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Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (formerly curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona) & Jordi Fabre
Alfredo Petrov Translation: Alfredo Petrov
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White


Argentina

Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix
Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix. Front
Front
Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix. Rear
Rear

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Magnetite (variety martite) on matrix
 

HM280TE: Very aerial group of octahedral pseudomorphs of Hematite after Magnetite crystals, very sharp, with bright luster. On matrix, which is very uncommon.

Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.6 × 5 cm = 3.15” × 2.60” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.10” × 0.63”




Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
 

EQ6Z1: Aggregate of Hematite crystals pseudomorphous after Magnetite, with a very sharp octahedral shape, some of them very elongated and almost completely coated by small lenticular recrystallized Hematite.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.3 × 4.7 cm = 2.91” × 2.48” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.98”




Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Rear
Rear
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Rear
Rear
 

EK56Q1: Parallel growths of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs of Magnetite, some of them unusually elongated and others with very well marked skeletal growths. On the faces of the Hematite a second generation of very bright thin small laminar crystals of the same mineral has formed.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 7.5 × 5.9 cm = 3.03” × 2.95” × 2.32”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2 cm = 2.05” × 0.79”




Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
 

EY56Z1: Aggregate of Hematite crystals pseudomorphous after Magnetite, with a very sharp octahedral shape and some of them very elongated and almost completely coated by small lenticular recrystallized Hematite.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.6 × 7.3 cm = 3.62” × 2.60” × 2.87”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.34” × 1.06”




Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Rear
Rear
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Side
Side
 

TD89AL6: Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Magnetite (a variety known as martite) with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 6.2 × 5.6 cm = 3.98” × 2.44” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.34”


minID: JGR-1G1



Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
 

TY67Q1: Extraordinarily acute parallel growth of octahedral crystals, pseudomorphs of Magnetite, with very well defined faces and edges and with very well marked skeletal growths. On the faces of the Hematite a second generation of very bright thin small laminar crystals of the same mineral has formed.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 10.6 × 5.1 × 4 cm = 4.17” × 2.01” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2 cm = 1.38” × 0.79”




Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Rear
Rear
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Side
Side
 

TT72AL6: Very aerial group of well defined Hematite (martite variety) pseudomorphs after unusually flat octahedral crystals of Magnetite, with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 8.7 × 4.6 cm = 4.49” × 3.43” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3 cm = 1.77” × 1.18”


minID: 06V-C2G



Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite)
 

TR72AL6: Very aerial group of Hematite pseudomorphs after octahedral crystals of Magnetite (a variety also known as martite) with a second generation of small lamellar crystals of the same species.
Payún Matru Volcano, Malargüe, Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province  Argentina (2008)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 9.7 × 0.7 cm = 4.57” × 3.82” × 0.28”


minID: PJX-0C4



Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Front
Front
Hematite after Magnetite (variety martite). Rear
Rear
Descloizite
Descloizite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Descloizite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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EYP66AP9: Vug of very sharp lanceolate Descloizite crystals, with bright luster and a reddish brown color. From a locality little known to mineral collectors.
Venus Mine, El Guaico Mining District, Minas Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.48” × 1.81” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.31” × 0.16”

Former collection of Michel Perraudin




Argentinian Amethyst

Argentina it is not a well know mineralogical country. An Argentinean Quartz quarry's owners carried out work searching for fine Quartz specimens to sell on the mineral market. I have an excellent relationship with him, so I purchased the best of his production. For the moment they are finding huge, doubly terminated, and frequently sceptered Amethyst Quartz. The first generation is milky white Quartz, the second generation is a deep Amethyst colored Quartz. Most of the specimens are floaters and some of them are on matrix too. Size, form and phantom inclusions are very attractive and offer to the mineral world something new that in my opinion it will help to place Argentina on the collector's map.

Doubly terminated Quartz (variety amethyst)
 

EV16H2: Doubly terminated floater. The color is deeper at the terminations, whose luster is also more intense than in the other faces. The crystal grew on other small crystals of Quartz (amethyst)
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.3 × 2.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.30” × 1.10”




Doubly terminated Quartz (variety amethyst). Front
Front
Doubly terminated Quartz (variety amethyst). Side
Side
Doubly terminated Quartz (variety amethyst) scepter
Doubly terminated Quartz (variety amethyst) scepter.
 

EC96G1: Parallel growth of two prismatic, doubly-terminated crystals. They are well developed, of an intense color and simple forms, growing as a scepter on a little matrix of white Quartz.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.1 × 3 cm = 2.68” × 1.61” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.31” × 0.31”




Quartz (variety amethyst and scepter)
Quartz (variety amethyst and scepter)  

TC150EV: Group of doubly terminated scepter crystals of Quartz (amethyst variety), one of them clearly dominant, with well-defined faces and edges, translucent and with an intense and deep color, denser at the crystal ends. It is becoming less and less common to find specimens from this locality, where work was done for only a very short time.
Don Nicolás Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.76” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 3.4 cm = 2.64” × 1.34”




Quartz (variety amethyst and scepter).
Quartz (variety amethyst) doubly terminated
Quartz (variety amethyst) doubly terminated. Front
Front
Quartz (variety amethyst) doubly terminated. Rear
Rear

