quartz on the matrix that is also undamaged. Good color and transparency in this interesting specimen. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2002) Specimen size: 8.3 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 3.3” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Smoky Quartz with Orthoclase
Front Side	NL27M9: The crystal has an especially intense luster and has very deep color. The back side has some contact zones and there is Orthoclase attached in some areas. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.9 × 5.3 cm = 4.3” × 2.7” × 2.1”

	Smoky Quartz with Albite
NJ56K1: The crystal is smoky on its base and it has a neat phantom growth in its clearer termination. Near the base of the crystal there are small fragments of Albite matrix. The crystal is from the Massabé Quarry, where is possible to find some specimens yet. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2005) Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.5” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Quartz with smoky Quartz
	EE9K9: In this specimen two clearly different crystal growth phases coexist. In the first one the Quartz crystal has a very deep smoky color, and covering this primary crystal is a second growth phase of milky Quartz. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2005) Specimen size: 8 × 4.6 × 2.9 cm = 3.1” × 1.8” × 1.1”

	Smoky Quartz
NR57K7: Smoky crystal with very sharp faces and edges, and with deep red Hematite inclusions in terminal faces and on rhombohedron edges. Pedrera AVE, Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (2005) Specimen size: 4.5 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.8” × 0.7” × 0.6” Feldspar fluorescent short UV

Orthoclase with smoky Quartz and Albite
	NP7I9: Prismatic crystal of very well defined faces and edges and a very well marked Baveno twin. Lower on the sample there is an small matrix of Albite and a small flat crystal of smoky Quartz. Pedrera Mas Sabe, Massabè (Mas Ceber), Riudarenes, Sils, Girona  Spain (08/2006) Specimen size: 3.8 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.5” × 0.6” × 0.6”

	Gypsum
NX9I9: The sample is very esthetic. The crystal has very well defined faces and edges, and a magnificent transparency and luster. On Gypsum (alabaster) matrix. Cerro Patillas, Fuentes de Ebro, Zaragoza  Spain (2004) Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.4” × 2.0” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.3” × 0.5” Zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Fluellite with Metavariscite
	NH9G8: Globular growths of Fluellite of an excellent and unusual color (Fluellite is typically uncolored) and good luster, with intergrowths of clearer Metavariscite. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998-2000) Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.6”

	Fluellite with Metavariscite
NM12M5: Aggregate of very well defined pink-violet crystals of Fluellite with an intense luster and small accessory Metavariscite crystals. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998-2000) Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

Crandallite after Fluellite
	NG13E8: A mineralogical rarity. The Crandallite has been totally substituted by the Fluellite. This one is even more interesting given the size of the crystals and the fact that they are well separated from each other and are on the contrasting dark matrix. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (±1998) Specimen size: 8.7 × 4 × 1.7 cm = 3.4” × 1.6” × 0.7” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Minyulite and Crandallite
NF36D1: An interesting Spanish find from the famous Eugui Quarry, the white crystals are Crandallite pseudormophosing Minyulite, the green crystals are Minyulite, and some minor Fluellite also pseudomorphosed by Crandallite is present. A lovely specimen to look at with a magnifying glass! Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998-1999) Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.6” × 1.3” Crandallite fluorescent long & short UV

Barite with Chalcopyrite
Front Rear	NX8L6: Parallel growth of idiomorphic Barite crystals, one of them dominant, with excellent transparency and brilliance. Their upper and side faces have very well marked triangular growth figures that give the edges a sawtooth appearance. Also we can see corrosion and contact geometric structures on some faces. We call your attention to the interesting Chalcopyrite crystal inclusions, where the original yellow greenish color is preserved, while superficial crystals on Barite faces are covered by a thin oxidation layer. The specimen is from mining works of Aizpea, close to the La Troya Mine. Minas de Aizpea, Zerain, Gipuzkoa  Spain (03/2001) Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.7” × 1.8” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 6.9 × 2.5 cm = 2.7” × 1.0”

	Datolite
N86RJ0: Group of well formed and bright crystals with the typical soft green color of the samples from this locality. Relatively plentiful the last decade of the past century, specimens from Errigoiti are actually quite scarce today. Errigoiti, Vizcaya  Spain (1996) Specimen size: 6.9 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.7”

Calcite
	MR76L3: A classic, not easy to get now. Its condition is perfect and the crystals are more aerial than usual. Mina Julia, Bilbao, Bizkaia  Spain Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.5 × 7.6 cm = 4.4” × 2.6” × 3.0” Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.8” × 0.7”

	Barite with Quartz
NG56I7: A classic specimen from the Nieves Mine, Viérnoles, Cantabria, not well known. The Barite is in tabular crystals, some of them doubly terminated, and they have simple forms and are partially covered by small doubly-terminated crystals of Quartz. Mina Nieves, Viérnoles, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 8.6 × 7 × 4.8 cm = 3.4” × 2.8” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.5” × 0.8”

Hemimorphite with Hydrozincite
Front Top	N10KH5: Small prismatic crystals of Hemimorphite, dark brown, very sharp and bright, partially covered by a bed of spheroidal groups of white Hydrozincite. Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain (1997) Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 6 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

	Malachite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
NR8L6: A Spanish novelty. In a vug mainly formed by altered Chalcopyrite and Quartz are disposed groups of fibrous Malachite with a brilliant velvet aspect that contrasts with the matrix. Excellent miniature. Minas de La Presura, Arroyo de las Hachas, Sonsoto, Soto de Espinillla, Reinosa, Cantabria  Spain (04/2008) Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

Doubly terminated Quartz with Fluorite and inclusions
Front Top	ND64G8: Group of three short prismatic crystals, doubly terminated, transparent and bright. They have hydrocarbon inclusions and are partially covered by little cubic crystals of Fluorite. Zona intermedia, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004) Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.8” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Doubly terminated Quartz with Barite and inclusions
NM87P2: Two very bright and well defined doubly terminated crystals with abundant inclusions and with Barite. The secondary crystal is slightly flattened by an overgrowth of two opposite faces of one of the terminal rhombohedrons. The sample is from a recent find of a big geode in the locality. Unfortunately only a few specimens were saved and complete. The Emilio mine is very well known for colorless Fluorite crystals but Quartz is very uncommon there. This specimen was photographed for the ‘Sainte-Marie Show 2009’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 17 of number 383. Coquera Norte, Zona Norte, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (03/2009) Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.5 × 5.7 cm = 3.5” × 2.6” × 2.2”	Front Rear

Doubly terminated Quartz with Fluorite, Barite and inclusions
	NK36G4: Doubly-terminated crystals on matrix, with hydrocarbon inclusions, on the classic colorless Fluorite typical of this mine, and also with little crystals of Barite. Zona intermedia, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004) Specimen size: 12.5 × 9.2 × 6.3 cm = 4.9” × 3.6” × 2.5” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” Quartz inclusions extremely fluorescent long & short UV

