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

EF87V7: Visually this sample seems like typical arborescent Silver, but it is a group of very well formed cubo-octahedral spinel-twinned crystals. An excellent miniature, a great classic.
Kongsberg, Buskerud  Norway

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.6”

EK97T3: Very fine and elegant, very aerial, miniature, with a group of elongated doubly terminated crystals of Silver and small coatings of white Calcite.
Kongsberg, Buskerud  Norway

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.9” × 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”

MR6V1: Doubly terminated crystal of Anatase with very well defined faces and edges. It is very bright, has a considerable size for the species, and has parallel growths and a polycrystalline growth on one of its terminations.
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland  Norway (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.8” × 0.5” × 0.5”

MH76R5: Doubly terminated aerial crystal formed by an acute dipyramid, with fine horizontal striations, and the double pinacoidal termination. On matrix, with small crystals of Albite.
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland  Norway (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.5”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.7 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

ME10V7: Bundled aggregates of very acute white crystals of Aragonite, bright and implanted on a matrix of native Sulfur. A Sicilian classic.
Agrigento, Sicilia  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 4 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.6”

ET50V7: Druse of crystals that show the dominant trapezohedron and the dodecahedron. They are with leafy aggregates of Chlorite crystals and are on matrix.
Val d'Aosta  Italy (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 15.8 × 10.3 × 3.5 cm = 6.2” × 4.1” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

MF46V0: Very aerial group of flattened elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and with a slightly bluish green color.
The sample is from the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (number 6383) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Val di Susa, Torino, Piemonte  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MJ37T8: Group of crystals of Grossular (variety Hessonite) composed of the trapezohedron and the dodecahedron. They are transparent and have a very deep color which contrasts with very well defined crystals of Diopside and small crystals of Chlorite.
From the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (num. 6296), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Testa Ciarva, Balme, Val d'Ala, Torino, Piemonte  Italy (±1960)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.7”

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

MD57R8: Group of short prismatic, almost tabular, crystals. They are translucent, very bright and of a yellowish brown color with greenish reflections. An Italian classic, collected in 1970, from the prestigious collection of Tiziano Bonisoli, whose label will be sent to the buyer of the piece.
Monte Avi, Bellecombe, St. Vincent, Val d'Aosta  Italy (1970)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

TM27T2: An extraordinary sample for the locality, with aggregates of very elongated prismatic crystals of Vesuvianite in parallel growths and in square crystals with hollow terminations. The sample is completed by the presence of dodecahedral crystals of Grossular (variety Hessonite) and small rosettes of Chlorite.
Laietto, Alpe delle Frasse, Val Susa, Torino, Piemonte  Italy (±1970)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.2 × 5.4 cm = 5.2” × 3.6” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”

EF7T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Sharp and very well individualized white dipyramidal crystals of Gismondine, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges. On matrix, with bluish Calcite, Epidote and Chlorite.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 29 in number 2011/2
Vedretta della Miniera, Val Zebrù, Valfurva, Sondrio, Lombardia, Italia  Italy (09/2010)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.5 × 3.7 cm = 1.8” × 1.4” × 1.5”

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

MC64P4: The crystals, with Calcite and on matrix, are very sharp, transparent and bright and have a very clear and uniform color.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

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”

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”

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”

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”

EL16P2: Parallel floater group of tabular crystals with very well developed pinacoidal faces. The prism faces are very thin. They are translucent and have and excellent color and luster. A classic among classics.
Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Iglesiente, Cagliari, Sardegna  Italy (1989-1992)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.4 × 1.8 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 4 cm = 2.0” × 1.6”

ER67P2: Very defined and separate globular growths on a concretion of white Calcite that coat the rocky matrix. The especially deep orange color belongs to the magnesian species, even considering that the sample has not been analyzed.
Cava Ugas, Monte Oladri, Monastir, Cagliari, Sardegna  Italy (2005)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.3” × 1.3” × 1.4”