Side
 

EJ97AL0: Group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals (amethyst variety), with very well defined faces and edges, forming parallel growths. The crystals are translucent and display an intense deep color, deeper at the ends of the crystal. It is getting less and less common to find specimens from this locality, which was worked for only a brief time.
La Francesa Mine, Villa Rafael Benegas (Villa Benegas), Mina Clavero, San Alberto Department, Córdoba Province  Argentina (01-06/2002)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.13” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 6.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.40” × 1.50”


minID: AC6-8TN




Bolivia

Stibnite with Quartz

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TBF56AP8: Centered groups of elongated and slightly flattened Stibnite crystals, lustrous and very aesthetic. Bolivian stibnites from this locality are not very common.
Salvadora Mine, Yarvicoya, Municipio Caracollo, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.6 × 1.4 cm = 2.52” × 1.81” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.3 cm = 1.77” × 0.12”




Stibnite with Quartz.
Valentinite
Valentinite. Front
Front
Valentinite. Side
Side
 

ML27AM7: Group of Valentinite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and large (for the species), very sharp, doubly terminated, and colored grey by micro-inclusions of Galena and other sulphides.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3 × 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.71” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.87” × 0.31”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Metastibnite
 

MP26AM6: Very dark gray spheroidal and columnar growths of Metastibnite, a rare dimorph of Stibnite, with subsequent coatings of antimony oxides.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.06” × 0.83” × 1.02”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Metastibnite. Metastibnite.
Metastibnite.
Andorite with Zinkenite
Andorite with Zinkenite. Front
Front
Andorite with Zinkenite. Rear
Rear
 

TF87AF4: Group of crystals of Andorite with associated acicular crystals of Zinkenite. With well defined faces and edges, a very well defined and fine vertical striation and with a luster that is unusual for the species.
The sample is from the Vallecillo collection, from Madrid.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 1 cm = 0.79” × 0.75” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.63” × 0.39”

Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo



Andorite
 

TR88AJ3: Parallel growth of flattened and doubly terminated Andorite crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and are bright, with a fine striation.
A Bolivian classic that we will send in its original Perkin’s box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.10” × 1.02” × 0.24”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Andorite. Andorite.
Andorite with Zinkenite
Andorite with Zinkenite. Andorite with Zinkenite.
Andorite with Zinkenite  

ND56AN0: Parallel growth of flattened Andorite crystals, very sharp, with good luster, and partially covered by acicular Zinkenite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number AND-7), whose catalogue card we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.98” × 0.31”

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



Franckeite with Stannite
Franckeite with Stannite  

NE27AJ0: Spheroidal growths of small Franckeite crystals that are metallic dark gray, almost black, and are very well defined and bright. They are on matrix with Pyrite and very well defined Stannite crystals. An excellent sample of this rare mineral.
The sample was in the Gilbert Gautier collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 0.55”




Franckeite with Stannite. Franckeite with Stannite.
Franckeite with Stannite.
Cassiterite
Cassiterite. Front
Front
Cassiterite. Side
Side
 

TYR64AO2: Botryoidal Cassiterite aggregate, in the habit / variety known as "wood tin", lustrous and deep black.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which
also contains the label.
Cóndor Iquiña plateau, Macha area, Chayanta Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.14” × 1.06” × 1.06”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Ferberite
 

TXT14AN2: Group of Ferberite crystals, one of them clearly dominant and very sharp, with sharp and very lustrous crystal forms. From a locality from which few high-quality specimens have been seen.
We will ship the piece in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Frank Melanson collection.
Mount Chambillaya mining district, Quime, Inquisivi Province, La Paz Departament  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Ferberite. Ferberite.
Paravauxite with Sigloite
Paravauxite with Sigloite. Paravauxite with Sigloite.

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Paravauxite with Sigloite
 

TFR68AP9: Druse of prismatic crystals of Paravauxite of good size, with sharp crystal forms and an excellent state of conservation. With small transparent Quartz crystals.
From the type locality for both species, the Paravauxite and the Sigloite.
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 6 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 2.36” × 1.50” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.24”

Type locality



Fluorapatite
 

TLB6AO0: Group of tabular Fluorapatite crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a uniform white color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Ánimas Mine, Ánimas , Chocaya, Municipio Atocha, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.87” × 0.67” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Fluorapatite. Fluorapatite.
Wurtzite with Galena
Wurtzite with Galena. Front
Front
Wurtzite with Galena. Side
Side
Wurtzite with Galena. Wurtzite with Galena.
Wurtzite with Galena  

TA86AL6: Rosette growths of lamellar Wurtzite crystals with a very sharp hexagonal contour and good luster, unusually large in size for the species, on matrix, with very shiny cube-octahedral crystals of Galena. This well-known specimen, which comes from the prestigious Rock Currier collection (no. 6516), is considered the best of the find and undoubtedly among the most reputable. We will send the collection label to the buyer along with the specimen.
Ánimas Mine, Ánimas , Chocaya, Municipio Atocha, Sud Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 9 × 8.3 × 5.2 cm = 3.54” × 3.27” × 2.05”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.7 cm = 1.02” × 0.67”

Former collection of Rock Currier

minID: TJN-5EY



Bismuth
Bismuth  

TQ86AM0: Excellent specimen, of high quality and very representative of specimens from the locality. Free of alteration, with polysynthetic parallel growths, with sharp surfaces and small crystals with very well defined faces and edges, which is quite unusual for the species.
The specimen is from the Bruno Cerato collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Tazna Mine (Tazna-Rosario Mine), Cerro Tazna, Atocha-Quechisla District, Nor Chichas Province, Potosí Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.78” × 3.74” × 1.46”


minID: HWP-TQ6



Bismuth. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Bismuth. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Bismuth. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Chile

Chalcocite with Calcite
Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.

