Mineral Specimens - page 7
Europe (excl. Spain, Portugal and Rumania)

MT47N6: Very aerial growth of Acanthite crystals pseudomorphic after Argentite. They are cuboctahedral and have bright and very well defined faces and edges.
An excellent miniature from a classic mine and formerly in the thumbnail collection of Thomas Moore, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony  Germany

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TB14J3: Hooked and skeletal growths on matrix. We note that from this locality, and very similar in their aspect, there are samples named as Allargentum (Ag7Sb). We analyzed the specimen and, in this case, it is simply native Silver.
Shaft 371, 1410 level, Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 0.7”

TN89B7: An old European classic: from St Andreasberg associated with the classic Calcite, this pretty brilliant and reddish Pyrargyrite is reasonably aerial and showy.
St. Andreasberg, St. Andreasberg District, Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7 × 4.7 cm = 2.8” × 1.9”

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

EM62M5: The sample is from a locality very rarely represented in collections. The crystals have good color, are on Quartz matrix, are very well defined, and most of them are doubly terminated.
Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland  Germany (1998)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.3”

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

MN13M9: The crystals are very well defined, they have an excellent transparency and luster and they were formed in a vug of Quartz. The locality, a classic, actually no longer produces pieces for collections.
Kreuzberg, Pleystein, Oberpfälzer Wald, Bavaria  Germany

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.9 × 4.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.9” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

EJ67N6: Excellent parallel growth of doubly terminated crystals with very well defined flat pinacoidal terminations. Translucent and bright, they have a nice pale cream color.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Iglesiente, Cagliari, Sardegna  Italy (1991)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 7.7 × 4 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 1.6”

MK64N6: Very transparent and bright crystals of excellent and very uniform color, on matrix and occupying a vug coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4 × 4.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.6” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

MD6N6: Very transparent and bright crystals, some of them doubly terminated, of excellent and very uniform color, on matrix and occupying a vug coated by small crystals of Calcite.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 3.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.9” × 1.5” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

MX57M5: Crystals and groups of crystals, some of them doubly terminated, very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and in matrix. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.5” × 1.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

MR13M5: A solitary growth of complexly doubly terminated crystals, very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and in matrix. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

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

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

MT6M5: Two crystals, one of them clearly dominant and partially doubly terminated, very transparent, bright and of a very uniform color, on globular Calcite and in matrix. The sample is from a recent find on May 1, 2008.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 3.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.3”

TF56N0: An excellent thumbnail of a classic mineral, in which we specially note the clear symmetry of the crystal, very bright and with small Quartz crystals.
Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba  Italy (±1980)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2 × 3.3 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

MD91M5: Esthetic miniature of Alpine Gold obtained in a very recent find in May this year. The Gold forms very aerial dendritic growths on Quartz matrix. For its size is one of the best for the locality.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral up’ on page 25 in number 2009/1.
Brusson, Val d'Ayas, Val d'Aosta  Italy (05/2008)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.7”

MC91N6: Groups of sharp and bright tabular Hematite crystals implanted on bright and transparent, slightly smoky, Quartz crystals.
It comes from the Martí Rafel collection whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Cavradi, Curnera, Tavetsch, Grisons  Switzerland

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.5 × 7 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

TC36G3: Typical group of tabular crystals, bright and with the side edges very well shaped. The group stands on smoky Quartz. More aerial than usual.
Cavradi, Curnera, Tavetsch, Grisons  Switzerland

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.6” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

TQ88L3: Very sharp prismatic smoky Quartz crystal. The specimen shows rhombohedral oscillatory faces with inclusions in the lower crystal, partially recrystallized. Excellent transparency, brilliance and deep and uniform smoky tone. This sample comes from a smoky Quartz classic locality, but not one well-known by mineral collectors.
Val Ferret, Les Bagnes, Valais  Switzerland

Specimen size: 10.5 × 5.3 × 3.5 cm = 4.1” × 2.1” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 9.7 × 4 cm = 3.8” × 1.6”

EP96M8: Group of complex crystals, one of them clearly dominant, of good size, bright, very rich of faces and partially coated by of small crystals of mica, probably Muscovite. The crystals have small holes that are not damage but growth defects.
Wannigletscher, Cherbadung, Binntal, Wallis  Switzerland (2007)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

MG61N4: A very esthetic sample with polycrystalline growths on a tabular crystal attached to a group of clear crystals of Quartz.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1997)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 6 × 2.6 cm = 2.4” × 2.4” × 1.0”

MC12N4: Very aerial floater group of crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the pyritohedron with very well marked longitudinal striations.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1996)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.0” × 0.9”

