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

TA76X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, the matrix is epidotite, a relatively uncommon metamorphic rock, formed almost exclusively of crystalline Epidote. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confused with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 0.8” × 0.9”

TC86X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, on matrix, with Epidote and garnet. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.9”

TB96X8: Very aerial interstitial and laminar growth on a rocky matrix, with small mica sheets. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Långban.
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.1 × 2 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 0.8”

TD37X8: Very well developed interstitial laminar growth, on matrix, with Epidote, garnet and small reddish crystals of Litharge on the Lead surface. The sample is from a Swedish locality, classic for native Lead but that must not be confuse with better known Långban. (also change title in red to Litharge)
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna  Sweden (2011)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 1.0”

MB60X8: Micro-crystalline botryoidal Smithsonite growths on limonite matrix, with a druse of small greenish Adamite crystals, very transparent and bright. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (01/2013)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 1.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 0.7”

MA60X8: Spheroidal growths of cuprian Adamite in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (01/2013)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.7”

MC11X8: Spheroidal growths of cuprian Adamite in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (01/2013)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 0.6”

MD12X8: Spheroidal growths of cuprian Adamite in micro-crystals whose color is between green and bluish green. They are on limonite matrix, with white botryoidal Smithsonite. It is a rarity at the small Serpieri mine at Lavrion, not well known for collectible samples.
Serpieri Mine, Kamaritza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (01/2013)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 3.6 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.4”

NG11W4: Aggregates of sharp tabular crystals of Barite, white and colored by red inclusions of Hematite. Of very good quality for the locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 4.3 × 3 cm = 1.8” × 1.7” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

NK13W4: Aggregates of very sharp tabular crystals of Barite with very intense and uniform red color due to Hematite inclusions. Of very good quality for the locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.8 × 2.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 0.9”

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

NA63W4: Aggregates of sharp tabular crystals of Barite. They have an intense and uniform red color due to inclusions of Hematite, and are on a base of white crystals of the same mineral. Of very good quality for the locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.4 × 3 cm = 2.8” × 1.7” × 1.2”

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

NB64W4: Aggregate of very sharp tabular crystals of Barite with a color between pink and red due to inclusions of Hematite. They are on a base of white crystals of the same mineral. Of very good quality for the locality.
Mine 18, Paleokamariza Mines, Lavrion, Attikí  Greece (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

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”

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”

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”

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”

ME10X3: Very well defined spherulitic growths of Rhodochrosite with a light pink color, implanted on a matrix with Quartz crystals, twinned Sphalerite crystals (marmatite variety) and very bright small Pyrite crystals.
Madem Laccos Mine, Cassandra, Chalkidiki, Macedonia  Greece (2010)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.4 × 3 cm = 3.6” × 2.5” × 1.2”

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

EH66X8: Radial and fanlike aggregates of acicular Kermesite crystals. They are extraordinarily bright and have a reddish color. They are on matrix, with small radial aggregates of white Valentinite crystals and small Calcite crystals.
Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts.  Slovak Republic

Specimen size: 9.3 × 7.2 × 4.6 cm = 3.7” × 2.8” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3 × 0.1 cm = 1.2” × 0.0”

MC67W9: Fanlike groups, on a rock matrix, of extraordinarily bright needlelike crystals with vivid reddish reflections. We also note the presence of associated needlelike Valentinite.
Pezinok, Malé Karpaty Mts.  Slovak Republic (01-02/2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 7.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.7” × 3.0” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.1 cm = 1.0” × 0.0”

MD88X2: Group of Euchroite crystals on matrix. They are unusually sharp, have a very uniform, intense and deep color and an extraordinary luster for the species.
Svätodušná, Ľubietová (Libethen), Banská Bystrica  Slovak Republic (07/2012)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 3.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.7” × 1.2”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TF96W8: Rosette growths of Mimetite crystals with an intense yellow color. They are on matrix, with Quartz and Siderite. Mimetite is a very uncommon species at Pribram and the rare well known samples have been quite old, as is the case of this piece, whose pedigree is testified by the three attached labels and the collection card, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Príbram, Bohemia  Czech Republic

