Doubly terminated Epidote with Quartz
	EY89G7: Group of crystals, two of them doubly terminated and exceptionally aerial, esthetically mixed with Quartz crystals. Also they are very bright. Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska  USA Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.7” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.1” × 0.5”

	Copper
NA80C9: Shape, luster and color of the best quality for the locality. Ray Mine, Ray district, Pinal County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 3.8 × 3 × 2.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 0.9”

Copper
Front Rear	TP67G0: A floater group of crystals with good color and some skeletal growths. New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.6”

	Copper
MP96: A nice old classic specimen: a floater copper, complete in all sides, pretty rich and with minor Cuprite crystals on the rear. Excellent for the locality! Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Calcite
	MC10I2: The crystals are rhombohedrons, very defined and have yellowish-white color. They made subparallel groups forming attractive curvatures. The specimen is from J.S.White collection and we’ll send the label with the sample. Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” Intense fluorescence long & short UV

	Azurite
TQ48M2: This Azurite specimen is from a classic North American locality. A perfect floater formed by divergent crystals, with very differentiated and sharp faces and edges. Color is really excellent. The specimen was mined probably 10 years ago, when the Morenci mine works engulfed older workings, like the Detroit mine from over 100 years before. Morenci Mine, Morenci, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.6” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”	Front Rear

Linarite
	TF86H7: Crystals occupy the vugs on the clearer matrix. They are very well defined, bright and transparent. The locality is, furthermore, a classic. Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 4.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

	Azurite with Cerussite
TX93G1: It is really difficult to obtain a specimen of Azurite from this locality, especially one of excellent quality. The parallel group of prismatic crystals partially doubly terminated is outstanding. Several Cerussite crystals are on the matrix as well as some on the Azurite. A classic. It comes with two old labels. Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.2 × 7.4 cm = 2.7” × 2.4” × 2.9” Main crystal size: 3.3 × 2.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” Cerussite minor fluorescence short UV

Aurichalcite with Limonite
	MC76L1: Groups of fan-shaped acicular crystals with intense color, between blue and greenish, on a Limonite matrix. A very pleasant and luminous specimen from a classic locality. 79 Mine, Hayden, Gila County, Arizona  USA Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.5 × 4.4 cm = 3.4” × 2.2” × 1.7” Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

	Wavellite
LE14F2: The good color, growth and form of this botryoidal group are notable. This is a mineral that is becoming rare from this locality. A real classic. From the David Lucas collection, number 456, and we will give the buyer his label. Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas  USA Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Elbaite with Quartz and Lepidolite
Front Top	TE87G0: A prismatic crystal with a high degree of transparency and an excellent color. The two tips show intense pink color zones. On the complete tip there is a little group of crystals of Lepidolite and Quartz. Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California  USA Specimen size: 6.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.7” × 0.9” × 0.6”

	Elbaite (Rubellite)
TE99: Colorful and sharp classic Elbaite (Rubellite) from the classic Himalaya Mine. The crystal is thick, transparent and crystallized at the base. The association with a doubly terminated quartz gives it a nice contrast. A perfect and potent specimen! Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California  USA Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Doubly terminated Neptunite on Natrolite
	EM29G9: The specimen well represents the species. The crystals, prismatic and doubly terminated, contrast with snowy white Natrolite and are centered on a very balanced matrix. Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California  USA Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 1.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 0.5” Main crystal size: 3 × 0.4 cm = 1.2” × 0.2”

	Neptunite with Benitoite on Natrolite
EG50J0: Magnificent specimen with the main crystal prismatic and doubly terminated. The crystals on the sample have excellent luster enhanced by the white matrix of Natrolite. Spread on the matrix there are some small, perfectly sharp, crystals of Benitoite. Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California  USA Specimen size: 7 × 5.5 × 2.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.0” Main crystal size: 3.8 × 0.8 cm = 1.5” × 0.3” Benitoite fluorescent short UV

Gold on Quartz
	TM16H1: In this miniature two groups of flattened Gold crystals, typical of the locality, stand aerially on the Quartz matrix. Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California  USA (2001) Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.7” × 0.5”

	Gold with Quartz
TE10G5: The most prominent crystallization on the Quartz matrix is really a single, elongated, crystal of an exceptional length. In this group there are also the typical flat crystals from Eagle’s Nest, and some others that are quite well defined octahedra. Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California  USA (2003) Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.6” × 1.3” × 0.5” Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.2”

