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JFD65AO0: Not all pieces of a collection have to be 'top'. There are pieces like this, that without being anything special, you like them. Because of the shape, because of the small black crystals of Augite, because it was one of the very first ones that were found or whatever. A collection can have everything, it is enough that we like it! 😉
Oficarsa Quarry, De las Culebras Hill, Carchelejo, Cárcheles, Comarca Sierra Mágina, Jaén, Andalusia  Spain (2000)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.10” × 0.91” × 0.79”

JFD66AO0: Fine and elegant, one more of the so desirable pyromorphites from the San Andrés Mine.
This is one of the earliest with well-defined crystals found there. It has a general appearance, and, above all, a slightly different color from what was found later.
San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia  Spain (±1985)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.1 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.22” × 1.06”

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

JFD67AO0: 'Pereña' is a mythical name in Spanish mineralogy because, when pegmatites were being handed out, Spain must have missed the meeting, because it has very few, and for this reason, although tiny (compared to those of other countries), the Pereña de la Ribera pegmatite is quite famous for its heliodor Beryls, smoky Quartz and many other species. So I was very happy to be able to get this piece from Manolo Tomé. It has extra-flat Quartz and an intense smoky color, almost black, with good transparency and luster.
Pereña de la Ribera, Comarca La Ribera, Salamanca, Castile and León  Spain (1993)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.7 × 1.6 cm = 2.40” × 1.85” × 0.63”

JFD68AO0: Eugui chalcopyrites in Dolomite, partially or totally pseudomorphed by Malachite, are classics. I kept this one because the Dolomite which hosts the Chalcopyrite is better crystallized than usual in these associations from Eugui.
Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (03/1993)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.6 × 4 cm = 2.91” × 1.81” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.55”

JFD69AO0: Due to their transparency, these dolomites are considered, together with those from Brumado, Brazil, the best in the world. In some cases, this transparency can be overwhelming, as can be seen in this very well-formed specimen which, curiously, is not from the golden age of the Asturreta Quarry, when engineer Córdoba was extracting wonders from the El Pozo area, but rather later, from the upper levels of the Azcárate Quarry.

Azcárate Quarry, Eugui, Esteríbar, Comarca Auñamendi, Chartered Community of Navarre (Navarre)  Spain (2002)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.09” × 1.34” × 1.22”

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

JFD70AO0: Very curious association in this old piece in which the blue Baryte has other reddish Baryte crystals at the base, probably due to iron oxide inclusions.
Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1996)

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 2.13” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”

JFD71AO0: From the well-known collector from Castellón, Damián Macaya, comes this piece from Minas de Villabona from the 1980s, in which the Fluorite is lighter in color than usual from there and in which groups of Calcite rhombohedra of good size and luster dominate.
Villabona Mines, Barrio de la Estación, Villabona, Llanera, Comarca del Nora, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (1980)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 8 × 8.3 cm = 4.57” × 3.15” × 3.27”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.10” × 0.71”

JFD72AO0: The Josefa-Veneros vein, so generous, whose pieces always have 'something' that makes them very distinguishable and elegant. In this case the Fluorite is associated with relatively large crystals of Quartz, which is not so common there.
Josefa-Veneros vein, 75 level, Coroña de Arriba-La Collada, La Collada mining area, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1974)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.3 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.30” × 0.71”

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

JFD73AO0: Who could have predicted when we used to go to Berbes to poke around or to get pieces from local field collectors that this locality and its fluorites were some day going to be at the top of the world's Fluorite rankings? In this piece the reasons for Berbes' fame can be clearly seen: the transparency of the crystals, the color zoning between sky blue and purple, and the associated pure white Baryte.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1984)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 4.7 × 3.7 cm = 2.91” × 1.85” × 1.46”

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

JFD74AO0: Although Berbes is relatively monotonous in terms of the appearance of its fluorites, in some areas very different pieces came out, like this one, with an extraordinary luster and a more violet color than usual in Berbes. In fact, one might think that it comes from the Emilio Mine due to its great transparency, but fortunately it is well documented: I bought it in Playa Vega from a local vendor ('El Nene') before the Emilio Mine had even entered production.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Principality of Asturias (Asturias)  Spain (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 7.4 × 3.9 cm = 2.91” × 2.91” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

JFD75AO0: When I bought this very unusual piece I had many illusions because of its alleged rarity and, as often happens, analyses demolished my illusions. It's a Pyrite, just Pyrite, but it's weird as hell, right?
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1988)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm = 2.80” × 1.54” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.22” × 1.02”