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 3.1” × 3.1” × 1.7”

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

TR97X7: Parallel growths of flattened, transparent and extraordinarily bright crystals, with very well marked phantom growths and partially coated by chlorite. The words “Archi top” (super-good), written by Emringer on the back on the label, give us an idea about the real quality of the sample.
Notre-Dame-du-Cruet, Massif de La Lauzière, Savoie  France

Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 2.0” × 1.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.7 cm = 1.6” × 0.7”

TQ70X7: Bundled aggregates, on matrix, of bright acicular crystals with a slightly greenish brown color. The sample, as is written on the back of the Emringer collection label, is from a unique find at the locality so the sample must be considered as a rarity.
Chamrousse, Isère, Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 12.7 × 8.2 × 5.5 cm = 5.0” × 3.2” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 4.2 × 0.7 cm = 1.7” × 0.3”

TV94X7: Bundled aggregates of prismatic crystals with hollow terminations. They have a very deep and uniform green color. An excellent classic, of great quality, from Les Farges.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France

Specimen size: 5.4 × 3.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.5” × 0.7”

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

TV50X7: Flattened parallel growths and very well defined crystals with good terminations and geometrical color zoning, clearer at the crystal terminations. There are two different shades of color on the sample, deep and uniform green on most on them and yellowish green in some minor areas.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6.5 × 3.3 cm = 2.7” × 2.6” × 1.3”

TC49X7: Aggregate of translucent cubic crystals that are very bright and have a deep green color, with a neat geometric color zoning, clearer on the edges.
Mine Fontsante, Massif du Tanneron, Var  France

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

TZ71X7: Aggregate of sharp cubic crystals, between translucent and transparent, with intense yellow color and partially coated by “book” shaped aggregates of White Barite crystals. An excellent French classic.
Mine du Rossignol, Chaillac, Indre  France

Specimen size: 9 × 7.3 × 3.5 cm = 3.5” × 2.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8”

TN29X7: Very aerial aggregate of cubic Fluorite crystals. They are translucent, have a uniform yellow color and have selective coatings of Quartz micro-crystals on some of the cube faces. The sample is very remarkable for the locality.
Lantignié, Beaujeu, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.3 × 3 cm = 3.8” × 3.7” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

TP89X7: Aggregate of cubic crystals, of large size for the locality, between translucent and transparent, bright and showing well defined phantom growths. Very notable for the locality.
Mine Durfort, Durfort, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon  France

Specimen size: 10.5 × 9.7 × 5.7 cm = 4.1” × 3.8” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 1.1”

T13RAX7: Scalenohedral crystals with slightly curved faces and edges. On a rock matrix, they are transparent and extraordinarily bright. Some of the crystals are colorless, strongly contrasting with other honey color Calcite crystals. Of a great quality and among the best well known for this locality.
Espira-de-l'Agly, Rivesaltes, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon  France

Specimen size: 15.5 × 10.5 × 6.5 cm = 6.1” × 4.1” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

EL13W7: From a very recent find. Sharp tristetrahedral crystals with an excellent luster. They are larger than what has been known for the locality. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and Quartz crystals. The find has been described in number 107 of Le Règne Minéral magazine.
Lina Mine, level 06-07, Alzen, Foix, Midi-Pyrénées  France (2012)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.8” × 1.2” × 0.7”

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

EM96W7: From a very recent find. Sharp tristetrahedral crystals with an excellent luster and they are larger that has been known for the locality. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and Quartz crystals. The find has been described in number 107 of Le Règne Minéral magazine.
Lina Mine, level 06-07, Alzen, Foix, Midi-Pyrénées  France (2012)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 5.3 × 2 cm = 2.7” × 2.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EQ86W7: From a very recent find. Sharp tristetrahedral crystals with an excellent luster and they are larger that has been known for the locality. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and Quartz crystals. The find has been described in number 107 of Le Règne Minéral magazine.
Lina Mine, level 06-07, Alzen, Foix, Midi-Pyrénées  France (2012)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.9 × 1.7 cm = 2.7” × 1.9” × 0.7”