	Calcite on Barite
NC9F2: On a base of laminar Barite there are two curious groups of Calcite crystals; they look like sprays and their gray color contrasts well with the white matrix. Zona intermedia, Mina Emilio, El Fito, Loroñe, Asturias  Spain (09-11/2004) Specimen size: 9 × 8 × 4 cm = 3.5” × 3.1” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

Calcite with Barite
	VJ8G8: Nice miniature with a sharp rhombohedral crystal being the base of a group of aerial, tabular crystals of Barite. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain Specimen size: 3.5 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” Barite fluorescent long & short UV

	Calcite with Fluorite and Dolomite
VD26K6: Scalenohedral crystal of Calcite with parallel growths, on a matrix of transparent cubic crystals of Fluorite of honey yellow color partially covered by crystals of white Dolomite and with sulfide inclusions. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000) Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.6 × 3.3 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 7.5 × 3.9 cm = 3.0” × 1.5” Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV

Calcite with Fluorite
	VF63G8: Typical crystal of Calcite from Moscona Mine. A short prism very rich in forms, especially the scalenohedron and rhombohedron. Color and luster are excellent. The base is a group of Fluorite cubes with inclusions of sulfides. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 6.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 2.7” Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV

	Calcite with Fluorite
VG66K6: Group of doubly terminated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite on matrix of transparent cubic crystals of honey yellow color with small crystals of white Dolomite crystals. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000) Specimen size: 11 × 8.5 × 6.4 cm = 4.3” × 3.3” × 2.5” Main crystal size: 6.3 × 4 cm = 2.5” × 1.6” Fluorite intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV	Front Top

Barite with Dolomite and Fluorite
	N13EKE1: Very elegant blue Barite well placed on Dolomite. All perfect with do scratches. The typical Fluorite for this mine is also present, but well covered by the Dolomite. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.5 × 5.2 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4” Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV

	Barite
VL86H9: Good group of tabular crystals having a very marked but gradual change of color from the center, intense sky blue, to crystals outside that are white. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000) Specimen size: 8.5 × 6 × 2.3 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3” Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV	Front Side

Barite with Fluorite
	VK56I7: Group of slightly yellow tabular crystals. The color is not usual for samples from this mine. They have color zonation and a matrix of cubic crystals of Fluorite. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.1 × 4 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” Fluorite extremely fluorescent long & short UV

	Barite with Calcite
VV96K6: Yellow tabular crystals covering a group of complex crystals of Calcite; yellow is an unusual color for Barite from this locality. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain (1990-2000) Specimen size: 10 × 8.8 × 7 cm = 3.9” × 3.5” × 2.8” Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”	Front Side

Sphalerite with Dolomite
	VB58G8: Being known from the Moscona Mine, Sphalerite is a species rarely found there. On the piece crystals have an uncommon development (for the mine) for their larger size and bright luster. The dark color contrasts with the snowy white of the Dolomite in classic saddle-shaped crystals. Mina Moscona, Solís, Corvera, Asturias  Spain Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 1.0”

	Doubly terminated Quartz with inclusions
EG46P2: The sample is formed by two doubly terminated and complete crystals. The smallest has an unusual crystallographic habit. Both crystals are bright and have abundant mobile hydrocarbon inclusions. A magnificent classic of Berbes. Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias  Spain (12/1995) Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.3” Hydrocarbons fluorescent long & short UV	Front Top

Doubly terminated Quartz with Calcite
Front Side	TD16H8: The crystal is doubly terminated and has the short prism typical of the locality. It is transparent and bright and has attractive inclusions of hydrocarbons and the beginning of “windows” on some of its terminal faces. We call attention on the position of the crystal on the matrix that enhances the esthetics of the specimen as well as increases its value because specimens of Quartz with matrix are pretty unusual in Berbes. Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias  Spain (±1997) Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 4 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 4.8 × 3.9 cm = 1.9” × 1.5”

	Doubly terminated Quartz
JA17I7: A splendid specimen. The crystals, even though not being very tall, are very clear and bright, with well-defined faces and edges, doubly-terminated and with some hydrocarbon inclusions and they airily sit on a very esthetic matrix. Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias  Spain Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.4 × 4.8 cm = 3.0” × 2.5” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

Copper
	NE61N6: Very aerial arborescent growth of small crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and in matrix. The sample was found in a very distinct level, the only one with this kind of growth. Boinás Este, Nivel 390, Begega, Belmonte, Asturias  Spain (20/09/2001) Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

	Copper
NB61N6: Dendritic growths of small crystals of bright and very well defined faces and edges contrasting with its metallic matrix. The sample was found in a very distinct level, the only one with this kind of growth. Boinás Este, Nivel 385, Begega, Belmonte, Asturias  Spain (08/10/2001) Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

Copper
Front Rear	NJ11N6: Very aerial arborescent growth of small crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright and in matrix. The sample was found in a very distinct level, the only one with this kind of growth. Boinás Este, Nivel 360, Begega, Belmonte, Asturias  Spain (20/12/2001) Specimen size: 5 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.8” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

	Turquoise (crystallized) with Wavellite
N6AI0: The locality is well known for Variscite but occasionally some samples of Turquoise had been found there. On the specimen are two microcrystalline concretions of Turquoise on a Wavellite matrix of acicular crystals forming radial greenish yellow aggregates. We’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Palazuelo de las Cuevas, Zamora  Spain (1993) Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 0.9” × 1.5”

Turquoise with Wavellite
	NA57L2: The phosphate deposit of Palazuelo de las Cuevas (Zamora, Spain) is well known for the presence of Variscite. This mineral was mined by Prehistoric man. Variscite occasionally is accompanied by Turquoise, Wavellite and other phosphates. In this specimen the coating of Turquoise, as small globular and leafy microcrystal blue greenish aggregates, contrasts with the botryoidal Wavellite. We’ll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Palazuelo de la Cuevas, Zamora  Spain (1993) Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 0.8”

	Variscite
S57BKH5: A curious growth of thin parallel chambers of intense green color contrasting with the black slate matrix. Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora  Spain (1993) Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.3” × 1.0”

Opal
	N7DH5: Nodular growth with very bright surfaces having an esthetic combination of mainly red shades with yellow and pink. The locality is not so well known, so we think these Opals are on sale for the first time. La Tuda, Zamora  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.1” × 0.9” × 1.3”

	Opal
N58FRH5: Nodular growth with very bright surfaces having an esthetic combination of mainly red shades with yellow and pink. The locality is not so known, so we think these Opals are on sale for the first time. La Tuda, Zamora  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.8”

