Initial Tucson 2008 Update

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EF15K9: Good miniature. Group of prismatic crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with excellent luster and color, between yellow and orange. On matrix.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (01/2003)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm

EX96K9: Cuboctahedron crystal with well defined faces and edges. Really good transparency and excellent and very uniform green color. With minor Quartz matrix.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2005)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 5 × 5.1 cm

Main crystal size: 5.1 × 4.6 cm

TH48K9: Group of cubic crystals with well defined faces and very sharp edges, good brilliance and transparency. It is very aesthetic by the irregular distribution of the color and the presence of several inclusions.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 11.3 × 6.9 × 5 cm

Main crystal size: 5 × 4.7 cm

TB6K9: Group of cubic crystals with well defined faces and very sharp edges, good brilliance and transparency. It is very aesthetic by the irregular distribution of the color and the presence of several inclusions.
Chemical analysis revealed that the mineral is pure native Tellurium. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.

Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm

TA6K9: Groups of high luster crystals with well defined faces and edges, which is really rare in this native element. The crystallization contrasts with a rich Quartz matrix. We especially note its mineralogical rarity.
Chemical analysis revealed that the mineral is pure native Tellurium. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.

Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 5.1 × 2.8 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm

TC96K9: Groups of high luster crystals with well defined faces and edges, which is really rare in this native element. The crystallization contrasts with a rich Quartz matrix. We especially note its mineralogical rarity.
Chemical analysis revealed that the mineral is pure native Tellurium. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.

Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm

TD28K9: Groups of high luster crystals with well defined faces and edges, which is really rare in this native element, regarding the big size of some of them. The crystallization contrasts with a rich Quartz matrix. We especially note its mineralogical rarity.
Chemical analysis revealed that the mineral is pure native Tellurium. We’ll give the results of the analysis to the buyer.

Emperor Mine, Vatukoula, Tavua, Viti Levu  Fiji (2005)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 6 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm

EC6K9: Octahedron crystal with well defined faces and edges, an excellent deep red color that contrasts on the white Calcite matrix.
Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2003)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm

EB10K9: Isolated crystal, with well defined faces and edges, good color, brilliance and transparency.
Testun, Shigar, Skardu  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.8 cm

TA64K9: Prismatic crystal with well defined faces and edges. The transparency increases from the base to the top, with a very bright intermediate zone very rich in dissolution pits. With a small matrix of white crystallized Albite.
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (2006)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 1.7 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 4.9 × 1.3 × cm

MK37K9: Prismatic crystal partially doubly terminated, on crystallized Albite matrix. The blue color is very uniform. The top termination is a combination of the pinacoid and pyramid.
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Baltistan  Pakistan (2004)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 5.7 × 1 cm

MR47K9: Well defined Brookite crystals, with excellent color, on a Quartz crystal matrix partially covered with small and well defined white Albite crystals.
Karan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (05/2005)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.5 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 0.9 cm

MF14K9: Exfoliation growths of this very rare gold telluride, that rarely crystallizes. Moreover, growth is dominated by its brilliance on the dark matrix. We’ll give copy of the results of the analysis to the buyer.
Golden Mile Mines, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia  Australia

Specimen size: 5.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm

FH27K9: Excellent and complex crystal. Very rich in faces, of which the scalenohedron clearly dominates. Very intense color, and it rests on a base of cubic deep purple Fluorite crystals.
Rosiclare level, Denton Mine, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 7.8 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 6.6 × 3.8 cm

FY63K9: Group of cubic crystals with light color zonations, which comes from an obscure mine in the region of Cumbria.
Rampgill Mine, Boundary Cross Vein, Nenthead, Cornwall, England  United Kingdom (±2003)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.7 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm

FY86K9: Group of green octahedron Fluorite crystals, well defined, on a rich Ferberite, Pyrite and Quartz crystal matrix.
Kara-Oba, Betpakdala, Karaganda Oblast  Kazakhstan (±1975)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 5 × 4.8 cm

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.5 cm

FD76K9: Another of the unusual parageneses to which we are accustomed from the collection of Jan Buma. Beveled cubic crystals on Brazilianite and elongated crystals of white Albite.
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.8 × 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm

FC9K9: Complex groups of cubic Fluorite crystals showing pyramidal growths, on a matrix of white Calcite crystals and small globular Siderite.
Mina Huanzala, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco  Peru (2003)

Specimen size: 7.6 × 7 × 4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.9 cm

FK60K9: The octahedron faces truncate the corners of this group of cubic Fluorite crystals. On a Microcline matrix. Uncommon locality.
Formación Papachacra, Belén, Catamarca  Argentina (±2005)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.4 × 2.8 cm

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm

FJ13K9: Cubic Fluorite crystals with grayish color and deep smoky Quartz crystals, on a Microcline matrix.
Formación Papachacra, Belén, Catamarca  Argentina (±2005)

Specimen size: 10 × 7.1 × 4.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 1.2 cm

FL14K9: Intense green octahedral crystals on an attractive snowy white Quartz crystal matrix.
Amana, Formación Papachacra, Belén, Catamarca  Argentina (±2004)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.9 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm

FC26K9: Octahedral Fluorite crystals, with an irregular violet color distribution. On a twinned Microcline matrix with small Quartz crystals.
Formación Papachacra, Belén, Catamarca  Argentina (±2005)

Specimen size: 9 × 7 × 5.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.7 cm

FM27K9: Group of cubic Fluorite crystals of a pleasant pale green color, good transparency and brilliance. On milky Quartz crystals with little or no prism.
Dongshan Mine, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (2004)

Specimen size: 12.5 × 11 × 6.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm

FQ97K9: Excellent group of cubic Fluorite crystals, with a deep green color, good brilliance, with colorless Calcite and partially coated by Quartz crystals.
Xianghuapu, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (±2004)

Specimen size: 11.4 × 10 × 7.8 cm

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm

FZ63K9: Spherical Fluorite, well defined, showing a pale yellow color and thinly covered by a white layer, probably Opal, fluorescent in both waves. The sphere is on a Quartz crystal surface.
Pandulena Hills, Nasik, Maharashtra  India (±2003)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.2 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.6 cm

FB96K9: Octahedral crystal with rounded edges, intense green color, on a Albite matrix with small Schorl crystals.
Dassu, Skardu Road, Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit,  Pakistan

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.4 × 3.2 cm