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Chalcocite with Calcite
 

TMB94AQ0: Twinned very sharp Chalcocite crystals, with very sharp terminations, between shiny and matte, on matrix, with small white Calcite crystals.
The specimen comes from the Ignacio Gaspar Sintes collection (number CAC-1) and was previously in that of Martín Oliete Fontela (number 157). We will send the buyer the labels from both collections.
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.7 × 3.7 cm = 3.31” × 2.64” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.4 cm = 0.75” × 0.55”

Former collection of Martín Oliete

Former collection of Ignacio Gaspar



Brochantite with Quartz (variety chalcedony)
 

MX16AE7: A novelty at Munich 2016. Spray-like aggregates of finely acicular crystals with a very intense silky luster. They are on a rocky matrix with Quartz (chalcedony variety) coatings. The sample is from a formerly poorly known mine.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (11-12/2015)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 3.8 × 4.9 cm = 2.32” × 1.50” × 1.93”




Brochantite with Quartz (variety chalcedony). Brochantite with Quartz (variety chalcedony).
Brochantite
Brochantite. Brochantite.
Brochantite.
 

EB48AE3: A novelty at Munich 2016. Until now a poorly known mine, the Brochantite forms sprays of finely acicular crystals with a very intense silky luster and a very vivid color and are on a Quartz (variety chalcedony) matrix.
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region  Chile (11-12/2015)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 6.5 × 6.9 cm = 3.70” × 2.56” × 2.72”





Colombia

Gold with Pyrite and Quartz
Gold with Pyrite and Quartz  

TC230TK: Group of equidimensional Gold crystals, very shiny, on a Quartz matrix with microcrystalline Pyrite. The specimen comes from a mining area of Colombia that is very little known so far.
La Reina de Oro concession, El Volcán, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.20” × 0.12”




Gold with Pyrite and Quartz.
Gold with Pyrite and Quartz.
Gold with Quartz
Gold with Quartz. Gold with Quartz.
Gold with Quartz.
 

MA97AI0: A surface very rich with flat leafy Gold growths, with some acicular Gold crystals, on a rock matrix partially coated by micro-crystalline Quartz. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area and, due its quality and good color and luster, we believe it is one of the best found there.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 35 of the 2018/02 edition.

Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (01/2018)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.30” × 1.18” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”




Gold
 

EM76AH2: Dendritic growth, on a rocky matrix, of very sharp cubo-octahedral crystals with very well defined hoppered growths on some of the octahedron faces. The sample is from a not yet well-known Colombian mining area.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 52 of the 2017/02 edition.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 4.3 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.69” × 0.63” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Weight: 6.6 grams



Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear
Gold.
Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite
Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite. Gold with Quartz and Sphalerite.
 

EL88AI4: Very bright arborescent growths and acicular and leafy crystals of Gold on a Quartz matrix. . The sample is from a Colombian mining area not well known until now.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (02/2017)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 2.09” × 1.46” × 0.98”




Gold with Cinnabar and Quartz
 

EK51AG5: Leafy growths and small but well defined native Gold crystals on a rocky matrix partially coated by Quartz micro-crystals and with twinned Cinnabar crystals. The sample is from a Colombian mining area not well known until now.
La Providencia claim, La Providencia cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (02/2017)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.32” × 1.69” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.08” × 0.08”




Gold with Cinnabar and Quartz. Gold with Cinnabar and Quartz.
Gold with Cinnabar and Quartz.
Gold
Gold. Gold.
Gold.

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ET26AM6: Dentate leafy growths (“herringbone”) of very brilliant gold crystals on a rock matrix. The specimen comes from a mining district in Colombia which is very little known so far and has a very high quality level for the locality.
Los Delirios claim, Delirios I cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (15/08/2020)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 2.48” × 1.73” × 1.10”




Gold

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Gold
 

MJK94AO1: Skeletal crystals and leafy growths of Gold, very lustrous and with good contrast to their rock matrix. The specimen comes from a discovery a few years ago in a mining district of Colombia that was little known until now.
From the Raúl Sanabria collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.
Potosí claim, La Tosca cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department  Colombia (2021)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.80” × 1.54” × 1.38”

Former collection of Raúl Sanabria



Gold. Gold.
Gold. Gold.
Quartz with inclusions
Quartz with inclusions.
 

EA49AK0: Group of Quartz crystals with very well defined faces and one of them, clearly dominant, with polycrystalline terminations. The crystals, mostly colorless and clear, are very rich in inclusions of a clayey aspect and yellow-orange color in the terminal part. It has been said that these inclusions were Humboldtine but this has already been discredited (see: Quartz and Humboldtine? from Colombia )
Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department  Colombia (01/2019)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.1 × 1.9 cm = 2.05” × 1.22” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.59”





Beryl (variety emerald)

Beryl (variety emerald)
 

ND69AK9: Floater crystal, of good size, surely formed in a Calcite matrix, with sharp faces and edges but with dissolution forms in both its upper and lower terminations. Transparent, lustrous, with more intense color in the terminal areas than in the center of the crystal.
  Colombia

Specimen size: 2 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.59” × 0.59”


minID: GCX-L9J



Beryl (variety emerald). Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Beryl (variety emerald). Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite.