Anatase
	N7JI0: Crystals are small but very well defined and bright, black and delicately striated, having the simple forms of the dipyramid and spread out over a rocky matrix. Lago La Baña, La Baña, León  Spain (1996) Specimen size: 4.5 × 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.2” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

	Beryl (Emerald)
D53R: It is not very well know but in the northwest of Spain, in the countryside, it is possible to find some reasonable Emeralds (opaque of course) such as this representative sample. A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra  Spain Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.1” × 1.0”

Beryl (Emerald) with Muscovite
	L58RL6: A large Beryl (var. Emerald) with intense color. The specimen preserves the hexagonal shape, with curved faces partially covered by Muscovite as a matrix. From the most classic Spanish locality for Emerald, although nowadays it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there. A Franqueira, A Cañiza, Pontevedra  Spain (±1990) Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 1.3”

	Cassiterite with Quartz and Muscovite
NB11M0: A very neat Cassiterite twin, with the classic habit of the Penouta specimens. On a Quartz matrix with Muscovite. Mina Penouta, Viana do Bolo, Ourense  Spain (±1998) Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 1.8” × 1.7” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.1” × 0.5”

Eugui Dolomite

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

Twinned Dolomite
	N8LN5: The twinned Dolomites from Eugui are a real classic. While the quarry is still active good, transparent, brilliant and damage free material is rare and only appears when local collectors make an occasional find. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998) Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

	Twinned Dolomite
N11CI0: Nice miniature of rhombohedra, one of them very aerial, of very well defined faces and edges, with color changes between bluish-gray and white and between translucent and completely transparent. Crystals clearly show the interpenetrating twin of two rhombohedra. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1998) Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

Twinned Dolomite
Front Rear	TN46H9: Group of crystals with a very well marked interpenetration twin of two rhombohedrons. They are very clear, bright and free of damage. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (02/2006) Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 3 cm = 1.7” × 1.6” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”

	Dolomite with Calcite
N96MI7: Group of rhombohedral crystals of very well defined faces and edges, with typical gray zonation, on matrix of and partially covered by Calcite of variable shades from white to pink. Nivel superior, Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (06/2001) Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.7 × 7.7 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 3.0” Main crystal size: 4 × 3.4 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” Calcite fluorescent long & short UV	Front Rear

Twinned Dolomite
Front Side	NR47M3: Huge translucent rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. Excellent brilliance and a prominent Dolomite twin. A classic Spanish collector’s specimen. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (08/2007) Specimen size: 11.1 × 8 × 6 cm = 4.4” × 3.1” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 5.6 × 5 cm = 2.2” × 2.0”

	Dolomite with Magnesite
NC11G8: Group of rhombohedral crystals. They are twinned and have very well marked triangular growth figures. On the matrix there are little lenticular crystals of Magnesite. Different from the usual. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (09/2005) Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.5”

Magnesite with Dolomite
	N57EI0: Lenticular white crystals, very aerial, of Magnesite on a group of gray rhombohedrons of Dolomite. Even though being known from Eugui, crystallized Magnesite is very much rarer than Dolomite. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1999) Specimen size: 8.7 × 4.8 × 6 cm = 3.4” × 1.9” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

	Chalcopyrite with Malachite and Dolomite
NH11I0: Group of crystals of Chalcopyrite of tetrahedral habit, one of them clearly dominant, pseudomorphed by crystalline Malachite, contrasting with the matrix of Dolomite rhombohedra. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1990) Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

Chalcopyrite with Malachite on Dolomite
	NC87H5: Not so well known as the more famous Dolomite, Eugui Malachite is sporadically found, completely coating sharp crystals of Chalcopyrite. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1993) Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.4” × 1.1” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

	Chalcopyrite with Malachite on Dolomite
NC12K0: Chalcopyrite crystals of very well defined faces and edges, pseudomorphed by Malachite, on a rhombohedral crystal of Dolomite whose faces have overgrowths with slight curvatures. Unusual. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (2006) Specimen size: 8.3 × 4.3 × 3.7 cm = 3.3” × 1.7” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”	Front Side

Aragonite on Dolomite
	NC12J8: A curiosity from Eugui. The groups of white acicular crystals are not individualized but they cover a group of perfectly defined rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1996) Specimen size: 9.6 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.8” × 2.1” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0” Extremely fluorescent long & short UV

	Aragonite with Calcite
NR66M0: Very esthetic specimen. Acicular white to creamy color Aragonite crystals with curved edges. Crystals are forming a centered and divergent group over a rocky matrix covered with botryoidal Calcite. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (08/2007) Specimen size: 10.8 × 8.8 × 5 cm = 4.3” × 3.5” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 3 × 0.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.1” Extremely fluorescent long & short UV

Aragonite
	N14JF4: A group of Aragonite crystals, in the form of a spray. The crystals have a pleasant creamy color, which is more notable near the ends, and are on matrix. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (1999) Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.5 × 6.3 cm = 2.6” × 2.2” × 2.5” Fluorescent long & short UV

	Aragonite
NA59Q1: Very acute crystals with very well defined faces and edges, yellow colored and on matrix. Crystals are different and of superior quality to those that are more common at Eugui. Cantera Azkarate, Eugui, Navarra  Spain (2001) Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1” Very fluorescent long & short UV

Troya Mine

Not only Áliva produces good color Sphalerite in Spain. A small mine called La Troya in the Basque Country produced, when it worked (it is now closed, collapsed, and flooded), nice, red and quite transparent ones.

Sphalerite with Siderite
	N13AHL6: Sphalerite crystals with well defined faces and edges, some of them with curvatures, with good honey color. Most are peppered by small Pyrite crystals. On a matrix with Siderite and Pyrite crystals. This mine closed a long time ago, and it is now flooded and collapsed, so it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there. Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (±1990) Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

	Sphalerite
N12DGM3: Group of very sharp Sphalerite crystals with curved faces. Good transparency, brilliance and excellent toasted honey color. With minor Dolomite. The Troya Mine has been flooded and collapsed for a long time. Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (1991) Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.7” × 1.7” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

Sphalerite
	N11BL6: Group of Sphalerite crystals with well defined faces and edges, some of them with curvatures, on a white Barite matrix formed by tabular crystals, some of them with a good size. An uncommon mineral association for this mine, that closed long time ago. It is flooded and collapsed, and so it is quite impossible to obtain specimens there. Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (±1990) Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

	Galena with Siderite, Dolomite and Chalcopyrite
NB9K9: Group of very well defined cubic crystals of Galena, partially covered by globular aggregates of brown Siderite, white Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Today the Troya Mine is flooded and collapsed. Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (±1990) Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

Aurichalcite with Quartz
	NM9L4: Very aerial rosette aggregate of laminar Aurichalcite crystals, with a gentle blue color and silky luster. On a vug coated by small Quartz crystals which are covered by an orange and black layer; and with Limonite that enhances the Aurichalcite contrast. New find from a quarry of the historical Troya Mine, currently it is flooded and collapsed. Cantera Mina Troya, Mutiloa, Gipuzkoa  Spain (01/2008) Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Twinned Pyrite