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

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”

EM67V7: Prismatic crystals of Pyromorphite, a lot of them doubly terminated, with slightly curved faces and edges, yellow color zoning on terminations and on Barite matrix. An excellent French classic.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France

Specimen size: 12 × 8.1 × 6.8 cm = 4.7” × 3.2” × 2.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

TP90T0: Very aerial group of prismatic crystals, most of them doubly terminated, slightly tapered, of green color zoned on the terminations , where they are clearer. A great European classic.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 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”

TF86T3: Rosette growths with very well defined faces and edges and with a classic (for Chessy) crystal of Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite and with minor matrix on its base.
Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.1”

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

TJ98V4: Irregular aggregate of lenticular crystals with polycrystalline surfaces, an excellent deep blue color and good luster. Excellent old French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

TR94T7: Aggregate formed by a first generation of very elongated crystals with acute terminations, some polycrystalline, with a dark brown color and a matrix of Fluorite. Most of the individuals are overgrown by a second generation of microcrystals with a very much lighter color. An unusual classic.
Mine du Rossignol, Chaillac, Indre  France

Specimen size: 11.2 × 10.1 × 4.2 cm = 4.4” × 4.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

EG48T7: Spheroidal growths of Pyromorphite with very thin acicular crystals, with rare transparency and intense green color. They are on a matrix of slate partially coated by Quartz. A classic from the past.
Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.7” × 2.5” × 1.1”

TA96T3: Polycrystalline growths whose nucleus shows hollow formations, with geometrical color zoning, clearer in one of the terminations. The crystals, most of them doubly terminated, are implanted on Limonite matrix. We note the locality, quite uncommon..
The sample is from John Marshall’s collection whose card and label we’ll send to the buyer.
Steinbach, Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Alsace  France

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.8 × 3.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

EA16T0: Doubly terminated crystals more individualized than usual for this mine. They have strongly curved faces and edges, almost giving spheroidal shapes. They are bright, have a yellow color and are on a matrix of crystallized Quartz.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (03/2011)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.3”

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

EB86T0: Doubly terminated crystals, more individualized than usual for this mine. They have slightly curved faces and edges and are bright and have a yellow color. On Quartz matrix, with Barite.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (03/2011)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.6 × 3.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 1.5”

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

MM87R9: Globular growths of barrel-shaped greenish yellow crystals with a good luster. The crystals are on a matrix with small crystals of Quartz.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 7.3 × 3.3 cm = 2.9” × 2.9” × 1.3”

ML96R9: Globular growths of barrel-shaped orange yellow crystals with a good luster. The crystals are on a matrix with small crystals of Quartz.
Mine de La Vidale (Brezies), Asprières, St. Martin de Bouillac, Aveyron  France (2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 7.2 × 3.6 cm = 3.6” × 2.8” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

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”

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”

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”

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: 12.2 × 9.7 × 5.3 cm = 4.8” × 3.8” × 2.1”

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

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”

EF6T4: Well developed crystal of Quartz with a very visible inclusion that shows a feather shape, very probably Allanite-(Ce). Is on matrix, with Dolomite and small laminar crystals of Talc.
Trimouns Mine, Luzenac, Ariège  France (02/2011)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm = 3.6” × 2.3” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 7.7 × 1.9 cm = 3.0” × 0.7”

EA87S3: Group of Quartz crystals practically dipyramidal, with a scant development of the prism. They are very bright, rich with inclusions and have very evident “window” growths.
Col d'Allos, Barcelonette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence  France

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.7 × 4.3 cm = 3.6” × 2.2” × 1.7”

EB52R3: Parallel growth of very sharp octahedral crystals, with very smooth faces, translucent and of an excellent color, very uniform and with mauve shades. The group, much more complete and aerial than usual, is on a matrix of Albite.
Glacier de l'Argentière, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie  France (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 1.0”

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

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”