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MLF91AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Two Beryl crystals (emerald variety) on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations, transparent, with great luster and a very deep and uniform vivid color.
La Pita mining district, Municipio Maripí, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.39” × 0.08”




Doubly terminated Beryl (variety emerald)
 

TR28AF6: Doubly terminated floater crystal with very well defined faces and edges and excellent terminations, one of them simple and pinacoidal, the other showing an unusual polycrystalline growth with a deep structural incision that seems to break the crystal longitudinally into two symmetrical parts. The sample is transparent, bright and vividly colored.
Chivor mining district, Municipio Chivor, Eastern Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.30” × 0.31” × 0.28”




Doubly terminated Beryl (variety emerald). Front
Front
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety emerald). Front
Front
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety emerald). Rear
Rear
Doubly terminated Beryl (variety emerald). With light behind
With light behind
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Beryl (variety emerald) on Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

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MLF46AP3: Obtained at Munich 2022
Beryl crystal (emerald variety) isolated on matrix, with very sharp crystal forms and good terminations in which, apart from the dominant pinacoid, pyramidal faces are present too. This transparent and very lustrous crystal exhibits a very vivid, deep and uniform color.
Muzo mining district, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department  Colombia (2022)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.34” × 0.98” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”





Peru

Galena with Sphalerite, Calcite and Quartz

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EFG67AP9: Group of cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with a flattened habit, very lustrous, with Sphalerite crystals and Calcite and Quartz coatings.
Alimon Mine (Animon Mine), Huaron mining district, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6 × 5.7 cm = 2.99” × 2.36” × 2.24”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2.8 cm = 1.69” × 1.10”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



Galena with Sphalerite, Calcite and Quartz. Front
Front
Galena with Sphalerite, Calcite and Quartz. Top
Top
Geocronite with Fluorite
Geocronite with Fluorite. Geocronite with Fluorite.

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MFA46AP2: A new discovery at Munich 2022
High quality Geocronite crystals with sharp crystal forms and polycrystalline growths marked by striations, associated with crystals of slightly translucent, apple-green Fluorite which, due to the contrast with the Geocronite, generates very aesthetic pieces.
The Geocronite has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.22” × 0.87”

With analysis copy

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV



Geocronite with Galena and Fluorite (octahedral)

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NHD86AQ1: Geocronite crystals with very sharp crystal forms and with an intense luster that distinguishes it from the darker matte Galena which accompanies it on the matrix, along with several green and transparent octahedral crystals of Fluorite.
Milpo Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Pasco Department  Peru (07-08/2022)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.9 × 2.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.32” × 1.14”

Fluorite fluorescent long & short UV



Geocronite with Galena and Fluorite (octahedral). Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Front / Photo: Mark Mauthner
Geocronite with Galena and Fluorite (octahedral). Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Augelite with Quartz
Augelite with Quartz. Augelite with Quartz.

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TFM53AN5: Very sharp isolated crystals of Augelite with very sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and an intense light green color. They are implanted on a matrix with fine transparent Quartz crystals.
Tamboras Mine, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm = 3.43” × 2.24” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.59” × 0.43”




Scheelite with Stolzite and Quartz
 

EX87AE5: Very sharp and well defined Scheelite crystals with dipyramidal shape and very well defined parallel growths. They have a brown color and are with a thin layer of powdery lemon yellow Stolzite. The crystals are on a matrix of clear Quartz crystals.
Mundo Nuevo mining area, Mundo Nuevo, Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (9-12/2015)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.3 cm = 0.79” × 0.51”

Extremely fluorescent short UV



Scheelite with Stolzite and Quartz. Scheelite with Stolzite and Quartz.
Enargite with Tetrahedrite (Group)
Enargite with Tetrahedrite (Group). Enargite with Tetrahedrite (Group).

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TAL37AP9: Group of flattened and elongated Enargite crystals, partially covered by small Tetrahedrite crystals with parallel growths.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm = 2.56” × 2.52” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.47” × 0.24”




Tetrahedrite-(Zn) coating Enargite
 

TB48AL6: Group of Tetrahedrite-(Zn) crystals with very well defined and brilliant faces and edges that cover a group of Enargite crystals. Tetrahedrite-(Zn) is a species just recently recognized by the IMA.
We will send the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which contains the label and also a copy of the specimen analysis.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.42” × 0.94” × 0.79”

Former collection of Bob Noble

minID: RDK-PY9



Tetrahedrite-(Zn) coating Enargite. Tetrahedrite-(Zn) coating Enargite.
Hutchinsonite with Orpiment and Quartz
Hutchinsonite with Orpiment and Quartz. Hutchinsonite with Orpiment and Quartz.
 

TP96AD1: Bundle-like aggregates of Hutchinsonite, a rare sulphoarsenide of thallium and lead, with elongated crystals that have very well defined faces and edges and are very much brighter than usual for the species. They are on matrix, with Orpiment and Quartz.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru (09/2015)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.1 × 2.3 cm = 2.13” × 1.61” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.16” × 0.04”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite

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EBJ27AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.2 × 4.1 cm = 1.93” × 1.65” × 1.61”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite.

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EXA76AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 5.1 × 3.6 cm = 2.44” × 2.01” × 1.42”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz

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EJL47AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous white Quartz crystals.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 5.3 × 4.3 cm = 3.46” × 2.09” × 1.69”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite.