Barite
	CE17D7: A perfect example with its well formed main crystal, nicely positioned on the matrix, and transparent. So overall it shows off the best features of the finds that were made in Stoneham. Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado  USA Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 2.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.4” × 0.7”

	Sphalerite with Chalcopyrite
KM86M8: From an uncommon American locality. Aggregate of twinned crystals with yellowish and orange reflections, with Chalcopyrite crystals. The sample is from the James Catmur collection (num. B241), whose label will be sent to the buyer. Emperius Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado  USA Specimen size: 13 × 7.5 × 3.3 cm = 5.1” × 3.0” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

Apatite-(CaF)
Front Top	ET47G5: Crystal of good size, a floater, having well defined prism and terminal faces. This is a rare locality, there are usually very few in collections. Fulford, Eagle County, Colorado  USA Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.5” Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV Former Marty Zinn collection

	Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite and Chalcopyrite
EC90H7: Group of rhombohedral crystals whose faces have excellent color, luster and transparency, contrasting with the bevels on the edges which are more frosted. The group contrasts with the associated species, the well defined tetrahedral crystals of Tetrahedrite, the Chalcopyrite and small crystals of Quartz. The locality is now one of the great classics for Rhodochrosite. Corner Pocket, Watercourse Raise, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado  USA (09/94) Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.5” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

Enargite
	KA96M0: Exceptional specimen for the locality. Very aerial Enargite crystals, with well defined faces and edges showing an excellent luster. Perfect terminal faces, also very bright. On matrix. The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it. Longfellow Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado  USA Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.2 × 3.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.5” Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

	Calcite replacing Mercenaria sp
TA58H2: This kind of “boat” is a fossilized shell of Mercenaria sp, the interior of which is now occupied by honey-colored Calcite crystals filling most of the available inner space. The Calcite crystals “borrowed” calcium from Mercenarias for their growth. Ruck's pit, Okeechobee County, Florida  USA (2003) Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.3 × 3.6 cm = 2.1” × 1.3” × 1.4” Extremely fluorescent long & short UV

Rutile with Pyrophyllite
	TM26L1: A well defined and aerial crystal with very sharp faces and edges, showing reddish reflections. This specimen shows the typical Rutile twin. Well positioned on a Pyrophyllite matrix. Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia  USA (1998) Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.3 cm = 0.9” × 0.5”

	Ludlamite with Vivianite
LT74F1: This is a great specimen, both in comparison to other Ludlamites that have been found at this mine as well as Ludlamites from elsewhere in the world. It is a plate of gem quality crystals with excellent color, brilliance and the typical forms for Ludlamite, showing the faces of two perpendicular prisms and the well-developed pinacoid. As is so typical for the locality there are two prismatic crystals of dark Vivianite on the Ludlamite. From the David Lucas collection, number 787, and we will give the buyer his label. Blackbird Mine, Blackbird district, Lemhi County, Idaho  USA Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.5 × 1 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 0.4” Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

Pyromorphite
	TJ2B6: Superb color and great luster on this colorful Pyromorphite. 9th level, Jersey vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho  USA Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.5”

	Pyromorphite
TB96C8: A large monster! A huge crystal standing on the top of a matrix that is made up of other huge Pyromorphite crystals. The form is excellent and the color is very agreeable as it is turning towards golden brown. Everything complete, a floater and, as the photo shows, excellent! Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho  USA Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

Pyromorphite
Front Side	KG68L9: Stunning group of extremely curved clusters of Pyromorphite crystals, that give a globular aspect to the specimen. These very aerial and esthetic globular aggregates are on a Limonite matrix. With an extraordinary color and luster. It has been reported that the globular orange crystals from Bunker Hill are arsenic-rich Pyromorphite specimens, so we analyzed some samples and the results are that they really are pure Pyromorphite, with no arsenic. The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with the piece. Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho  USA (1/06/2002) Specimen size: 8 × 5.3 × 4.4 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.7” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Barite on Fluorite
TC26G3: This floater specimen is very esthetic and original. Tabular white crystals of Barite are aerial on a Fluorite crystal having a curious growth, formed by three faces of a cube and a fourth one being octahedral, where the Barite group is attached. Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin County, Illinois  USA Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 4.3 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.7” Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.0” Fluorescent long UV	Front Rear

Doubly terminated Calcite
	M82N: Doubly terminated Calcite. Sharp edges and pretty gemmy. A perfect representative sample from Berry Materials quarry. Berry Materials quarry, North Vernon, Indiana  USA Specimen size: 4.2 × 6.5 cm = 1.7” × 2.6”