Spain is a country that is well known for its cubic Pyrite specimens. Although the most famous ones are those found at Navajun the whole region is full of small localities where one can also find crystals of Pyrite. As a result of patient work by a local collector we are able to offer these twinned Pyrites from Valdeperillo. The crystals are well defined and the twinning is solid and stable as no ‘consolidation’ methods were used to try to stop the crystals from separating (they were not required for these Pyrites)

	Twinned Pyrite
NA7E1: Good form and esthetic Valdeperillo, La Rioja  Spain (±1994) Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Twinned Pyrite
	NE57E1: Good form and esthetic. Valdeperillo, La Rioja  Spain (±1994) Specimen size: 3 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm = 1.2” × 1.0” × 1.1”

Ambasaguas Pyrite

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	Pyrite
NR6I0: Crystals combine the forms of cube and pyritohedron and form a close group with curious curvatures on the faces and strong striations all along cube faces. Frente 7, Mina Ambasaguas 2, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (08/2002) Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 6.4 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 2.5” Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.4”	Front Rear

Pyrite
	NA57K7: Pentagonododecahedral (pyritohedral) crystals of Pyrite, one of them clearly dominant, with brilliant and sharp faces and edges. Noting the discovery year and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994) Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.9 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 1.1”

	Pyrite
NC58K7: Cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedral (pyritohedral) faces. Noting the discovery year and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994) Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

Pyrite
	ND9K7: Group formed by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) crystals modified by cube faces, with very sharp and brilliant faces and edges. Noting the discovery year and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994) Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

	Pyrite
L14DAI0: The crystals have one of the more classical combinations of forms from Ambasaguas, the cube and the pyritohedron, the first delicately striated. But it is not so common to find them on marly matrix because they are easily detached in mining. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1992) Specimen size: 11 × 10.8 × 5.8 cm = 4.3” × 4.3” × 2.3” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

'Pine cone' Pyrite

At the Ambasaguas mine, famous for its pentagonododecahedral pyrites, from time to time they find a curious form of Pyrite in which hundreds of small crystals are grouped together in the form of a pine cone, all bound together by very strong marl. Over the years we have checked that these specimens are solid and stable, as the marl does not seem to alter. An unusual and aesthetic Spanish find.
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Pyrite 'pine cone'
	NH12K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994) Specimen size: 6 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

	Pyrite 'pine cone'
NG61K7: Pine cone formed by small cubic crystals modified by pentagonododecahedron (pyritohedral) faces on the typical Ambasaguas matrix. Noting the discovery year, the matrix, and the excellent preservation we believe that they will not be altered in the future. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1994) Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

Pyrite
	N46GVC7: The strangest specimen that I have ever seen from Ambasaguas. A strange ball that is made up of thousands of small crystals. The matrix is very solid and the dark color means that it contrasts well with the yellow Pyrite. Mina Ambasaguas 1, Ambasaguas, La Rioja  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 12.5 × 10.2 × 7.8 cm = 4.9” × 4.0” × 3.1”

La Florida Calcite

	Doubly terminated Calcite on Dolomite
NQ64F0: The crystal is very complex and has many faces among which the sharp rhombohedra and shortened scalenohedra stand out, giving it an equidimensional form. Above all else the transparency, brilliance and position on the Dolomite matrix are great. Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 5 × 4.8 × 4.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” Dolomite fluorescent long & short UV

Doubly terminated Calcite
	NM46E6: The Calcite crystal is doubly terminated, quite transparent, and well defined. As is often the case with this mine both the Calcite and the Dolomite matrix are a very nice color. Minas de La Florida, La Florida, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 10.5 × 5 × 3.5 cm = 4.1” × 2.0” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

Áliva Sphalerite

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

	Sphalerite with Dolomite
ND11M3: Translucent Sphalerite crystal with tones clearer than usual with some curved faces other flattened ones. Faces are partially covered by Dolomite crystals. Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Sphalerite with Dolomite
	NK57K9: An excellent miniature of sharp faces and edges, with a very well defined twin. Excellent transparency, luster and color, which resembles honey. Crystals are partially covered by white Dolomite. This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What's New’ section of the March 13, 2008 edition. Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.5” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

	Sphalerite with Dolomite
NF26F3: It is very uncommon to find a specimen with the faces so well defined, flat, and as brilliant as this one. The perfection of the edges gives it an unusual esthetic effect. Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.0”

Sphalerite with Dolomite
	NC60I6: Complex crystals of curved faces and edges, with excellent color and luster. With white Dolomite crystals. Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.4” × 0.8” × 0.9”

	Sphalerite with Dolomite
NB36M9: Parallel growth of crystals that have excellent transparency and a very good honey color that highly contrasts with the matrix of white Dolomite. Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 10 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 3.9” × 2.4” × 1.7”

Calcite with Dolomite and Sphalerite
	NR8M3: Nice and interesting miniature. Complex Calcite crystal with dominant scalenohedral faces. Inside one can see a very acute scalenohedron phantom. On a small matrix with Dolomite and Sphalerite. Mina Las Manforas, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 0.8”

La Collada Calcite

	Twinned Calcite
N7CH5: The crystal is transparent, doubly terminated and it is on matrix. Faces and edges are very sharp and clearly show two twinned scalenohedra. A curiosity from a mine very famous for its Fluorites. Pozo Coroña, La Collada, Asturias  Spain (1980) Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

Calcite
	N8GF7: This crystal of Calcite comes from a single find made many years ago in a ventilation gallery on one of the floors of the Coroña shaft. It has good form and transparency and it is on a small amount of matrix. Pozo Coroña, La Collada, Asturias  Spain (1980) Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.8” × 1.8” × 1.3”

	Twinned Calcite
N12XBH5: The sample is especially esthetic. It has doubly terminated yellowish crystals of a considerable size. Faces and edges are very defined and clearly show the interpenetration of two rhombohedra. A curiosity from a mine very famous for its Fluorites. Pozo Coroña, La Collada, Asturias  Spain (1980) Specimen size: 14 × 8.5 × 6.5 cm = 5.5” × 3.3” × 2.6” Main crystal size: 12.4 × 6.2 cm = 4.9” × 2.4”	Front Rear

Citrine Quartz
	NJ8N1: Transparent crystal, very uniform, natural citrine color and sectorial color zoning on terminal faces with an enlargement of one of the rhombohedron faces. A Spanish classic. Villasbuenas, Salamanca  Spain (08/2004) Specimen size: 4 × 1.5 × 1.9 cm = 1.6” × 0.6” × 0.7”