JFD76AO0: This is a serious piece, the bluish Fluorapatite has a fascinating crystallography, the crystals are very aerial and are associated with a combo of Ferberite, Siderite and Calcite-Dolomite. I don't recall seeing many more Panasqueira fluorapatites with this crystal habit (if any at all)
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1994)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm = 2.52” × 2.13” × 1.89”

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

JFD77AO0: A great specimen of Fluorapatite, very perfect, a floater, with very good colour, zoning, and outstandingly sharp and lustrous.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro  Portugal (±1989)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6 × 3.3 cm = 3.31” × 2.36” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.67” × 0.59”

JFD78AO0: The fluorites from Buxières-les-Mines are striking for their globular appearance and for the brilliance and transparency of the multitude of small crystals that make up the globules. In this particular specimen, in addition, two colors stand out, the typical brown from there plus a violet color in some areas.
Buxières-les-Mines, Moulins, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes  France (2004)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.1 × 4.9 cm = 2.80” × 2.01” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

JFD79AO0: A sensational piece (or at least it seems so to me) in which the Pyromorphite has large crystals and a very nice color zoning: the body of the crystals is brown and the terminations are yellow. The piece is a floater, very perfect, and it has a good luster, unlike others with this color association that are usually more matte. It is the fruit of a time in my life when, due to my great passion for Des Farges pyromorphites, I constantly visited the homes of former miners there, and sometimes, as in this case, got a pleasant surprise.
Les Farges Mine (Des Farges Mine), Ussel, Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine  France (±1975)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm = 2.28” × 1.61” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.47” × 0.35”

JFD80AO0: Less famous than Touissit or Mibladen, Taouz cerussites can be attractive too. In this case, although the very aerial crystals are small, their snow-white color contrasts with the dark matrix in which there are small Quartz crystals with inclusions of iron oxides.
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (±1990)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.7 × 2 cm = 2.52” × 1.46” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.35” × 0.31”

JFD81AO0: Imiter is a large Silver mine, perhaps not as well known as the mines in the Bou Azzer area, but it can occasionally yield large specimens. This Proustite on matrix, with crystals of good size, is obviously not among the best known proustites, but it is still attractive due to the unusual shape of the crystals and the fact that the way these crystals are grouped they generate aggregates of considerable size.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (2005)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.2 × 4.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.26” × 1.77”

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

JFD82AO0: The Bou Nahas mine produced many pyrites and barytes early in its history. Out of so much material I chose this piece, with the Baryte crystal isolated on the Quartz and with a slight bluish central thread unlike the first barytes from there, which had more yellow tones.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region  Morocco (12/2011)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.1 × 4.7 cm = 2.48” × 2.01” × 1.85”

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

JFD83AO0: This is one of the first arsenical vanadinites I got. When the Touissit mine was in operation, they were not very common, and I remember that they were expensive. Later, with the mine already closed, more arsenical vanadinites have been found in old workings, or in artisanal diggings in areas further north of Touissit. In any case, it is a good piece, with a much more intense color than the more recent specimens and with some lighter color zoning that gives it a curious appearance. The piece is a floater and does not have any damaged crystals.
Touissit, Touissit District, Jerada Province, Oriental Region  Morocco (1991)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.8 × 2.2 cm = 3.31” × 2.68” × 0.87”

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

JFD84AO0: Very interesting specimen for this mine because the very aesthetic Calcite crystals sit on large Baryte crystals coated by what look like orange iron oxides and are accompanied by small Pyrite crystals. Baryte is not a common mineral in El Hammam, I have rarely seen it there, much less in large crystals as in this case. As sometimes happens, I didn't buy it in Morocco but in Tucson 2009, from the Moroccan Ahmed Es Seouani.
El Hammam, Ait Mimoune, Khémisset Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Region  Morocco (11/2008)

Specimen size: 9 × 8.2 × 7.7 cm = 3.54” × 3.23” × 3.03”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”

TTM26AO0: Complete floater crystal of Pyrite. Very shiny, elongated and with the dominant forms of the pyritohedron but rich in unusual faces.
We will ship the specimen, from a little-known American locality, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Black Cloud Mine, Iowa Gulch, Leadville District, Lake County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.83” × 0.55” × 0.47”

TAR6AO0: Epidote crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with well defined faces and edges, translucent, with good luster and a very deep green color. On matrix, with water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen, from one of the great classic localities for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.

Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska  USA

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.98” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.71” × 0.39”

TQA46AO0: Group of Diopside crystals with an unusual habit, tabular in appearance, but actually formed by very flat dominant prisms. Very transparent, lustrous, and with a color that varies from pale yellow to violet.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 1 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.35” × 0.24”

TVM13AO0: Complete floater rhombic dodecahedral Almandine crystal, very sharp, with good luster, translucent edges and a deep garnet color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Granatenkogel north slope, Gaisberg Valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler Valley, Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol  Austria

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.91” × 0.71” × 0.71”

TRA46AO0: Floater trapezohedral crystal with very well defined faces. Between transparent and translucent, shiny and snow-white. From an unusual locality.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Croft Quarry, Croft, Blaby, Leicestershire, East Midlands  England / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.91” × 0.75” × 0.75”

TFB16AO0: Group of sharp Axinite (Group) crystals, with a very elongated habit, uncommon in Russian specimens, translucent, with good luster and a very deep color, with purplish reflections, and covered by Quartz microcrystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 1.14” × 0.63” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

TBR56AO0: Parallel growth of sharp Axinite (Group) crystals, translucent, with good luster and an excellent smoky color with violet tones.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk B deposit, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.71” × 0.47”

TXB26AO0: Floater group of octahedral Cuprite crystals, one of them dominant and very aerial, with slight curvatures on the edges, translucent, lustrous, and with a deep red color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Rubtsovskoe Mine, Rubtsovsky District, Altai Krai  Russia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.79” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.75” × 0.67”

TXA66AO0: Group of Tarbuttite crystals with unusually sharp crystal forms, transparent, highly lustrous, colorless, and on a limonite matrix. Its history is fascinating since Bob Noble's label states that its origin was the 1929 Vaux expedition and that the specimen belonged to the Philadelphia Academy collection.
We will send the specimen, from the type locality for the species, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the aforementioned label.
Kabwe Mine (Broken Hill Mine), Kabwe (Kabwe-Ka Mukuba), Kabwe District, Central Province  Zambia (±1929)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.59”

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

TJM13AO0: Group of Schorl crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and an unusual shape with a very short prism. The lustrous crystals are partially covered by small water-clear Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region  Namibia

Specimen size: 2.1 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.83” × 0.83” × 0.59”

TZB13AO0: Centered growths of elongated and flattened Eosphorite crystals with good terminations, transparent, lustrous, with a brown color with intense and uniform violet tones, on a Quartz matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Poço Dantas Mine, Piauí Valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm = 0.83” × 0.75” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.1 cm = 0.28” × 0.04”

TTM14AO0: Complete floater of a very sharp double twin of Rutile, rich in crystal forms, translucent, with great luster and a deep red color visible in transmitted light.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Diamantina, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.3 × 0.9 × 0.3 cm = 0.51” × 0.35” × 0.12”

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

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

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

TLA14AO0: Very aerial group of cyclic Cassiterite twins, with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with very bright luster and a deep color. On matrix, with small Quartz crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department  Bolivia

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm = 0.87” × 0.71” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.28” × 0.24”

TFR14AO0: Group, on matrix, of Orpiment crystals, one of them clearly dominant and aerial, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, lustrous and with a very vivid orange color.
We will ship the piece, a Peruvian classic, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department  Peru

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 0.94” × 0.94” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”

TCR63AO0: Group of three trapezohedral Spessartine crystals with sharp crystal forms, translucent, with a very intense and deep red color, on a matrix of white Feldspar crystals.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Tigstun, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas)  Pakistan

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.7 × 2.1 cm = 1.06” × 0.67” × 0.83”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.39” × 0.31”

TXM56AO0: Complete floater crystal of Spodumene with very sharp crystal forms, transparent, pale green with yellowish tones, and with a bright luster.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Kunar Valley (Konar), Kunar Province (Konar)  Afghanistan

Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 1.26” × 0.35” × 0.28”

TDM11AO0: Polished section of Quartz (agate variety) with concentric banding that alternates between the dominant white, and gray and reddish tones.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Wave Hill, Victoria-Daly Region, Northern Territory  Australia

Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.06” × 0.63”

TVR11AO0: Complete doubly terminated crystal of Quartz (smoky variety), on matrix, transparent, with good luster and very deep and uniform smoky tones.
An Australian classic that we will ship in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm = 1.30” × 1.10” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.39” × 0.35”

TZX13AO0: Scepter growth of two transparent, lustrous Quartz crystals (smoky variety) with very deep and with zones of variable intensity.
An Australian classic that we will ship in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria  Australia

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.51” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.63” × 0.51”

CBC13AO0: White Quartz crystals with the most classic crystal forms for the species, very well defined, translucent, lustrous, milky white, and on an Orthoclase matrix. An old Galician classic that is very difficult to find nowadays.
Outcrop Villalba road, San Simón da Costa, Comarca Terra Chá, Lugo, Galicia / Galiza  Spain