	Copper
TG27D8: Arborescent, very esthetic, a floater, and complete. A nice sample for your display. Keweenaw, Michigan  USA Specimen size: 9 × 7.5 × 0.8 cm = 3.5” × 3.0” × 0.3”

Galena with Pyrite
Front Side	TF76F6: A classic species, with the classic cuboctahedral form and from a classic locality. It started as a cube and then later on cuboctahedral forms grew on it, orientated to the cube. All of which makes the specimen especially attractive. Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri  USA Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 1.4”

	Galena on Pyrite
MF47E7: From a locality that used to be very productive (although it is no longer so) this one stands out from all the others found there for various reasons: the form of the crystal (slightly oblong and with small octahedral modification on the corners), all the faces are undamaged, the brilliance of the faces, and, above all, its great position on the matrix of botryoidal Pyrite. So while many Galenas have been found in the Tri-State district this one is special. Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri  USA Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.9”	Front Side

Rhodochrosite
	TC87G0: A fine group of subparallel growths of rhombohedral crystals with sharp edges and a soft and uniform pink color, with a little covering of Pyrite. The specimen is from Butte, a classic locality from which, actually, it is now very difficult to obtain good samples. It comes with a label from Shaw's Mojave Desert Gem and Mineral Shop, Yermo, California. Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana  USA Specimen size: 8.2 × 6 × 2.8 cm = 3.2” × 2.4” × 1.1” Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

	Fluellite with Wavellite
E61A: Fluellite its a rare mineral that is only found in millimetre sized crystals. Its color is usually white, so we cannot expect great beauty for this mineral. In this case the Wavellite helps by adding contrast and giving some esthetics to this rare mineral which is hard to find it in good specimens. Willard mine, Pershing County, Nevada  USA (1999) Specimen size: 5.5 × 5.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.2”

Clinoclase with Cornwallite and Parnauite
	LX26F0: A sample with lots of brilliant small crystals of Clinoclase, typical of the species. To add to this there are concretions of the rare arsenate Parnauite, which is a lighter green color. This comes from the David Lucas collection; number 575 and we will give the buyer David’s label. Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada  USA Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.2 × 5.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.8” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”

	Hydrozincite with Plattnerite
T26CJ1: A very esthetic botryoidal aggregate, in which Hydrozincite also forms thin acicular crystals, which are rare. There are small black Plattnerite crystals spread on the specimen. The sample has an intense fluorescence under a violet light. Yellow Pine Mine, 900 level, Goodsprings, Nevada  USA (8-11/1996) Specimen size: 14.5 × 7.5 × 6.5 cm = 5.7” × 3.0” × 2.6” Intense fluorescence long & short UV

Barite on Calcite
	TB97F2: A splendid group of tabular Barite crystals, which are very transparent, lemon yellow with hints of orange, and which contrast very well with the matrix of lenticular yellowish Calcite. A really special specimen. Barrick's Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada  USA (2003) Specimen size: 11.5 × 8 × 5 cm = 4.5” × 3.1” × 2.0” Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” Minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Barite
T14FI7: Excellent and esthetic group of prismatic honey-yellow crystals. The luster and transparency varies, depending on the faces, between extraordinary on most of them to greasy or matte on others. In spite of the color and luster which resembles Barite from the famous Meikle mine, this is from a different mine very near to the Meikle mine in which specimens of such quality are very scarce. Main Decline, Dee Mine, Elko County, Nevada  USA (2000) Specimen size: 14.5 × 12 × 6 cm = 5.7” × 4.7” × 2.4” Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.0” × 0.5” Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV

Almandine with Quartz
	TG12K2: Group of two very bright trapezohedrons with very sharp faces and edges in a vug with small crystals of Quartz. The dark color of the Almandine contrasts strongly with the slightly pinkish rhyolite matrix. Garnet Hill, Ruth, White Pine County, Nevada  USA (2006) Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm = 3.3” × 2.3” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.5”

	Gold on Quartz
T99FH5: The sample is from a very unusual locality. On a matrix of Quartz, the Gold made blades of parallel, very stylized, crystals forming wall type growths. (Winnemucca) Lizard Ridge Mine, Ten Mile District, Winnemuca, Nevada  USA (08/1995) Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.9 × 3 cm = 2.2” × 1.9” × 1.2”

Orpiment

This was the main novelty from Tucson 2000. These were found in April 99 at the Twin Creeks mine, north of Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nevada. Many specimens were found, but the majority of them were pale orange or yellow. The Orpiment was found in the 62 bench of the mine and the geologists seeing them decided to preserve them so they were removed manually with great care.
Orpiment is a stable mineral that does not alter over time, however like many other minerals it is sensitive to sun light so it is best to display specimens in darker areas of your display.