	Citrine Quartz
NM58N5: Transparent crystal, very uniform, natural citrine color and sectorial color zoning on terminal faces. A Spanish classic. Villasbuenas, Salamanca  Spain (08/2004) Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.1” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 4.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.7” × 0.4”

Quartz (citrine)
	MC60H1: The definition of the crystals, free of damage, is perfect. Its yellow color is not very intense but is uniform and clearly visible. The specimen is from a recent find in a classic Spanish mine, very well known in the past by its natural citrine Quartz, but where no significant samples had been found for a very long time. Villasbuenas, Salamanca  Spain (09/2005) Specimen size: 6.2 × 3 × 3.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.2” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2 cm = 2.4” × 0.8”

	Smoky Quartz
N9BL6: From the last mining works that tried to exploit again the Quarries in Lumbrales, a very interesting Quartz crystal with sharp faces and edges, and a slight and uniform smoky tone at the top, milky at the base. One can see some geometric hoppered growth forms. With Orthoclase and kaolinized Mica. Lumbrales, Salamanca  Spain (±1980) Specimen size: 6.8 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.7” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Quartz replacing fosil
	VA16J1: Columnar and crested growths of small, white, very bright crystals. Crystallization has occurred on the interior of an empty fossil sponge which made the cavity where the geode formed. Sedano, Burgos  Spain Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.3 × 5.6 cm = 3.3” × 3.3” × 2.2” Fossil very fluorescent long & short UV

	Albite with Bavenite and Smoky Quartz
NC16F2: From a very new locality, the prisms of transparent smoky Quartz are on a matrix of Albite and are partially covered by small crystals of Bavenite, which is also present near the edges of the Albite. Cantera Venero 1, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2004) Specimen size: 6.5 × 6 × 5 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 2.0”

Smoky Quartz with Opal
	NR11F2: From a very new locality, the prisms of smoky Quartz, which have excellent color and brilliance, form a fence of parallel crystals. A base covered by Opal, which adds contrast and support. Cantera Venero 1, Cadalso de los Vidrios, Madrid  Spain (2004) Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.2 × 3.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.4” × 1.4” Opal very fluorescent long & short UV

	Prehnite
N8CI0: The crystals have a globular aspect due to curved faces and edges. They have a soft clear greenish yellow color and an intense luster. They form a practically floating druse, except for a little fragment of Orthoclase on the back, where the specimen was fixed to the rocky matrix. Cantera "de los Gallegos", paraje La Saludadora, Valdemanco  Spain (03/1999) Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 0.9”

Prehnite with Quartz, Orthoclase and Clinozoisite-Epidote
Front Rear	N46BG4: Crystals, defined and closely grouped, have an excellent luster and a pleasant clear color, between green and yellow. On the back side, around the Quartz, which is the nucleus of crystallization, some fragments of Orthoclase and little acicular crystals of a species in the series Epidote - Clinozoisite appear. Cantera "de los Gallegos", paraje La Saludadora, Valdemanco  Spain (02/1999) Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.5 × 4 cm = 4.1” × 3.0” × 1.6”

	Quartz with Apophyllite-(KF)
NQ7L2: This specimen comes from the pockets of the granite area of El Berrueco (Madrid). A big Quartz crystal partially covered by a thin layer of colorless but very bright and well defined Apophyllite-(KF) crystals. There are small and isolated generations of Fluorapophyllite crystals on the Quartz pyramid faces not covered by Apophyllite-(KF). Cantera Los Taberneros, El Berrueco, Madrid  Spain (12/2002) Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.9 × 5.3 cm = 3.1” × 2.3” × 2.1” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

Red Quartz
	NP8Q1: Deep red-colored sharp crystal with very well defined faces and edges on a reddish Gypsum matrix. The sample is from a very recent find, February 2010, in a zone well known for the quality of its “Jacintos”. Domeño, Chelva, Valencia  Spain (06/02/2010) Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

	Red Quartz
NA8Q1: Sharp, doubly terminated deep red-colored crystal on a reddish Gypsum matrix. The sample is from a very recent find, February 2010, in a zone well known for the quality of its “Jacintos”. Domeño, Chelva, Valencia  Spain (06/02/2010) Specimen size: 6.9 × 5 × 3.4 cm = 2.7” × 2.0” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2 × 0.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.3”

Aragonite
	N8BL6: From a not so well known area at La Pesquera, North of Minglanilla (Cuenca), we present this curious doubly terminated Aragonite specimen that shows on prism faces brownish and violet tones. Probably the most interesting thing are the delicate fibrous terminations on both sides and its good size. For specialized collectors. Barranco del Tornagal, La Pesquera, Cuenca  Spain (±1985) Specimen size: 8.9 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 3.5” × 1.3” × 1.2”

	Gold with Quartz
N10CF2: A real rarity. Clearly not very spectacular, but both the locality and the specimen can be considered to be exceptional. Buenasbodas, Nava de Ricomalillo, Toledo  Spain (1992-1995) Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm = 1.0” × 0.6” × 0.2” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

Cinnabar from Almadén

Almadén is dead – long live Almadén!
A mine that has been in operation for over 20 centuries – it was first worked by the Romans from 372-287 BC – has recently been closed down. All work in the mine has stopped and the waste tips have been re-processed, so it will no longer be possible to find more specimens from this classic locality. As the old galleries have now been made safe so that they can be used as a new mining museum we don’t think they will find anything underground either. Before the Chinese Cinnabar appeared it was the locality that produced the best Cinnabar samples in the world. From our stock we have selected some examples, thus giving people who do not already have one the chance to add an Almadén sample to their collection.

Cinnabar
	MJ96D8: The base of the specimen is covered with rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite and on the upper side there is a pocket with crystals of Cinnabar that are more aerial than is normal. Pozo de San Teodoro, Almadén, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1988) Specimen size: 7.4 × 5 × 3.5 cm = 2.9” × 2.0” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 0.4 cm = 0.2”

	Cinnabar
EB63K1: Small group of small but very well defined and bright crystals. The specimen is from the El Entredicho mine, in Almadenejos which is some distance from Almadén and whose crystallizations are very infrequent. Mina El Entredicho, Almadenejos, Almadén, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1980) Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 0.9” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

El Horcajo Pyromorphite

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

Pyromorphite
Front Rear	NM58L3: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century. We are showing a nice miniature formed by a prismatic group with excellent color and multiple and slight color zoned terminations. On the backside of the specimen there are some small doubly terminated crystals. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920) Specimen size: 2 × 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.7” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1” Minor fluorescence short UV

	Pyromorphite
NK57L8: Nice oriented group of Pyromorphite crystals, showing an intense green color, with yellowish tones, forming small but well formed hexagonal prisms with well defined terminal faces. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920) Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 0.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.3” Minor fluorescence short UV