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EEH89AP5: Spheroidal growths of small lenticular crystals of Rhodochrosite with an intense and uniform pink color, with very lustrous Quartz crystals and aggregates of microcrystals of Sphalerite.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 9.5 × 6.7 cm = 4.29” × 3.74” × 2.64”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite

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Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite
 

SV3440ETM: A peculiar discovery from 2021 in the Austria Duvas Mine, where these rhodochrosites appeared in rosette shapes associated with Quartz and minor Sphalerite. Their striking resemblance to the rhodochrosites from Cavnic, Romania, is curious to the extent that at mineral shows, Romanian dealers seeking pieces for their home market sometimes get confused and believe that they are from their own country.
In any case, they are truly pretty, and this one, in addition, quite big.
Austria Duvas Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (07/2021)

Specimen size: 15.4 × 9.8 × 7.8 cm = 6.06” × 3.86” × 3.07”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Quartz and Sphalerite.
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz).

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TBB16AO6: Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 0.79”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

MF11AM9: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 1.69” × 1.54” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.3 cm = 0.24” × 0.12”




Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)  

SM60MFY: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021: Unlike other pieces from this find, the crystals here are of good size and their color is more pink. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.50” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.2 cm = 1.26” × 0.47”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TPX36AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) with very sharp bipyramidal terminations, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.


Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5 × 4.4 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.73” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.77” × 0.94”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz).
 

MF96AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.97” × 1.18” × 1.10”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

MC11AM9: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.4 × 1.9 cm = 2.01” × 1.34” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”




Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
 

TQ37AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.01” × 1.85” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TFR48AO6: Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color. Much larger crystal size than previous finds. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time we will find out.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 3.5 cm = 2.09” × 2.05” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.18” × 0.83”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Rear
Rear
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz).
 

TM86AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.57” × 1.06”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TXY16AP6: Group of Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) with very sharp bipyramidal terminations, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color, not due to iron oxide inclusions.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.28” × 1.26” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 2 cm = 1.73” × 0.79”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
 

MM67AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.26” × 1.34”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TBX27AP6: Unusual Quartz (rose quartz variety) growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, its natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds from the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.40” × 2.32” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2 cm = 2.13” × 0.79”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).

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EFM88AN7: A novelty in Tucson Virtual 2021. Unique fan growths, with three generations, the first being a larger crystal with a slightly smoky color visible on the back of the sample, a second, with crystals of good size and intense color, and a last phase, with smaller crystals, very sharp, translucent, with a very bright luster and an intense and uniform color. It should be noted that the color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is the intrinsic color of the quartz. Different from what has been seen so far from this locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2021)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm = 2.44” × 1.81” × 1.02”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

MB97AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5 × 4.3 cm = 2.60” × 1.97” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).

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TBM26AO4: Peculiar growth of Quartz on matrix with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds made in the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.60” × 2.20” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1 cm = 0.83” × 0.39”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

MC27AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 3.7 cm = 2.64” × 1.57” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
 

TP86AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.64” × 1.69” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.12” × 0.04”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TTM57AP1: Quartz crystals on matrix with very sharp dipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7 × 6 × 5.1 cm = 2.76” × 2.36” × 2.01”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.02”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side

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TFR50AP1: Quartz crystals on matrix with very sharp dipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo District, Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 7 × 4.4 cm = 2.80” × 2.76” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3 cm = 1.73” × 1.18”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TTC69AO3: Unusual polycrystalline fan-shaped growths of translucent, lustrous Quartz crystals on matrix. Intense pink, a natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.83” × 2.60” × 1.42”




Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
 

MQ86AM7: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Unusual fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but rather is inherent to the Quartz itself. The exact name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.87” × 2.20” × 1.22”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TPX16AO4: Spheroidal growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.91” × 2.20” × 1.22”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side

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TBR96AP6: Unusual Quartz (rose quartz variety) growth with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, with good luster and deep pink color, its natural color that is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 4.7 × 3.1 cm = 2.95” × 1.85” × 1.22”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

TV37AM8: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021. Original fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent Quartz crystals, with bright luster and an intense pink color, the color being their intrinsic natural color, not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will become known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 5.1 × 2.8 cm = 3.11” × 2.01” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.08”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).

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TEF37AO4: Peculiar growth of Quartz on matrix with very sharp bipyramidal terminations and highly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and intense pink, its natural color not due to inclusions of iron oxides. The size of the crystal is very large compared to previous finds made in the same locality.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.1 × 6.1 cm = 3.19” × 2.40” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.18” × 0.67”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)

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TCD96AO4: Spheroidal growths on a matrix of translucent, intense pink and lustrous Quartz crystals, whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their natural color.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 5.6 × 5.5 cm = 3.70” × 2.20” × 2.17”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Front
Front
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Side
Side
Quartz (variety rose quartz).

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TLP46AP1: Quartz crystals on matrix with very sharp dipyramidal terminations and strongly polycrystalline growths, translucent, lustrous and deep pink, its natural color which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 7.9 cm = 3.86” × 2.64” × 3.11”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.43”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

MP17AN0: Original fan-shaped growths on matrix of translucent, lustrous and pink Quartz crystals, the color of which is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is their natural color. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 16.5 × 13.4 × 6.3 cm = 6.50” × 5.28” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.12” × 0.08”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Quartz (variety rose quartz)
Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TGH86AO6: Unique fan-shaped growths on a matrix of translucent, lustrous and intense pink Quartz crystals whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides but is their natural color. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but surely with the passage of time it will be known.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (02/2022)

Specimen size: 19 × 18 × 9 cm = 7.48” × 7.09” × 3.54”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.38” × 0.59”




Quartz (variety rose quartz)
 

MK87AM9: A novelty at Tucson Virtual 2021: Original spheroidal growths of translucent, lustrous and deep pink Quartz crystals (rose quartz variety) whose color is not due to inclusions of iron oxides, but is their intrinsic color. The specimen, somewhat different from those known until now, stands out both for its size and for the intensity of its color. The precise name of the mine is not yet known, but it will surely become known with the passage of time.
Huancayo Province, Junín Department  Peru (2020)

Specimen size: 23.8 × 17.4 × 4.9 cm = 9.37” × 6.85” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.24” × 0.08”




Quartz (variety rose quartz). Quartz (variety rose quartz).
Copper
Copper. Copper.
 