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

MK13N4: Compact group of crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the pyritohedron with very well marked longitudinal striations. On Quartz matrix.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (2008)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

MM64N4: Cuboctahedral crystals of Galena, some of them with skeletal growths, with small very bright crystals of Sphalerite of very well defined faces and edges.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.6” × 0.9”

MD96N4: Group of octahedral crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are bright, transparent and have the typical greenish shade that characterizes the variety Cleophane.
9 September Mines, Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1993)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.1” × 0.9”

TP14N3: Novelties from the classic mine of Peyrebrune, well known its Fluorites. In November 2008, a small pocket found in the higher levels of the Rivet Quarry produced Rhodochrosite (analyzed), but more surprising is that the black material is another species, Kentrolite, a rare silicate of manganese and lead, never previously found on this site.
This sample is a good representation of this interesting find.
Rivet Quarry, Level 1, Peyrebrune, Réalmont, Tarn  France (10/11/2008)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 5 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 2.0”

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

MB48N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Greenish yellow globular crystals that contrast on a matrix of massive white Quartz.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 10.4 × 9.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.1” × 3.7” × 1.9”

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

MA52N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular crystals whose color is a little more intense and less greenish than the most of the samples of the find. They contrast on a matrix of massive white Quartz.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 13 × 10.5 × 5.3 cm = 5.1” × 4.1” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

MA16M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barreled crystals of good luster and yellowish green color. The sample is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 1.1” × 0.8”

MB16M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals of good luster and yellowish green color. The sample, in Quartz matrix, is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.2 × 2.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 0.9”

ME86M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals of slightly greenish yellow color and good luster. The sample, on Quartz matrix, is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 9.4 × 4.3 cm = 3.7” × 3.7” × 1.7”

MC36M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals of good luster and green color with olive shades. The sample, on matrix, is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.1” × 1.9” × 1.3”

MF47M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barrel-shaped greenish yellow crystals with good luster. The sample, on Quartz matrix, is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.5 × 4.7 cm = 3.6” × 3.0” × 1.9”

MD66M9: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Globular growths of barrel-shaped crystals that alternate between a green color with olive shades and yellowish green. Their luster is good. The sample is from a recent find in a locality hitherto little known.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.2 × 3 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.2”

TR97M0: From the classic Sainte Lucie Mine. A tabular floater crystal, of considerable size for the species, partially covered by Cerussite. Faces on sides show well defined terminations.
Sainte Lucie Mine, St. Léger-de-Peyre, Lozère  France

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.9 × 0.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.2”

EP86J8: The sample is from a recent find of this species at an European locality that we can consider as a classic for excellence. Group of very aerial tabular crystals of very well defined faces and edges.
Sainte Lucie Mine, St. Léger-de-Peyre, Lozère  France (05/2007)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

F96YH5: The shade and the intensity of the smoky color are good, and also the luster, the transparency and the sharpness of its faces and edges. A classic piece.
Mont Blanc, Chamonix  France (1994)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.8 × 6.8 cm = 3.5” × 3.5” × 2.7”

Main crystal size: 9 × 5.5 cm = 3.5” × 2.2”

KL66L9: Wonderful octahedral Fluorite crystal with well defined faces and edges, excellent brightness and very deep color. The crystal has grown esthetically on a small rocky matrix accompanied by Albite.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Face Nord des Droites, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix  France (07/1994)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.6” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.4 cm = 1.5” × 1.3”

TY17K1: The geode contains complex crystals, very rich in faces and completely clear. It is from a classic locality but a relatively recent find.
Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine  France (2000)

Specimen size: 10.5 × 8 × 4.3 cm = 4.1” × 3.1” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 4.3 × 2 cm = 1.7” × 0.8”

EC58H7: A typical rosette aggregate of white, bright, laminar crystals, on a matrix partially covered by small, black and bright crystals of Sphalerite.
Mine des Malines, St. Laurent-le-minier  France

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7.5 × 3.5 cm = 3.5” × 3.0” × 1.4”

A98BH5: The growth form, apparently a single tabular crystal but it is really a group of laminar crystals having hexagonal outline. They have very deep color and are implanted on a matrix of Dolomite with Calcite. The specimen is elegant and has a very good quality, coming from a locality, now classic, that has not produced good samples for years.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Ariège  France (±1996)

Specimen size: 12 × 7.9 × 4.6 cm = 4.7” × 3.1” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EJ16J8: From a recent rediscovery at the locality. Group of cubic crystals of perfectly defined faces and edges and deep yellow color, almost honey, considerably transparent and with small crystals of Chalcopyrite.
Pivoul, Barjac, Lozère  France (05/2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 2.1 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