Pyromorphite
	NA6M3: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century. Parallel growth of Pyromorphite crystals, several of them doubly terminated, with pyramid terminations and color zoning. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920) Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.4” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.1” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Pyromorphite
NX59L3: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century. A miniature formed by prismatic to acicular doubly terminated crystals with excellent color and luster. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920) Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.3 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0” Minor fluorescence short UV	Front Rear

Pyromorphite
	NE10L8: A classic Spanish specimen. A miniature formed by a group of prismatic to acicular fan-shaped crystals, with an excellent color. Some of the thicker crystals show color zoning in the terminal faces. A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920) Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.4” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2” Minor fluorescence short UV

	Pyromorphite
NP63M3: A classic specimen from one of the most famous Spanish mineral localities. These Pyromorphites, which are now very difficult to obtain, were collected in the early 20th century. Acicular to fibrous groups of crystals, showing a curious felted luster. Green color is excellent, with tones more or less deep, depending on the crystal zone. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1920) Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.5” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Pyromorphite
	NF59F2: Pyromorphite from El Horcajo is historic. One rarely finds specimens on the mineral market. The crystal has the faces of the prism and the hopper termination presents a perfect profile. The color is also excellent. El Horcajo, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1900) Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.4” Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Smithsonite
TC60K4: Spheroidal groups of small, very acute, scalenohedral crystals with good luster that cover the Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district. We'll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1982-1984) Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 4.7 cm = 3.6” × 2.2” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

Smithsonite
	TV13K4: Spheroidal groups of small, very acute, scalenohedral crystals with good luster that cover the Limonite matrix. On the back, right and lower sides on the sample the crystals are very individualized and easily distinguishable with a lens. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district. We'll provide a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1982-1984) Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

	Azurite
TD9K4: Small equant crystals of excellent color and luster, spread on Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1982-1984) Specimen size: 7 × 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

Azurite
Front Top	TG6K4: Groups of crystals of excellent color and very intense luster, that form rosettes implanted on Limonite matrix. The specimen comes from an old private collection of the La Unión district. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1982-1984) Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

	Malachite
TJ10L3: Globular Malachite growths with a velvety brilliance. Very elegant and original specimen on a Limonite matrix. Analysis has been done to provide the correct characterization due to its resemblance to other possible species. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1982-1984) Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.4 × 5 cm = 4.4” × 2.9” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Cerussite-Anglesite with Hematite
	N57AH5: On this sample yellow and blue shades are dominant on a matrix displaying former Cerussite crystals pseudomorphed by Anglesite and covered by colorful Hematite. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (04/1995) Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 2.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 0.9”

	Galena with Siderite
ET14P6: Cubical crystals of Galena coated by a uniform layer of small lenticular crystals of Siderite of excellent color and luster, on matrix. Galena remains in perfect condition even though a long time has passed since its extraction. An old sample that comes from a private collection. Cantera San Valentín, La Unión, Murcia  Spain (1981-1985) Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 4 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.6”

Pyrolusite
	EM9P6: Spheroidal aggregates of acicular crystals on matrix and with an excellent velvet luster. An old sample that comes from a private collection. Grupo minero Cabezo de San Ginés, Cartagena, Murcia  Spain (1981-1985) Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.9”

	Lavendulan with Conichalcite and Cornwallite
N58JG8: Lavendulan from Pastrana has been famous for its intensity of color and its crystallization. The piece is a nice miniature whose crystals have a magnificent development and are with Conichalcite and Cornwallite. Calicata Dolores, Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Murcia  Spain (11/1992) Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Pyromorphite
	E26DPC7: As well as being much greener than other specimens from this mine this specimen has its own special history. Jordi bought it during the 1994 Munich show from a German collector, but then the following year a major find was made at the same mine. So while the German guy had the right idea, in the end other collectors made the killer find - that's life I guess. Mina Resuperferolítica, Cerro Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 11.2 × 7.5 × 1.2 cm = 4.4” × 3.0” × 0.5”

	Pyromorphite
N14BVI9: Groups of very well defined hexagonal prismatic crystals of attractive color, typical for the locality. Mina Resuperferolítica, Cerro Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2” Fluorescent long & short UV

Pyromorphite
	N46DGI7: Densely grouped prismatic crystals on matrix. They are doubly terminated and have very well defined faces and edges. The color is very much greener than usual on samples from this location and they have clearer zones on the terminations. Mina Resuperferolítica, Cerro Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba  Spain (1995) Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.5 × 3.7 cm = 2.6” × 1.4” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1” Fluorescent long & short UV

	Andalucite with Mica
NR87E1: The name for the Andalucite species comes from the Spanish region of Andalucia, This one comes from Cordoba, Andalucia, which is in the south of Spain. Given its size, good crystal form and pleasant color it cannot be confused with any other collectable Andalucite. Sierra Albarrana, Córdoba  Spain (1992) Specimen size: 3 × 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.2” × 1.2” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

Antimony
	M7RH5: The surface of crystal growths, on Quartz matrix, is intensely bright and it is not altered. The sample is from an old find and actually it is quite difficult to obtain specimens from this locality. Embalse de La Viñuela, La Viñuela, Málaga  Spain (1999) Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 1.5”

	Antimony with Quartz
NA62J8: The mineral forms sharp and very bright crystalline growths and very neat exfoliation on Quartz matrix. The specimen is from an old find and actually it is very difficult to obtain samples from this locality that can be yet considered as classic. Embalse de La Viñuela, La Viñuela, Málaga  Spain (±1995) Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.5 × 4.5 cm = 1.4” × 1.0” × 1.8”	Front Side

Axinite-(Fe)
	N8KG8: Good group of crystals on matrix, of an excellent quality for the locality. Perfection of forms, color and luster are also good for the locality. Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (1999) Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” × 0.6” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.2” × 0.3”

	Celestine on Siderite
N88DG8: Enhanced bundle growths, very delicate and esthetical, of very thin acicular crystals, snowy white, contrasting with a base of little brown rhombohedral crystals of Siderite. Pulpí, Almería  Spain (1997) Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 2.2” Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

Jarosite
	N58VL2: A representative specimen from the type locality. On a Limonite matrix, very bright Jarosite crystals showing a tabular habit, some in groups of rosettes and other isolated crystals with developed prism faces. Brown color is very intense and excellent transparency. NASA Opportunity Rover prospecting on planet Mars found Jarosite that may point to the rock's wet history having been in an acidic lake or an acidic hot springs environment, like in Barranco Jaroso deposit. Túnel del Arteal, Barranco Jaroso, Sierra Almagrera, Almería  Spain (1997) Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 2.3” × 1.2” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0” Type locality

	Chalcostibite with Siderite
NA14I7: Magnificent (for the locality) prismatic crystal of very well defined faces and edges and a very fresh surface with small green alteration. The Crystals occupy the center of a vug on a Siderite matrix, crystallized in some zones. Mina El Vagón, Lanteira, Granada  Spain (05/2000) Specimen size: 3.7 × 3 × 4.1 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.6” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