ET98T4: Rosette growths of very bright black laminar crystals that contrast with a matrix of white Quartz. The sample, which comes from an old find, could be considered among the best for the locality, one that is not so well known.
Le Haïcot, Massif de Brézouard, Sainte Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace  France (±2000)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.5 × 5.5 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.1 cm = 0.4” × 0.0”

EC86R3: Parallel growth of sharp and bright laminar crystals of Hematite, on matrix, with Muscovite and Clinochlore. We especially note the Austrian locality, very uncommon.
Mörchnerkar, Zemmgrund, Ziller Valley, Tyrol  Austria (1991)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.6” × 0.9” × 0.7”

EB61N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample, a group of long prismatic crystals with very good terminations. They have notable transparency and luster, and a very deep color. They are on matrix, with Actinolite (Byssolite). We must point out the very noticeable bending of the main crystal at the left, with a continuous curvature on the center one. From a recent find in probably the most classical locality for the species.
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg  Austria (03/2009)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.3” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 1.3 cm = 2.9” × 0.5”

EZ10V1: Group of twinned crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent and extraordinarily bright. An especially elegant miniature.
Zagradski Potok Mine, Busovaca  Bosnia-Herzegovina (2008)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TF88V4: Groups of prismatic crystals of Pyrargyrite with typical terminations showing the rounded faces of the rhombohedron. The crystals are very bright and are on a Quartz matrix. An excellent old German classic.
St. Andreasberg, St. Andreasberg District, Harz Mountains, Niedersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.9 × 2.2 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

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”

ED46T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 0.9”

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

EE56T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.6 × 2.3 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EB46T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

EF46T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 2.4 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 0.9”

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

EK66T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.7” × 2.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EJ27T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.9 × 2.8 cm = 3.1” × 2.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

EA66T5: Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia  Germany (07/04/2007)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.5” × 2.0” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

TK67T2: Fine “oldie” with a group of cube-octahedral crystals on matrix, some of them with very well marked spinel law twins, that display a good luster considering it is an ancient sample from a classic locality. The piece is from the collection of John Marshall. The collection card is lost, but the pedigree remains testified by the number of small labels on the back side.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony  Germany

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

TF10V2: From a recent find in Lavrion (Laurium). Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite.
Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attika  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.6” × 0.9”

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

TH12V2: From a recent find in Lavrion (Laurium). Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite.
Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attika  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 1.1”

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

TG11V2: From a recent find in Lavrion (Laurium). Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite.
Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attika  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 0.7”

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

TK13V2: From a recent find at Lavrion. Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite and globular and concretionary growths of black Romanéchite.
Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attika  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.4 × 4.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.1” × 1.6”

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

TJ12V2: From a recent find in Lavrion (Laurium). Aggregates on matrix of dark brown Jarosite crystals, very bright and partially covered by yellowish concretions of Natrojarosite.
Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attika  Greece (01/2012)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5.6 × 4.7 cm = 2.2” × 2.2” × 1.9”

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

TL12S1: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Isolated and very well defined crystals of Lawsonite, one of them clearly dominant, on a matrix crossed by a blue banding of Glaucophane. Lawsonite is a rare sorosilicate that has, in this case, an unusual green color due to it being a chromian variety.
Marmari Cape, Grammata Bay, Syros Island, Cyclade Islands  Greece (2010)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.5” × 0.3”

EQ89V2: Group of three large translucent crystals with split growths showing smaller crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, transparent, very bright and practically colorless. The locality, a great European classic, hasn’t supplied collector’s specimens since long ago.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (05/2011)

Specimen size: 15.5 × 8.5 × 9 cm = 6.1” × 3.3” × 3.5”

Main crystal size: 14 × 4.5 cm = 5.5” × 1.8”

EA56V1: Euchroite from the type locality. Groups of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster and on matrix, with concretionary growths of microcrystalline Azurite.
Farbište, Poniky, Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (10/2011)