Specimen size: 6.9 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 2.72” × 2.36” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.4 cm = 1.42” × 0.55”

CXL67AO0: Centered growth on matrix of very shiny acicular Millerite crystals. The specimen comes from a well known locality but from which there are few specimens of good quality.
Cambrian Colliery, Clydach Vale, Rhondda Cynon Taf  Wales / United Kingdom

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 3.8 cm = 2.64” × 2.56” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.04”

CMB96AO0: Diopside as elongated crystals with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with good luster and an intense color. On matrix, with small crystals of Grossular (hessonite variety). A fine Italian classic.
Becchi delle Curbassere, Val d'Ala, Lanzo Valleys (Valli di Lanzo), Metropolitan City of Turin Province, Piedmont (Piemonte)  Italy

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.89” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 0.2 cm = 0.75” × 0.08”

CTM14AO0: Group of 'lepidolite' with a prismatic shape, with good luster and a very deep and uniform color, on an Orthoclase matrix.
Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 3.9 × 3.3 cm = 1.57” × 1.54” × 1.30”

Main crystal size: 3.3 × 1,8 cm = 1.30” × 0.39”

CCX87AO0: Beryl crystal (aquamarine variety), very rich in crystal forms in the terminal zone with various pyramid faces and the flat surface of the pinacoid. Very transparent, with a bright luster and a uniform soft green color and with vertical dissolution channels inside.
Catuji, Mucuri Valley, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1974)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.26” × 0.83” × 0.71”

CCF46AO0: Isolated Dravite crystals with a flattened bipyramidal shape, with perfectly sharp crystal forms, translucent, with good luster and a nice brown color with orange tones, on a Muscovite matrix.
Sar-e Sang, Koksha Valley, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province  Afghanistan (±2011)

Specimen size: 4.0 × 5.6 × 2.3 cm = 1.57” × 2.20” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.47” × 0.43”

CTB48AO0: Dendritic growth of extremely elongated Silver crystals, with good terminations and, as a whole, a very attractive aesthetic, as is often the case with pieces from this deposit. An old Australian classic of excellent quality.
Endeavor Mine (Elura Mine), Cobar, Robinson County, New South Wales  Australia

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.7 × 0.8 cm = 2.44” × 1.85” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 0.3 cm = 1.89” × 0.12”

TPM76AO0: Group of crystals, with one of them clearly dominant and all of them doubly terminated, totally occupied by inclusions of sand. They are formed by a prism with curved edges and a poorly defined terminal rhombohedron. An American classic which it is currently very difficult to obtain in good specimens as the area in which they were found has been declared a National Park.
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota  USA

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 3.66” × 2.64” × 1.77”

Main crystal size: 7.6 × 3 cm = 2.99” × 1.18”

TFB87AO0: Spheroidal growths of Smithsonite, on matrix, translucent, with a satin luster and a uniform bluish green color. An American classic.
Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.23” × 2.13” × 1.65”

EDX48AO0: Spheroidal nodules of Pyrite crystals with the dominant faces of the octahedron, very shiny, included in a carbonaceous matrix.
State Bridge area, Rocky Mountain, Eagle County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 7.6 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.99” × 2.48” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.14” × 0.91”

EPQ46AO0: Groups of profiled rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals, with an intense color, on matrix. Associated with small Quartz crystals and Chalcopyrite and Pyrite coatings. The specimen, an old American classic, comes from the Bob and Jeanette Barnes collection.
Champion Mine, Cinnamon Pass, Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.60” × 1.73” × 1.38”

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

MTL89AO0: Druse of twinned Sphalerite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, translucent, very bright and with dominant orange tones, with yellow reflections. On matrix, with small Galena crystals and twinned Chalcopyrite crystals. An American classic from a locality from which it is currently very difficult to obtain good specimens.
Commodore Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 2.8 cm = 3.31” × 2.52” × 1.10”

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

TFR46AO0: Doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal, translucent, white and with abundant reddish native Copper inclusions. One of the most desired American classics, in this case with a peculiarity, the growth of a second generation of small, very white Calcite crystals that give the piece a rather peculiar appearance.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2022, page 73
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 7.6 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.99” × 1.46” × 1.02”

EAB47AO0: Isolated floater crystal of Gold with a cubic shape and with unusually well developed crystal forms for this region, and with skeletal growths on some of its faces. A Canadian rarity.
Dawson mining district, Yukon Territory  Canada

Specimen size: 0.7 × 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.28” × 0.24” × 0.08”