M87YI7: Prismatic extraordinarily elongated crystal whose echeloned outline indicates different phases of growth. A very visible "faden" growth crosses the crystal vertically from one end to the other.
Vallée de la Lignarre, Bourg d'Oisans  France (1991)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 2.0” × 0.3” × 0.2”

R76BI7: Group of extraordinarily elongated, clear and shiny crystals, with "faden" growths in them. On the matrix, a big rough crystal of Calcite stands out.
Vallée de la Lignarre, Bourg d'Oisans  France (1991)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 8 × 7.5 cm = 4.3” × 3.1” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.2”

M8RH5: Apparently being a single crystal, the growth shows different spread terminations all along the prism. In the interior a very thin, as a needle, “faden” is formed.
Vallée de la Lignarre, Bourg d'Oisans  France (1991)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 1.8” × 0.5” × 0.3”

MG6M9: Parallel growths of Quartz crystals with windows and stepped formations. Their luster is extraordinary and the group is on very thin lenticular crystals of white Calcite.
Sigoyer, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence  France (1994-1997)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.9 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.1” × 0.7”

E85D: As strange, transparent and brilliant as the photo shows.
Sigoyer, Haute Provence  France (1994-1997)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.5” × 0.9” × 0.7”

E87NYJ3: Group of clear crystals with curious growths and deformations. In some of them the prism is absent, in others it is considerably enlarged. The luster is extraordinary.
Sigoyer, Haute Provence  France (1994-1997)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5 × 6.2 cm = 3.4” × 2.0” × 2.4”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.8” × 0.7”

TC46K0: Arborescent growths of doubly terminated crystals that have slightly curved faces and edges. We especially note the green color, darker than usual on the most typical samples from the locality.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France (±1978)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.1 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.1”

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

AR36I7: Group, on matrix, of doubly terminated prismatic crystals with curved faces and edges and an orange color. They resemble the habit of some Mimetite more than typical Pyromorphite from the locality. It is very different than usual.
Mine des Farges, 150m.↓, Ussel, Corrèze  France (1974)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”

EB86J5: Different from the usual habit for the locality. The crystals, of excellent luster, are prismatic, relatively short and a lot of them are doubly terminated. The color, apple-green, is different for the locality.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France (±1970)

Specimen size: 14.5 × 8.5 × 4.5 cm = 5.7” × 3.3” × 1.8”

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

E88PC9: From a recent find (yes they still find some Silver in the old Kongsberg galleries) we offer this aerial Silver showing a complex crystal form. Pretty rich and well etched from the Calcite, so displaying perfectly its crystal morphology.
Kongsberg, Buskerud  Norway (±2000)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.5 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TB92J3: A magnificent sample, not only for the crystal size and its well defined forms. It is from a classic locality well known for Silver but where Acanthite was (and is) very uncommon.
It is from E.L. Calvert collection and we’ll send the label with the specimen, to the buyer.
Kongsberg, Buskerud  Norway

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

TF13M9: The piece is not especially showy but it is from a very uncommon locality. The Gold mineralization is a concentrated area of small grains on a Quartz matrix that has small Pyrite crystals and massive Sphalerite.
Banska Hodrusa Mine, Hodrusa-Hámre  Slovak Republic (1997)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 5.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 1.3”

EC26M2: From the type locality. Aggregate of well defined Euchroite crystals with a good brilliance and excellent color. An interesting sample for the discriminating collector.
Svätoduška, Lubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2006)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.4”

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

EH39K3: On a base of Euchroite there is a formation very rich of small very well defined crystals of the rare species Parnauite, also green. Both species contrast, due to the intensity of their color, with the darker matrix.
Svätoduška, Lubietová, Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2007)

Specimen size: 17 × 10 × 3.5 cm = 6.7” × 3.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1” × 0.0”

T78A13: Gemmy with iron oxides which give good contrast to parts of this specimen.
Bigrigg Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.6” × 1.8”

TG16M8: An excellent miniature of this classic variety of Mimetite. It has well defined curved crystals, bright orange color, on matrix.
The sample is from the Thomas Moore collection whose label will be sent to the buyer.
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.5”

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

T62QB2: Out of the past came this extremely fluorescent English Fluorite, in this case very well placed on its Quartz matrix.
Frazers Hush Mine, Rookhope, Weardale, Durham, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6.5 × 8 cm = 2.6” × 3.1”

EP27K6: Cubic crystal of good size and color. The cube faces are paved by re-growths of smaller cubes.
Rogerley Mine, Frosterley, Weardale, Durham, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.9” × 2.3” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 5.8 cm = 2.6” × 2.3”