Specimen size: 8 × 5.4 × 4.5 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.8”

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

MT13T7: Groups of Euchroite crystals, with intense green color that contrast with the blue color of the concretions and microcrystals of Azurite. From a recent find in a different locality than the classic L’ubietová.
Farbište, Poniky, Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (04/2011)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm = 2.2” × 1.6” × 1.3”

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

MH47T7: Group of sharp crystals with deep green color, translucent and bright and with considerable size for the species. On a limonite matrix and from the type locality (L’ubietová).
Svätodušná, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (07/2008)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 0.9”

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

EQ14R9: Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Quartz and Limonite.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2009)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

EH66R9: Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Quartz and Limonite.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2009)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.7 × 5.8 cm = 4.3” × 2.6” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

EG66R9: Growths of Quartz crystals forming irregular bundles. The crystals are completely coated by intensely bright and iridescent oxides of iron and manganese. On a matrix of Limonite.
This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record´s web page, in the ‘What’s New in the Mineral World?’ section of the March 10, 2011 edition.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (2009)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 6 × 4 cm = 4.5” × 2.4” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.1”

TR47Q1: Group of laminar crystals with pyramidal faces, yellow with color zoning. We specially note the locality, an European classic for the species.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica (Miess)  Slovenia

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 2.4 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.0” × 1.0”

TM90Q8: Group of tabular crystals with uniaxial growth and echeloned borders typical of the locality. One of the great classics for the species.
Helena Mine, Crna (Schwarzenbach), Mežica (Miess)  Slovenia

Specimen size: 9.8 × 7.7 × 4.8 cm = 3.9” × 3.0” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.3 cm = 1.0” × 0.5”

DA87T6: Very transparent and bright crystals of smoky Quartz, most of them doubly terminated, in matrix, with small crystals of Orthoclase (variety Adularia) and Albite.
Göschener Alp, Göschenen Valley, Uri  Switzerland

Specimen size: 19.5 × 11.5 × 6.8 cm = 7.7” × 4.5” × 2.7”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 1.1 cm = 1.1” × 0.4”

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”

HM90R9: Very elongated crystal, completely transparent. On the back of the crystal there is a contact area corresponding to a smaller missing crystal.
Val Maggia, Canton Tessin  Switzerland (±1980)

Specimen size: 14 × 5.2 × 4.4 cm = 5.5” × 2.0” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 12.5 × 2.4 cm = 4.9” × 0.9”

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”

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”

EZ26S3: Irregular aggregate of prismatic crystals of uniform green color. They are deformed by the curvature of their faces and edges resulting in the habit known as “barrel-shaped”. In some of the crystals the curvature is so intense that produces a spherical shape. The sample is from one of the great classic British localities. It is with two old labels (Julian Reasenberg y Morris Museum of Art and Sciences) with the typical small mistakes about the localities present on old labels. We’ll send both labels to the buyer.
Driggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 1.1”

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

TC87S3: Group on matrix of prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and a very bright and yellowish green color. Also from one of the great British mineral localities. It is with a label of the well-known collection of John H. Marshall, of Massachusetts, and a catalog card from the same collection.
Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

NB97T1: Typical barrel-shaped crystals, on matrix, with very pronounced curvatures of faces and edges that give the crystals an almost globular shape. The bigger crystals are orange and the smaller are yellow.
The sample is with a curious and detailed label from Harrods (London), that we’ll send to the buyer. The number "SUT 79" means that it was a Ralph Sutcliffe specimen.
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.5” × 1.7”

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

MX68T1: Group of transparent cubic crystals of Fluorite that are very bright and have an intense and deep green color that changes to violet when passing from sunlight to incandescent light. With a small octahedral crystal of Galena, the group is on matrix that has been sawn on the back to give a good balance to the sample.
West Cross cut, Rogerley mine, Frosterley, Durham  United Kingdom (2003)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 6.1 × 2.4 cm = 2.8” × 2.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

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”