Wulfenite
	N9AI0: The crystals, small, are laminar and have very well defined faces and edges and octagonal outlines. Their luster and intense yellow color are excellent and some of them have transparent edges. Barranco Lastonares, Albuñuelas, Granada  Spain (04/2000) Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.3” × 0.5” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

	Covellite with Sulfur
NX26K0: Surface covered by small Covellite crystals with a magnificent color. We especially note the presence of crystallized native Sulfur in wide zones of the specimen. Corta Atalaya, Pisos 14-16, Riotinto, Huelva  Spain (1996) Specimen size: 14 × 6.7 × 4.8 cm = 5.5” × 2.6” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

Gold
Front Rear	NX66P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is rough, rich of forms and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains. Over all its surface some crystalline shapes are preserved. Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008) Specimen size: 1.1 × 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.1”

	Gold
NC48P6: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold nuggets but it has been public only very recently. This one has a good size, of elongated and flattened shape, quite regular, slightly cavernous and with small vugs, some of them occupied by Quartz grains. Color is intense. Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008) Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5” × 0.1”	Front Rear

Gold
Front Rear	NB49P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is very neat, rounded and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains and in its surface some quite big, nearly rounded, crystalline forms are preserved. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2009 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 90, page 27. Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008) Specimen size: 2.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.4” × 0.3”

Barites from Almería

	Barite
NQ58P3: Group of sharp laminar crystals. They are transparent, slightly bluish and implanted on a thin matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003) but we decided not to publish it before knowing the exact locality, just determined in August 2009. Concesión Beltraneja, Minas del Cortijuelo, Bacares, Almería  Spain (09/2002-03/2003) Specimen size: 4.9 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 0.8” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3” Fluorescent long & short UV

Barite
Front Top	NC61P3: Group of sharp crystals that are between laminar and tabular, with parallel growths, transparent, slightly yellowish and implanted on matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003) but we decided not to publish it before knowing the exact locality, just determined in August 2009. Concesión Beltraneja, Minas del Cortijuelo, Bacares, Almería  Spain (09/2002-03/2003) Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” Fluorescent long & short UV

	Barite with Calcite
NX14P3: Group of sharp laminar crystals, transparent and slightly bluish with some of their edges coated by small crystals of white Calcite and on matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003) but we decided not to publish it before knowing the exact locality, just determined in August 2009. Concesión Beltraneja, Minas del Cortijuelo, Bacares, Almería  Spain (09/2002-03/2003) Specimen size: 10.7 × 6.3 × 3.3 cm = 4.2” × 2.5” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” Fluorescent long & short UV

Barite
	NE14P3: Group of sharp tabular crystals of yellowish color, on matrix. The sample is from the first find of good material at the locality (between September 2002 and March 2003) but we decided not to publish it before knowing the exact locality, just determined in August 2009. Concesión Beltraneja, Minas del Cortijuelo, Bacares, Almería  Spain (09/2002-03/2003) Specimen size: 12.6 × 6.7 × 4.6 cm = 5.0” × 2.6” × 1.8” Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.0” Fluorescent long & short UV

Epidote from Aguablanca Mine

	Epidote with Andradite and Pyrite
NB6P6: Flattened crystals of Epidote, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges, of typical pistachio-green color, deformed Quartz crystals, rounded crystals of Andradite and curiously shaped Pyrite crystals, on matrix. Mina de Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006) Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 3.1” × 2.2” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 3.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.3” × 1.2”

Epidote with Quartz and Magnetite
	NG13P6: Flattened crystals of Epidote with very well defined faces and edges, of typical pistachio-green color, deformed Quartz crystals and octahedral crystals of Magnetite, on matrix. Mina de Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006) Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.6 × 5 cm = 4.2” × 3.4” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.1”

	Epidote with Quartz and Andradite
NK63N3: The Aguablanca nickel deposit is not really being generous in providing specimens for collectors, despite the high expectation aroused among collectors when it started. But in September 2006 the operations went through an area where good specimens of Epidote associated with Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz and Calcite appeared. This sample is a good representation of this find. Mina Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006) Specimen size: 12.5 × 8.8 × 5 cm = 4.9” × 3.5” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

Andradite with Epidote
	NB10N3: The Aguablanca nickel deposit is not really being generous in providing specimens for collectors, despite the high expectation aroused among collectors when it started. But in September 2006 the operations went through an area where good specimens of Epidote associated with Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz and Calcite appeared. This sample is a good representation of this find. Mina Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006) Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

	Andradite with Epidote
NH11N3: The Aguablanca nickel deposit is not really being generous in providing specimens for collectors, despite the high expectation aroused among collectors when it started. But in September 2006 the operations went through an area where good specimens of Epidote associated with Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz and Calcite appeared. This sample is a good representation of this find. Mina Aguablanca, Monesterio, Badajoz  Spain (09/2006) Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.5” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Allanite-(La)

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Allanite-(La) with Magnetite and Epidote
	ND13K7: A clear and well-developed prismatic crystal of Allanite-(La) on matrix with very sharp edges and faces. Magnetite octahedrons and small pistachio green Epidote accompany it. Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1978) Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

	Allanite-(La) on Hedenbergite
NA14E1: A single Allanite-(La) crystal with small Magnetite crystals, all on a matrix of Hedenbergite. The upper tip of the crystal was broken and has then recrystallized. Mina Nueva Vizcaya, Finca los Calvitos, Sierra Gorda, Burguillos del Cerro, Badajoz  Spain (1988) Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.7” × 0.5” Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

Cobaltarthurite

Cobaltarthurite is a relatively new (2002) mineral species found for the first time in Spain. It is a cobalt arsenate and a member of the Arthurite group. The specimen presented here is from the type locality, the Dolores mine, Pastrana, Murcia, and the Cobaltarthurite appears as leafy and globular aggregates.
The new species was fully described by Jambor, Viñals, and other authors in a detailed work published in The Canadian Mineralogist:
Jambor, J.J., Viñals, J. 2002. Cobaltarthurite, Co2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O, a new member of the Arthurite group. The Canadian Mineralogist. 40: 725-732.