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

EM66W7: From a very recent find. Sharp crystals showing the faces of the tetrahedron and tristetrahedron. They have an excellent luster and are larger than hasbeen known for the locality. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and Quartz crystals. The find has been described in number 107 of Le Règne Minéral magazine.
Lina Mine, level 06-07, Alzen, Foix, Midi-Pyrénées  France (2012)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 5.5 × 3 cm = 3.0” × 2.2” × 1.2”

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

EP76W7: From a very recent find. Sharp crystals showing the faces of the tetrahedron and tristetrahedron. They have an excellent luster and are larger than has been known for the locality. They are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite and Quartz crystals. The find has been described in number 107 of Le Règne Minéral magazine.
Lina Mine, level 06-07, Alzen, Foix, Midi-Pyrénées  France (2012)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5 × 2.8 cm = 3.3” × 2.0” × 1.1”

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

EX47X2: Polycrystalline parallel growth with a very well marked "gwindel". The crystal is transparent, bright and shows a very uniform clear smoky color.
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie  France (2009)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.5 cm = 2.3” × 1.8” × 1.0”

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”

MX89X5: Sharp single transparent and very bright crystal. It has very well defined faces and edges, shows a very deep color and it is on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite.
Le Rocher d'Armentier, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère  France (2011)

Specimen size: 8 × 7.9 × 3.2 cm = 3.1” × 3.1” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.5 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

MA46X3: Groups on matrix of thin, almost acicular, crystals forming radial aggregates. The crystals, with a very deep color, are very bright. From a classic French locality.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 4.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.8” × 1.9” × 0.9”

MB36X3: Groups on matrix of thin, almost acicular, crystals forming radial aggregates. The crystals, with a very deep color, are very bright. From a classic French locality.
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur  France (±1980)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 5.8 × 2.7 cm = 3.3” × 2.3” × 1.1”

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”

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”

EY56X0: Floater group, on matrix, of very elongated rhombohedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges, and with inclusions of white sand completely filling the sample. A French classic.
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France  France

Specimen size: 5 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.1” × 1.0”

MG86W7: Floater rosette aggregate of very short prismatic crystals, almost equant, with a relatively clear blue color, typical for Chessy. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 0.8”

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

EM26X0: Floater spheroidal aggregate of short prismatic crystals with very well defined faces and slightly curved edges, with a more luminous color than usual, and a growth of Malachite which is probably a pseudomorph after primary crystals of Cuprite. A French classic.
Chessy-les-Mines, Les Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes  France

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” × 0.8”

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

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, Les Bois d'Oingt, 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”

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”

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 and has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 7 in the volume 9/2011
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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

TB56W7: Very well defined crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with very acute terminations and more isolated than usual. They have excellent luster and color and are on matrix. The locality, a classic for the species, has produced few samples of this quality.
Callenberg North, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony  Germany (1977)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 6.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.5” × 2.4” × 1.3”

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

TA37W7: Aggregate of very well defined crystals, with very acute terminations that cover a limonite matrix. Their luster and color are excellent and the locality, a classic for the species, has produced few samples of this quality.
Callenberg North, Callenberg, Glauchau, Saxony  Germany (1977)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.7 × 5 cm = 3.7” × 1.9” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.3 cm = 0.5” × 0.1”

MD53W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Irregular aggregate of sharp elongated crystals on matrix. They are colorless, completely clear and have an extraordinary luster. Undoubtedly a sample of the best quality for the species.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2012 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 108, page 45, and the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 52 in number 2013/1
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia  Germany (2012)

Specimen size: 9.5 × 6.7 × 2.4 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”

TA70W4: Group of cubic crystals of Fluorite with polycrystalline growths. They are bright and transparent, with an intense uniform green color and are partially coated by druses of reddish microcrystalline Quartz.
Cäcilia Mine, Stulln, Wölsendorf, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria  Germany

Specimen size: 14 × 10 × 4.3 cm = 5.5” × 3.9” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.0” × 1.0”

