Post-Munich 2007 Update

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MP6K6: Parallel group of very transparent tabular and very sharp crystals of Barite with a deep yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix.
Cerro Warihuyn, ↑2850 m., Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco  Peru (03-04/2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.1 × 1.3 cm

MQ16K6: Parallel group of very transparent and very sharp crystals of Barite with a deep yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix. The crystals have dark inclusions whose nature we ignore.
Cerro Warihuyn, ↑2850 m., Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco  Peru (03-04/2007)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.9 × 4 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm

MM16K6: Parallel group of very transparent and very sharp crystals of Barite with a deep yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix. The crystals have dark inclusions whose nature we ignore.
Cerro Warihuyn, ↑2850 m., Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco  Peru (03-04/2007)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm

MJ46K6: Parallel group of very transparent and very sharp crystals of Barite with a deep yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix.
Cerro Warihuyn, ↑2850 m., Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco  Peru (03-04/2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm

MH46K6: Parallel group of very transparent and very sharp crystals of Barite with a deep yellow color, on a Dolomite matrix. As the pictures show, the front faces are very bright and on the back they are matte-like.
Cerro Warihuyn, ↑2850 m., Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco  Peru (03-04/2007)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.2 × 2 cm

TQ64K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of good color and luster with growths of white Quartz crystals and small crystals, also white, of Calcite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (03/2007)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm

TX36K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of good color and luster with growths of small white crystals of Calcite.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (03/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.5 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.1 cm

MC76K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with growths of small white crystals of Calcite and small crystallizations of Pyrite lower on the specimen. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm

MB17K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with growths of small white crystals of Quartz and small crystallizations of Pyrite lower on the specimen. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.6 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm

MD67K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with small crystallizations of Pyrite lower on the specimen. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.2 × 1.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.4 cm

ME90K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with growths of smallwhite crystals of Quartz. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red most than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4 × 2.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm

MA51K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (07/2007)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.7 cm

MK36K6: Group of flattened Rhodonite crystals of excellent color and luster with small crystals of Quartz and Pyrite. We especially note the intensity of the color, nearer to red more than pink, which is characteristic of the July-August 2007 samples.
Mina San Martín, Chiuruco, Huallanca, Ancash  Peru (08/2007)

Specimen size: 8 × 5 × 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.5 cm

EJ93K6: One of the novelties of this year are these polychrome Elbaites that remind one of some classic Brazilian specimens. The Elbaite crystal, of very well defined faces and edges and perfectly terminated, has grown on a smoky Quartz crystal.
Altay Range, Xinjiang  China (2006)

Specimen size: 9 × 5.8 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 0.8 cm

EY66K6: Botryoidal growth with radial growths lower on the specimen. Its very deep color and the silky luster made the sample very esthetic.
Shilu, Yangchun, Guangdong  China (2007)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm

ED64K6: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Babingtonite. They have a more than considerable size for the species. They are on a matrix of Prehnite with Quartz.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Sainte-Marie Show 2008’ section of the magazine ‘Minéraux et Fossiles’ and appears on page 24 of number 373. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Qiaojia, Qiaojia County, Zhaotong, Yunnan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm

EQ91K6: Polysynthetic growths of prismatic crystals with a very deep hollow termination. Color and luster are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2004)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.3 × 2 cm

EP91K6: Polysynthetic growths of prismatic crystals with a very deep hollow termination. Color and luster are excellent.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2004)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm

TR76K6: Group of complex crystals, of nice reddish color and intense luster, partially covered by small white crystals of Quartz.
Chaojia, Nuanshui, Rucheng County, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.6 × 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm

MM66K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. A cube-octahedral crystal with echeloned growths and zonation of color, between pink and green.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 5 × 3.2 cm

ME89K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. An octahedral crystal with cube faces. The pink color is deeper on the cube faces. It is on Muscovite matrix with small Schorl crystals.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 3.1 cm

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm

MD99K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. A group of octahedral crystal of sharp faces and edges, of deep pink color and on a Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm

MG99K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. Group of complex crystals with domains of the faces of the cube and octahedron. The color is magnificent, very deep. The specimen has a small Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm

MF27K6: One of the novelties of Munich this year. Crystals are dipyramidal, have very well defined faces and edges, a considerable size, an attractive yellowish color, an excellent luster and are partially covered by a matrix of small Albite crystals.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2007 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 78, page 37.
Sassi, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit  Pakistan (08/2007)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.1 × 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.4 cm

EB37K6: Flattened, doubly terminated crystal of excellent color and luster on a matrix very rich in Quartz crystals. The side of the crystal seems broken but, as the detailed picture shows, it is complete, with echeloned growths that produce this effect.
Kharan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.9 cm