Cobaltarthurite with Conichalcite
	NH97I9: Small globular and leafy aggregates of yellowish and black color, on matrix. On the Cobaltarthurite there are small green spherules of Conichalcite. The sample has a label of the collection of Juan Viñals, one of the describers of the species. Calicata Dolores, Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Murcia  Spain (1999) Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.4” Type locality

	Cobaltarthurite
ND8I9: Small globular and leafy aggregates of yellowish and black color, on matrix. The sample has a label of the collection of Juan Viñals, one of the describers of the species. Calicata Dolores, Pastrana, Mazarrón-Águilas, Murcia  Spain (1999) Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.6” Type locality

San Andrés Mine Pyromorphite

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

Pyromorphite
	N80L: Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997) Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

	Pyromorphite
N87ZD0: Group of prismatic crystals with multiple, brushlike terminations. Color and luster are good and crystals are on matrix. Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997) Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 0.8”

Pyromorphite
	EX29F1: This is one of the first specimens from this find that I sold. I recently recovered it and, as the photo suggests, the quality is very high. Excellent color, good crystal size, and good crystal definition. Many of the crystals are doubly terminated and have the faces of the hexagonal prism and the pinacoid. A real treat. This specimen was on the cover of the ‘Bocamina’ magazine, issue 18, 2006, which is devoted to the San Andrés Mine. Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997) Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

	Pyromorphite
N26FL0: Group of Pyromorphite crystals with varied habit and good color. Crystals vary from well defined hexagonal prisms, to very acute dipyramidal forms, to skeleton growths. On a solid matrix of Limonite. Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1997) Specimen size: 10.6 × 6.6 × 4.8 cm = 4.2” × 2.6” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.5” × 0.2” Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV

Pyromorphite
	N36AJ1: An extraordinary specimen with very well defined crystals, many of them doubly terminated, bright and of excellent green color, on matrix. One of the most significant specimens from the find. Mina San Andrés, Geoda Realces, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (10-11/1997) Specimen size: 9 × 5.5 × 6.5 cm = 3.5” × 2.2” × 2.6” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5” × 0.3” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Pyromorphite
N19F: Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998) Specimen size: 2.2 × 2.5 cm = 0.9” × 1.0”

Pyromorphite
	N38FK9: Group of prismatic crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges and excellent color and luster, on matrix. Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998) Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 3.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2” Minor fluorescence short UV

	Pyromorphite
N76AE8: This is one of the best samples from the pocket given its color (which is a little more intense than the others) and the position of the crystals on the Barite matrix. As they are very aerial you can see the form perfectly. A great specimen. The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Bocamina’ on page 71 in number 18, year 2006. Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998) Specimen size: 8 × 8 × 6 cm = 3.1” × 3.1” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

Pyromorphite on Barite
	N76XD1: Aerial crystals, good color and luster and, although the crystal size is not that large, the specimen looks pretty good. The specimen has been reviewed and published in the magazine ‘Bocamina’ on page 74 in number 18, year 2006. Mina San Andrés, Geoda del Túnel, Villaviciosa de Córdoba, Espiel, Córdoba  Spain (11/1998) Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.5 × 6 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 0.7 cm = 0.3”

Prehnite from Carchelejo

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

	Prehnite
NJ13L3: Globular light green aggregate, with well defined and very bright crystal terminal faces. These brilliant specimens are quite unusual in this closed quarry. On matrix. Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (2004) Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 0.6”

Prehnite with Augite
	NC16G8: Beautiful globular and fan-shaped growths of Prehnite, of a good green color. Also on the piece are acicular crystals of Augite. Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (12/2001) Specimen size: 11 × 8 × 3.8 cm = 4.3” × 3.1” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.2” × 1.1”

	Prehnite with Augite
NF61G8: Beautiful globular growths of Prehnite with central cavities occupied by Augite in groups of acicular crystals. Augite is also omnipresent on the whole surface of the matrix. Cantera Oficarsa, Carchelejo, Jaén  Spain (±2001) Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.3 × 4 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.6”

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite

In the Ofite quarries in the provinces of Málaga and Jaén they find these blue Quartz, whose color is due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. The crystals are often doubly terminated.

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
	N10DH5: Group very rich in crystals with dominant apparently dipyramidal shape (made by two rhombohedra) because prismatic faces are nearly not existing which is uncommon in Quartz crystals. The luster of its faces is excellent. Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (1988) Specimen size: 8.3 × 7 × 5 cm = 3.3” × 2.8” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

	Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
N58KI0: Color and luster are especially intense. Crystals are practically dipyramidal due to the minor development of prism faces. Blue color is due to the presence of fibrous Magnesioriebeckite. Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (1988) Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

Blue Quartz with Magnesioriebeckite inclusions
	N11TL3: On an ophitic rock matrix, a group of Quartz crystals showing an equidimensional shape, some of them with cubic shape, due to the minor development of prism faces. Precise analysis showed that their deep blue color is due to fibrous inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Málaga  Spain (2000) Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.9” × 2.0” × 0.9” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

Spinel

Local collectors found Spinel on Dolomite matrix. The crystal form is not excellent, but their color is not bad and the contrast with the white matrix is good. Plus they are fluorescent (red). Some minor yellow Clinohumite crystals are also present, these are fluorescent too, in this case yellow.

	Spinel on Dolomite
N41M: With minor Clinohumite. Mijas, Sierra de Benalmádena, Málaga  Spain (03/2001) Specimen size: 6 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3” Fluorescent long UV

Spinel
	N64BE1: While the crystal form of these Spinels is often not that good, in this case it has good form and brilliance. So this one is a good example of the Spanish Spinels. Mijas, Sierra de Benalmádena, Málaga  Spain (±1999) Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.1 × 4.7 cm = 3.3” × 2.4” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 0.3 cm = 0.1”

Iridescent Goethite

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	Iridescent Goethite
NJ58K8: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense iridescence, very bright, metallic reflections, whose dominant colors vary between red, blue and gold. These growths contrast with a later formed phase with smaller and very bright botryoidal growths. The specimen is from a recent find in Tharsis. This locality hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years. Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007) Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Iridescent Goethite
	NB12K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense, very bright, iridescence, with metallic reflections of dominant colors between golden and blue. The specimen is from a recent find on Tharsis (Filón Sur Mine) that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years. Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007) Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.6” × 1.8” × 1.6”

	Iridescent Goethite
NA61L5: Stalactitic-botryoidal growth forming curious concretions and elongated growths. With intense metallic pastel color iridescence and a later formed phase, also with intense iridescence. Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007) Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.8 × 4.2 cm = 2.6” × 1.9” × 1.7”	Front Rear

Iridescent Goethite
Front Rear	ND80K4: A novelty from Munich 2007. Stalactitic-botryoidal growth with intense, very bright, iridescence, of dominant colors between pink and red and bluish. On the back it has laminar concretions, also iridescent, formed latterly to the botryoidal phase. The specimen is from a recent find on Tharsis (Filón Sur Mine) that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years. Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007) Specimen size: 11 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 4.3” × 1.6” × 1.3”

	Iridescent Goethite
NH36N7: The colorful Goethite from Tharsis is a classic in Spain. From the find of 2007, this one is a fine example of its quality. Mina Filón Sur, Tharsis, Huelva  Spain (05-10/2007) Specimen size: 12 × 4.8 × 2.9 cm = 4.7” × 1.9” × 1.1”