EK12AH7: Arborescent growths of slightly deformed cubo-octahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on matrix. The sample is from a locality that is not well known by collectors.
Cobriza Mine, Churcampa, San Pedro de Coris District, Churcampa Province, Huancavelica Department  Peru (01-03/2014)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.3 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 1.30” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”




Wurtzite with Quartz
 

TRM96AO1: Very sharp pyramidal Wurtzite crystals, translucent, with good luster and reddish color. On matrix, with Quartz crystals.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Pachapaqui mining district, Pachapaqui, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.91” × 0.87” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.67” × 0.51”

Former collection of Bob Noble



Wurtzite with Quartz. Wurtzite with Quartz.
Axinite (Group)
Axinite (Group). Axinite (Group).
 

TB17AH1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. Aggregate of very sharp Axinite (Group) crystals, translucent and bright with a deep and uniform brown color in violet shades. The sample is from a new Peruvian locality, not yet well known.
Raipa, Aija Province, Ancash Department  Peru (09/2017)

Specimen size: 12.3 × 7.7 × 9 cm = 4.84” × 3.03” × 3.54”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 2 cm = 2.17” × 0.79”




Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky)
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky)  

TC80TJ: Spheroidal growths of Chrysocolla on a rock matrix partially covered by small Quartz crystals. This coating, which in some areas of the specimen is complete, results in a more intense luster and a greater color saturation (turquoise blue) of the Chrysocolla.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 2.05” × 1.54” × 1.06”




Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky).
Chrysocolla on Quartz
Chrysocolla on Quartz. Front
Front
Chrysocolla on Quartz. Rear
Rear
 

TD89AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of Quartz crystals covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a well-known Peruvian locality but from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.8 × 2.8 cm = 2.28” × 1.50” × 1.10”


minID: W9N-8CP



Chrysocolla on Quartz
 

TE89AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Group of Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a well-known Peruvian locality from which this type of specimen had not been previously found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6 × 3.1 cm = 3.58” × 2.36” × 1.22”


minID: C0R-JY5



Chrysocolla on Quartz. Front
Front
Chrysocolla on Quartz. Rear
Rear
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky)
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky). Front
Front
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky). Rear
Rear
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky).
 

TE58AM1: Novelty at the 2020 Ste. Marie Virtual show. Quartz crystal (smoky variety) covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a known Peruvian locality but one from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 10.2 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 4.02” × 2.13” × 1.57”


minID: 2CU-78D



Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky)
 

TC7AM1: Novelty at the 2020 Ste. Marie Virtual show. Quartz crystal (smoky variety) covered by botryoidal growths of Chrysocolla with an intense greenish blue color. From a known Peruvian locality but one from which this type of specimen had not previously been found.
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 4.06” × 1.65” × 1.34”


minID: RPV-VJ1



Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky). Front
Front
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky). Rear
Rear
Chrysocolla on Quartz (variety smoky).
Chrysocolla on Quartz
Chrysocolla on Quartz. Front
Front
Chrysocolla on Quartz. Rear
Rear
Chrysocolla on Quartz.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TR26AL5: A novelty at the Sainte Marie 2020 Virtual show: Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, covered by two generations of very vivid greenish blue chrysocolla, the first forming a smooth and uniform cover and the other, later, in botryoidal growths. From a well known Peruvian locality but one from which this type of specimen had not been found before.
This sample has been referenced and pictured, as a novelty in Ste. Marie Virtual 2020, in the magazine 'Le Règne Minéral' number 154, page 45
Tentadora Mine, Ullpac Mountain, Huancano District, Pisco Province, Ica Department  Peru (03/2020)

Specimen size: 11.2 × 3.8 × 3.5 cm = 4.41” × 1.50” × 1.38”


minID: 7F0-64G



Dioptase
 

TR89AD1: Aggregate of very elongated crystals that are transparent, very bright and have a very intense color. On matrix, with Calcite. We especially note the locality, very unusual for the species.
Cobrellama deposit, Ica Department  Peru (2004)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.8 × 3.1 cm = 2.64” × 1.89” × 1.22”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.35” × 0.08”




Dioptase. Dioptase.
Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite
Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EJL27AP9: Very aerial group of Galena crystals with a very unusual lenticular morphology. Extraordinarily lustrous, associated with a very sharp Sphalerite crystal and small coatings of white Dolomite crystals.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.46” × 1.06” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.87” × 0.63”

Former collection of Michel Perraudin



Wurtzite with Calcite and Pyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TTF89AO3: Rosette growths of sharp platy Wurtzite crystals, an uncommon polymorph of Sphalerite. On matrix, with small white Calcite crystals and Pyrite crystals.
The specimen has been analyzed and we will send the buyer a copy of the analysis.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.3 × 4.1 cm = 2.20” × 1.69” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.39” × 0.16”

