Post-Tucson 2020 Update

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NB37AL3: Iridescent crystals of Arsenopyrite that form a closed aggregate, with parallel curvatures and growths, very lustrous, with small aggregates of lamellar Muscovite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, level 3, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±2005)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 6.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.60” × 2.44” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 1.4 cm = 1.61” × 0.55”

TC69AL3: Floater group of Ferberite crystals, elongated, flattened and in parallel growth, with good terminations, lustrous, and partially covered with lenticular Calcite-Dolomite crystals and small Pyrite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal

Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.3 × 3.6 cm = 4.41” × 2.48” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 10.5 × 6.1 cm = 4.13” × 2.40”

MX76AL3: Druze of Quartz crystals with bipyramidal habit, with almost non-existent prisms, with inclusions of small lenticular crystals of Hematite, on matrix with rhombohedral Dolomite crystals. An English classic.
Florence Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.13” × 2.13” × 1.30”

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

AB37AL3: Group of very sharp octahedral Gersdorffite crystals of good size, with polycrystalline growths on the surfaces of the faces.
Aït Ahmane, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±2010)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm = 1.61” × 1.26” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.94” × 0.63”

TG69AL3: Aggregate of very elongated elongated crystals, with two generations of growth, the first having very elongated white crystals, with slight curvatures on the faces and edges, and a second, with reddish orange tints. A classic salvaged from Touissit‘s glorious era.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 11.1 × 10.9 × 5.6 cm = 4.37” × 4.29” × 2.20”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 0.6 cm = 1.30” × 0.24”

EK89AL3: Doubly terminated Azurite crystal, very sharp, with parallel growths, bright color, and crystals of primary Malachite.
The specimen comes from the Christian Mondeilh collection, whose label we will send to the buyer.

Shaft IX (Puit IX), Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (±1981)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.24” × 0.91” × 0.63”

EP67AL3: A curiosity. Two generations of Fluorite crystals interrupted by a growth of Quartz crystals. The first, crystalline with bluish green color, supports a group of very sharp cubic crystals with an unusual slightly pinkish color.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco

Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.7 × 6.6 cm = 3.31” × 3.03” × 2.60”

Main crystal size: 7.9 × 7.3 cm = 3.11” × 2.87”