April 2008 Update (2)

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FA53L3: Excellent group of three Fluorite octahedrons (uncommon in the deposit) showing a very aerial position, two of them dominant. Crystals show very sharp faces and edges, totally clear, on a matrix formed by cubic Galena crystals covered by Siderite.
We will send the handwritten label , from Jan Buma collection, to the buyer of this esthetic specimen.
Second Sovietsky Mine, 230↓, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (09/1996)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2.5 cm

TF86L3: Very aerial doubly terminated Azurite crystal group, showing a fibrous surface and different blue tones. A very complete miniature that has a very fascinating architecture.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra  Morocco (10/2007)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.5 × 2.1 cm

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.2 cm

TG89L3: The definitive thumbnail. Extremely well defined Libethenite crystals, with marked pseudo-octahedral habit. Very deep green color, excellent luster and on matrix.
This sample was collected by K. J. Reid in November, 1976, who published an interesting article on The Mineralogical Record (Vol. 9 n. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1978)
Rokana Mine, Kitwe  Zambia (11/1976)

Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm

TF30L3: From a locality not yet well known by mineral collectors, the crystal presents a very curious flattened morphology, where two parallel prism faces have virtually disappeared. We would like to call your attention on the extraordinary transparency and the attractive distribution of intense violet cloudy forms inside the specimen.
Antani, Ankbaribe, Antananarivo  Madagascar (2007)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 1.9 × 1.1 cm

TA37L3: An extraordinary classic Tsumeb specimen. Very well defined Cuprite crystals, formed by dominant octahedron and cube faces, on a Cuprite matrix covered by a layer of small Dolomite crystals. Cuprite presents an excellent luster and an uncommon transparency for the species, when light reflects on the crystals.
The sample is accompanied by old labels from an unidentified German collection, which we will send to the buyer of this gorgeous specimen.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb  Namibia (±1969)

Specimen size: 12 × 7.2 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm

MB96L3: Druse of Quartz crystals with exceptionally sharp faces and edges, without the curvatures or deformation that we usually see in these specimens. Very intense color as well.
Alto da Pitorra Mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm

TB47L3: A powerful group of numerous very well-defined, transparent and brilliant isolated Beryl (Emerald) crystals. Excellent terminations and intense green color. They are implanted on a rocky matrix with rhombohedral Calcite crystals. Given its color and crystal perfection we consider it a really great specimen.
Chivor Mine, Chivor, Boyacá  Colombia (11/2007)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.3 × 2.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm

TA67L3: Group of translucent Cassiterite twinned crystals, with more than an excellent luster and dark honey color. With Quartz crystals on matrix.
Viloco Mine, San Antonio section, Loayza, La Paz  Bolivia (01/2008)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm

TV87L3: Rhombohedral Calcite crystal (due to its false cubic shape it looks like Fluorite) fully covered by small but brilliant and intensely colored Quartz (Amethyst) crystals, in a thin crust geode.
Santiño Quarry, Tres Cerros de Santiño, Artigas  Uruguay (11/2007)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm

Main crystal size: 3.8 × 3 cm

EZ92L3: Great specimen with some well defined Pyromorphite crystals and other structures like acicular growths and a complex crystallization in the form of crests. Excellent green color and luster. So, it is a really great specimen.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2007)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.5 × 4.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm

MF96L3: Group of octahedral crystals truncated by the cube faces. Very sharp, transparent and brilliant. The color is more intense on the vertices. With a small Albite and Muscovite matrix.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas  Pakistan (09-10/2007)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 2.6 cm

RM14L3: Well formed Cinnabar crystals in a vug, with Quartz and Dolomite. The Folch label advises about the presence of Calomel (Calomelanos) as “small crystals inside the geode” with brown yellowish tones, but after analyses it has been demonstrated that it is Dolomite.
Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1979)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm

RK64L3: Well defined and bright Cinnabar crystals, some of them very aerial, with prominent rhombohedral faces with curvatures and fine striations. We can see small drops of liquid mercury on the matrix.
Almadén Mine, Almadén, Ciudad Real  Spain (±1964)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm

RF64L3: Calcite crystal, with a small but aerial Sphalerite crystal, not well defined but complete. Calcite from this mine is not common in this well defined shape.
Las Mánforas Mine, Áliva, Picos de Europa, Cantabria  Spain (±1975)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.1 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm

RA17L3: Two crystals, one of them doubly terminated, totally clear, very bright, with Albite inclusions and Hematite and showing uncommon accessory rhombohedral oscillatory faces. From a classic Alpine area.
Cavradi, Curnera, Tavetsch, Grisons  Switzerland (±1954)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 4.8 × 2.5 cm

RP64L3: Group of Descloizite crystals formed by the dipyramid faces and lateral pinacoid, both very brilliant. Specimen shows a nice reddish brown color. In the handwritten label we can read Tsumeb as the locality, but we must advise that in those years many specimens from different deposits and localities from Namibia were mislabeled as Tsumeb.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein  Namibia

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm

FM96L3: Group of good size and well defined rhombohedral Smithsonite crystals, nearly lenticular habit, yellowish tones and on matrix.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein  Namibia (±1963)

Specimen size: 7.9 × 7.8 × 4.1 cm

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm

RQ26L3: If we pay attention on the label date (1980) we could consider that this specimen must be part of the first “Watermelon” found in Santa Rosa. The crystal shows a marked color zoning and an excellent transparency and brilliance.
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm

RB46L3: Classic specimen of Scholzite that could come from the last 1960s find. Sprays of white acicular crystals in a closed vug, with some inclusions of clay and on a cavernous Dolomite matrix. Specimens of this rare hydrated calcium and zinc phosphate are scarce.
Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Finders Rangers, S. Australia  Australia (±1968)

Specimen size: 6.6 × 4.5 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.1 cm