Orpiment
	JT46F9: ¡Superb! Exceptional brightness and color make this a superb specimen enhanced by remarkable crystal size and sharpness. All of these features combine to put the piece among the best from this well-known mine. The sample, absolutely unaltered even considering the passing of years, is from an accredited collection. We’ll send the collection label with the specimen. Twin Creeks Mine, cut 62, Humboldt County, Nevada  USA (04/1999) Specimen size: 6.3 × 6 × 3.3 cm = 2.5” × 2.4” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

	Orpiment
T19X: Excellent color. Twin Creeks Mine, cut 62, Humboldt County, Nevada  USA (04/99) Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.0”

Prehnite
	MP27J0: Spherical growths of laminar crystals on a serpentine matrix. We especially note the rich green shades of the group. This Prehnite is from a classic locality and good specimens are very scarce today. Paterson area, Passaic County, New Jersey  USA Specimen size: 11 × 8.2 × 3.7 cm = 4.3” × 3.2” × 1.5”

	Linarite with Quartz
MB88J3: The specimen, of a considerable size, is very representative of the species. It is extraordinarily rich with micro-crystals and crystalline surfaces, no damage and deep blue color. Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA Specimen size: 16 × 10.5 × 8.3 cm = 6.3” × 4.1” × 3.3”

Wulfenite
	ED86D6: The specimen is nice but it also comes from an unusual locality, even though one initially assumes that it is from Los Lamentos. This comes from the dispersion of the Bally Museum collection so has a label with it that we will send to the purchaser. In a few crystals there is minor damage, but it is not very significant and none of the major crystals has any damage. Organ Mountains, Organ district, New Mexico  USA Specimen size: 6 × 4.5 × 3 cm = 2.4” × 1.8” × 1.2” Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

	Octahedral Fluorite
P36BF6: The octahedral crystals are typical of this locality, but in this case they have reached an unusually large size. The color is deep and on one side you can see clear violet to green zoning. Pine Canyon, Grant County, New Mexico  USA Specimen size: 5 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.3” Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” Fluorescent long & short UV

Fluorite
	T3FA2: Very original and iridescent (brown & violet) Fluorite from Auglaize quarry, which from time to time rewards us with samples like this one. Auglaize quarry, Junction, Paulding County, Ohio  USA Specimen size: 4 × 4 cm = 1.6” × 1.6” Fluorescent long UV

	Doubly terminated Calcite with Sphalerite
KG70M2: Elegant doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal, showing a well defined twin, good color and notable transparency. With a small Sphalerite crystal matrix. The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it. Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee  USA (±1993) Specimen size: 10.9 × 8.7 × 3.6 cm = 4.3” × 3.4” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 10.9 × 3.6 cm = 4.3” × 1.4” Minor fluorescence long & short UV	Front Front Rear

Sphalerite with Dolomite and Calcite
	ET90L1: Very complex Sphalerite crystal groups. Very sharp faces and edges, some of them with interesting curvatures. Crystals are translucent, with a dark honey color, on rhombohedral white Dolomite and scalenohedral yellowish Calcite crystals. Elmwood is one of the great classics of the USA for Calcite crystals, but also it has provided excellent Sphalerite specimens. So, as we said, a great one. Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee  USA Specimen size: 12 × 10.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.7” × 4.1” × 1.9” Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV

	Azurite with Malachite
NT69F7: The crystals of Azurite have formed botryoidal structures. It is an excellent example, a floater, intensely brilliant, and better than the usual ones form this locality. The Malachite adds some color. La Sal, Wayne County, Utah  USA Specimen size: 7 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.8” × 2.1” × 1.5”	Front Rear

Topaz
	TA96E0: Within a pocket in the typical riolite matrix there is this very luminous and upright Topaz. Small crystals of Quartz and Bixbyite accompany it. All of it is very brilliant and bright. Little Round Top, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah  USA (11/03) Specimen size: 8 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.1” × 1.8” × 1.4” Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.4” × 0.2” Minor fluorescence long & short UV