Fluorescent long & short UV

With analysis copy



Wurtzite with Calcite and Pyrite. Wurtzite with Calcite and Pyrite.
Wurtzite with Calcite and Pyrite.
Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite
Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite.
Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite.
Pyrite with Sphalerite and Calcite  

TC170GR: Druse of pyritohedral Pyrite crystals with polycrystalline growths, small groups of Sphalerite and white Calcite coatings.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 7 × 5.8 × 4.8 cm = 2.76” × 2.28” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Former collection of Pedro Goy



Pyrite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite
 

TD27AE9: Aggregate of complex Pyrite crystals formed by a dominant cube and two pyritohedra plus some other minor forms, and with small coatings of very sharp Tetrahedrite crystals and clear Quartz crystals. Such a rich morphology is unusual for Pyrite from this locality.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru (02/2016)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 5.3 cm = 3.07” × 2.64” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 3.1 cm = 1.54” × 1.22”




Pyrite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite. Front
Front
Pyrite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite. Side
Side
Pyrite with Quartz and Tetrahedrite.
Pyrite
Pyrite. Pyrite.
Pyrite.
 

TF59AC9: Aggregate of very bright Pyrite crystals with dominant cube faces but very rich in other forms and with very well defined growth striations.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru (08/2014)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 8.1 × 3.5 cm = 3.62” × 3.19” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26”




Bournonite with Galena and Pyrite
 

TT69AK0: Cyclic twins of well-defined Bournonite crystals covered by a second generation of very bright small crystals of Bournonite. On matrix with Galena crystals and groups of Pyrite crystals.
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department  Peru (±2019)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.17” × 1.61” × 1.85”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.83”




Bournonite with Galena and Pyrite. Bournonite with Galena and Pyrite.
Baryte
Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Rear
Rear
 

MP86AI0: Very aerial growth of fine and very sharp thin tabular crystals, practically complete, transparent, bright with very well defined phantom growths and with a small aggregate of Dolomite micro-crystals.
Warihuyn Hill, →2850 m., Puños, Miraflores District, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.01” × 1.50” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.22”

Former collection of Carles Manresa



Baryte on Dolomite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TBF66AN4: Polycrystalline growths of tabular Baryte crystals, fine, very sharp and complete, translucent, lustrous and with a slightly smoky color, on a Dolomite matrix.
Warihuyn Hill, →2850 m., Puños, Miraflores District, Huamalíes Province, Huánuco Department  Peru

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.64” × 2.13” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

Fluorescent long & short UV



Baryte on Dolomite. Front
Front
Baryte on Dolomite. Rear
Rear
Baryte on Dolomite.
Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
 

TA76AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Dendritic aggregate of elongated octahedral crystals, with parallel growths and slight curvatures on the edges. It is from a locality not yet well known for collectible Copper samples.
Acari Mine, Caraveli Province, Arequipa Department  Peru (2015)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 2.28” × 1.34” × 0.79”




Copper
 

TL27AE8: A novelty at Tucson 2017. Dendritic aggregate of elongated octahedral crystals with parallel growths and slight curvatures on the edges. It is from a locality not yet well known for collectible Copper samples.
Acari Mine, Caraveli Province, Arequipa Department  Peru (2015)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 2.99” × 1.02” × 0.35”




Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Gold with Quartz
Gold with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Gold with Quartz. Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MXJ57AN9: Arborescent growth of deformed Gold crystals with small Quartz matrix fragments. The specimen comes from a very recent find in a locality hitherto semi-unknown to collectors.
La Rinconada, Ananea District, San Antonio de Putina Province, Puno Departament  Peru (03/2021)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.71” × 0.47”





Manuelita Mine

Rhodochrosite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TEX13AO7: Very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, isolated and in groups, with good luster and an intense, vivid and uniform pink color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.30” × 0.91” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.39” × 0.28”




Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
 

TB64AK2: Very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals with very marked polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, brighter and more vivid pink than usual in specimens from this locality. On matriz, with small Quartz crystals. A fine miniature.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.38” × 1.30” × 1.02”




Rhodochrosite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TDX14AO7: Very sharp rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, isolated and in groups, with good luster and an
intense, vivid and uniform pink color. On matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.50” × 1.14” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”




Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite
Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite. Rhodochrosite with Sphalerite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TC67AK2: Very sharp rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with very distinct polycrystalline growths on the surface of the faces, bright and more intense pink than usual in specimens from this locality. On matrix, with small aggregates of Sphalerite crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.24” × 1.42” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz
 

MB56Y0: Aggregate of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with an intense and uniform pink color. They are on matrix and some crystals are partially coated by white microcrystalline Quartz.
Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (15/07/2006)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.1 × 4.1 cm = 2.91” × 1.61” × 1.61”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.55” × 0.51”




Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite  

HM180TZ: Growth of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, good luster, and a more intense and vivid pink color than usual. On matrix.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 3.9 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”




Rhodochrosite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TYX90AO2: Druse, on matrix, of very sharp rhombohedral crystals, with polycrystalline surfaces, with good luster and an intense and vivid pink color. The specimen comes from a find in the Manuelita mine, made at a great depth, and with specimens of higher quality than those previously known.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 8 × 6.1 cm = 3.31” × 3.15” × 2.40”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.55” × 0.43”




Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite
Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TZX89AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019 )