EX47X3: Druse of crystals, between translucent and transparent, with very well defined faces and edges and a very deep blue color. It is from an old find in the sixties of the last century.
Am Soldatenbusch, Obergembeck, Gembeck, Twiste, Hesse  Germany (±1960-70)

Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.4 × 7.5 cm = 5.0” × 3.3” × 3.0”

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

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

EQ86X5: Group of prismatic crystals with parallel growths, very well defined faces and edges and perfect smooth terminations. They are bright and have a very deep green color.
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Val d'Aosta  Italy

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 1.4” × 1.1” × 0.8”

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

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”

AK87N2: Parallel growth of very well defined crystals. They are transparent and have an excellent color. They are on matrix with small crystals of Grossular (Hessonite). From a not unknown but unusual locality.
Val di Viu, Valli di Lanzo, Torino, Piemonte  Italy

Specimen size: 11.3 × 8.7 × 4.9 cm = 4.4” × 3.4” × 1.9”

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

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”

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”

AB79P9: A Sicilian classic. The crystals, on matrix, are dipyramidal, with echeloned growths. They have preserved, in spite of their age, their luster and color in very good condition.
Miniera Cianciana, Agrigento, Sicilia  Italy (2000)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.7 × 5.4 cm = 3.3” × 2.2” × 2.1”

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

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”

MD46W8: Very sharp dipyramidal crystal, on Albite matrix, of Anatase with its terminations truncated by the faces of the pinacoid. It is very bright and has very vivid blue reflections under a strong light.
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland  Norway (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.4”

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

ME75W8: Very sharp dipyramidal crystal of Anatase with its terminations truncated by the faces of the pinacoid. It is very bright and has very vivid blue reflections under a strong light. On rocky matrix partially coated by Albite.
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland  Norway (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.8” × 0.4”

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”

MA51W4: Sharp dipyramidal crystal of Anatase on an Albite matrix. Its termination is a sharp pinacoid. It is very bright and, what is extraordinarily unusual, it has a wide transparent area (easily visible with a light at the back) with reddish-brown color.
Dyrfonni, Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland  Norway (2000-2005)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.6” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

EK97T3: Very fine and elegant, very aerial, miniature, with a group of elongated doubly terminated crystals of Silver and small coatings of white Calcite.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 7 in the volume 9/2011
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”

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”

AR96Q6: Very transparent and bright honey-colored elongated prismatic crystals of Celestine with curvatures and acute terminations and on a base very rich in native Sulfur. The piece is not perfect, having some broken crystals, but its esthetics are very good.
Machów Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie  Poland

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.3” × 2.1” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.6 cm = 1.3” × 0.2”

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”

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”

MN17X2: Aggregate of platy crystals of Hematite. They are very sharp, bright, with epitaxial growths of red rutile crystals, and are on matrix. A Swiss classic.
Cavradi, Curnera, Tavetsch, Grisons  Switzerland

Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.1” × 0.9”

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”

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”

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”

TM66X3: Aggregate of very sharp cubic Fluorite crystals. They are translucent, with a deep violet color and have abundant small Chalcopyrite crystals included. An English classic from a not well known locality.
Groverake Mine, Rookhope District, Weardale, Durham, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7 × 6.4 × 4.5 cm = 2.8” × 2.5” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 3.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.5”

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”

EQ46W9: Group of transparent cubic crystals of Fluorite with most of the surface containing small inclusions of Chalcopyrite crystals. It is from a classic English locality that is not known to produce too many samples of quality.
Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.9” × 1.9” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

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”

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”

EQ56W7: Crystals with very well pronounced curvatures on their faces and edges which give them a "barrel" shape. They are bright and have a clear and uniform green color and cover a Barite matrix. A good English classic.
Driggith Opencut (Roughton South Vein), Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England United Kingdom  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 8 × 5.8 × 4.6 cm = 3.1” × 2.3” × 1.8”

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”

TX30W7: Well formed short prismatic crystals on matrix, many of them doubly terminated. They are bright and have a slightly greenish yellow color and are on small Quartz crystals. Excellent English classic.
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 11.5 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm = 4.5” × 3.7” × 3.0”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”