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RV59H7: Extraordinary miniature. Faces and edges of the crystals have a very uncommon definition and the crystals forms are complex. Furthermore they are practically unaltered so they have an intense color and luster.
Ajo, Pima County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7”

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

RA26H7: Group of prismatic crystals of very well defined faces and edges and a good color, locally with octahedral crystals of Franklinite. Specimens like this are very hard to find.
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA (±1970)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5 × 5.5 cm = 3.7” × 2.0” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.1” × 0.3”

RD76H7: The color and the esthetics of the specimen are very good. Crystals, small and very bright, form spheroidal growths on a matrix of Limonite.
Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 1.3”

RE6H7: A clear crystal with an excellent color. It has very neat faces and some have have striations and other growth forms. Classic Spanish locality (but not very well known) that produced few samples of such quality.
Mina San Nicolás, Valle de la Serena, Badajoz  Spain (±1976)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.7”

RZ66H7: Clear crystal with an excellent color. It has very neat faces and well defined terminations with some different growth forms. Classic Spanish locality (but not very well known) that produced few samples of such quality.
Mina San Nicolás, Valle de la Serena, Badajoz  Spain (±1976)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 × 2.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 1.0”

RB76H7: Clear crystal with an excellent color. It has very neat faces and well defined terminations with some different growth forms. Classic Spanish locality (but not very well known) that produced few samples of such quality.
Mina San Nicolás, Valle de la Serena, Badajoz  Spain (±1976)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.7 × 2.1 cm = 0.9” × 0.7” × 0.8”

RH66H7: Parallel group of prismatic crystals well defined, bright and having well defined terminations. The matrix is formed by tabular crystals of Siderite.On the back side is a minor crystal, probable Scheelite, visible with the UV light. Curiously, Scheelite is a scarce species at the Panasqueira Mine.
Minas da Panasqueira, Level 2, Beira Baixa  Portugal

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.4” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 0.9”

RF86H7: Vug of Erythrite from the finds in the second half of the seventies. Some of the crystals are erect and aerial and they are bright, transparent and have good color.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (±1967)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm = 2.6” × 2.0” × 1.5”

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

RX47H7: Crystal group of very splendent luster, formed by the dominant octahedron. Because it was found long ago and still possesses its original luster, we think it can be maintained indefinitely if the sample is protected from sun light.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb  Namibia (±1969)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.4 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.7”

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

RV37H7: Crystal group of very splendent luster and excellent color formed by the cube and the octahedron and partially covered by Calcite. Because it was found long ago and still possesses its original luster, we think it can be maintained indefinitely if the sample is protected from sun light.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb  Namibia (±1969)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.6”

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

RK66H7: We specially note the locality, very rarely represented in collections. It is a flat crystal of well defined faces and edges, on a matrix of Albite. The Folch collection label shows it was purchased in Geneva in 1922.
Piz Vallatscha, Lukmanier Pass, Grisons  Switzerland (±1922)

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

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.8” × 0.5”

RL26H7: Quartz crystal with Tessiner habit, with the typical very acute form of the faces of an uncommon rhombohedron, greatly elongated producing the piling up on the central zone of the prism which becomes progressively thicker toward the base.
Val Maggia, Canton Tessin  Switzerland (±1980)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.8 × 2 cm = 2.1” × 1.1” × 0.8”

RM36H7: Quartz crystal with Tessiner habit, with the typical very acute form of the faces of an uncommon rhombohedron, greatly elongated producing the piling up of the central zone of the prism which becomes progressively thicker toward the base.
Val Maggia, Canton Tessin  Switzerland (±1980)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 3.0” × 0.9” × 0.9”

RC47H7: Parallel aggregate with a slightly twisting (gwindel) The faces of the prism are neat and bright; meanwhile the rhombohedron is rough and matte due to Chlorite inclusions. The specimen entered the Folch collection through an exchange in 1947.
Drum Tobel, Sedrun, Tavetsch, Grisons  Switzerland (±1940)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 5.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.1”

RP97H7: A great twin, complete, deep yellow color and excellent luster and a considerable transparency. Original shape!
Tancredo, Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo  Brazil (1964)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.8” × 0.7”

RV89H7: Complete cyclic twin of three interpenetrating crystals (“sixling”). It has deep yellow color and excellent luster and a considerable transparency. An excellent specimen.
Tancredo, Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo  Brazil (1964)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” × 0.9”

RN96H7: Prismatic crystal with an excellent termination. The color zonation is very well marked with the inner core between red and mauve and the bluish green exterior. It is curious to find this piece in the Folch collection because he purchased it before 1980, so it could be one of the first “watermelons” found at the locality.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.4” × 0.4” × 0.4”

RB47H7: The specimen is extraordinary. Crystals have very sharp faces and edges, they are bright and transparent and form an elegant crown contrasting with the smoky quartz crystal matrix. On the back, the sample is partially covered by Muscovite. We call attention especially to the extraordinary deep pink color, deeper than usual, and also the definition of most of the crystals.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1967)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7 × 4.4 cm = 3.4” × 2.8” × 1.7”

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

RV76H7: Beautiful miniature. It is a group of crystals having an extraordinary deep color. Faces and edges are so sharp that they seem polished. The locality itself is very original.
Eonyang, Kyeongsangnamdo  South Korea (±1974)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.6 × 1.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.0” × 0.6”

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