Specimen size: 8.6 × 7.8 × 5.8 cm = 3.39” × 3.07” × 2.28”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.39” × 0.24”




Rhodochrosite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TVY91AO3: Druse on matrix of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, very sharp, with good luster and a very uniform, intense and vivid pink color. Altogether a piece with great aesthetics, very well balanced.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019 )

Specimen size: 10.4 × 8,4 × 6.3 cm = 4.09” × 3.15” × 2.48”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”




Rhodochrosite. Rhodochrosite.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rhodochrosite with Quartz. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

MRX89AP4: Rhombohedral crystals of Rhodochrosite, more isolated and much sharper than usual in specimens from this locality. They are lustrous, with an intense pink color, on matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
Manuelita Mine, ↓1400 m., Morococha District, Yauli Province, Junín Department  Peru (03/2019)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 9.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.25” × 3.74” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.51” × 0.43”





Uchucchacua Mine

'Pearceite' with Calcite
 

TH27AL9: Group of ‘Pearceite’ crystals with sharp faces and edges, and very marked striations, shiny and aesthetically centered on its matrix of white Calcite crystals. We label the species with quotation marks around 'Pearceite' due to the changes introduced by the IMA in the nomenclature of the species, which was recently subdivided.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2 × 1,9 cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.16” × 0.12”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

minID: X70-LN9



'Pearceite' with Calcite. 'Pearceite' with Calcite.
'Pearceite' with Calcite.
Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Calcite
Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Calcite. Photo: Joaquim Callén
Photo: Joaquim Callén
Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Calcite.
Pearceite-T2ac with Proustite and Calcite  

TC540MX: Group of Pearceite crystals (polytype T2ac) on matrix, very sharp and lustrous, with a pseudohexagonal contour, associated with well-defined Proustite and Calcite crystals.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru

Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.7 × 2.3 cm = 3.46” × 1.85” × 0.91”




Wire Silver
 

E49EB3: Long wire silver crystal on a small matrix partially covered by dark hydrated Manganese Silicate.
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (01/2001)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.40” × 1.06”




Wire Silver. Front
Front
Wire Silver. Rear
Rear
Alabandite with Rhodochrosite
Alabandite with Rhodochrosite. Front
Front
Alabandite with Rhodochrosite. Top
Top
 

TX17S1: Group of sharp octahedral crystals of Alabandite on matrix, with slightly pink Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 2.5 × 3 cm = 1.42” × 0.98” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.47” × 0.39”




Alabandite with Calcite and Rhodochrosite
 

MC92T6: A really big crystal with a neat spinel law twin, a luster more intense than usual for the species, and partially coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.85” × 1.42” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 1.46” × 1.26”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV



Alabandite with Calcite and Rhodochrosite. Front
Front
Alabandite with Calcite and Rhodochrosite. Side
Side
Alabandite with Rhodochrosite
Alabandite with Rhodochrosite. Alabandite with Rhodochrosite.
 

TD34S1: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals of Alabandite with the spinel law twin. The crystals, of good size, are with slightly pink Rhodochrosite.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 2.8 cm = 1.89” × 1.89” × 1.10”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 0.71” × 0.47”




Alabandite with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EM48AF8: Group, on matrix, of octahedral Alabandite crystals that have their vertices truncated by cube faces and that show very well the Spinel-law twin. The length of the main crystal, clearly dominant, is extraordinary and it is unquestionably one of the largest ever found.
Uchucchacua Mine, level 300, ↓895 m., Oyón Province, Lima Department  Peru (2010)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 2.05” × 1.81” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.4 cm = 1.38” × 1.34”




Alabandite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Alabandite with Calcite. Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Alabandite with Calcite. Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Top / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Alabandite with Calcite. Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Photo: Joaquim Callén

Uruguay

Quartz variety amethyst from Uruguay

Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite and Hematite
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite and Hematite.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Quartz (variety amethyst) with Calcite and Hematite
 

TC740EB: Druse of Quartz crystals (amethyst variety) translucent, shiny, and partially covered by two generations of what appear to be Calcite crystals, a first generation with hexagonal outlines, polycrystalline surfaces and a reddish color due to the presence of abundant Hematite crystals, and covered by a second generation of Calcite which formed pale yellow equant crystals.
Mojarra Quarry, La Bolsa area, Artigas Department  Uruguay (15/01/2007)

Specimen size: 14.8 × 9.7 × 9.6 cm = 5.83” × 3.82” × 3.78”

Main crystal size: 7.5 × 5 cm = 2.95” × 1.97”





Venezuela

Gold with Quartz
 

MG56AK8: Group of Gold crystals with the combination, very rare in the same crystal, of sharp and easily identifiable rhombododecahedron faces and an extraordinarily elongated and twisted “wire” growth, in Quartz matrix. The morphology of the specimen is excellent.
El Infierno Mine, Icabarú river placers, Santa Elena de Uairen, Gran Sabana, Bolívar State  Venezuela (2019)

Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.1 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.43” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

Weight: 5.8 grams

minID: NDMVGX



Gold with Quartz. Front
Front
Gold with Quartz. Rear
Rear
Gold
Gold. Front
Front
Gold. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EFF71AO0: Dendritic growth of elongated octahedral Gold crystals with very well defined faces and edges. High quality.
Santa Elena de Uairén, Gran Sabana, Bolívar State  Venezuela

Specimen size: 2 × 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.79” × 0.39” × 0.16”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.31” × 0.12”

Weight: 2.28 grams





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