Post-Ste. Marie 2008 Update

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EA13L9: Very sharp Amethyst crystals with excellent color, brilliance and transparency. The quality of these new specimens is much better than others we have seen before from this locality. Amethyst crystals contrast very esthetically with a matrix covered by small Calcite crystals and globular growths.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 8.2 × 4.5 × 3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm

EB63L9: Well defined Amethyst crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent color, brilliance and transparency. The quality of these new specimens is much better than we have never seen before from this locality. Amethyst crystals contrast very esthetically with the matrix covered by small Calcite crystals and globular growths.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 4.7 × 4.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm

EC6L9: Well defined Amethyst crystals, many of them doubly terminated, with excellent color, brilliance and transparency. The quality of these new specimens is much better than we have never seen before from this locality. Amethyst crystals contrast very esthetically with the matrix covered by small Calcite crystals and globular growths.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 8 × 6 × 4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm

ED16L9: Well defined Amethyst crystals, some of them in scepter shape, with excellent color, brilliance and transparence. The quality of these new specimens is much better than we have never seen before from this locality. Amethyst crystals contrast very esthetically with the matrix covered by small Calcite crystals and globular growths.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.7 × 3.6 cm

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.4 cm

EE26L9: Well defined Amethyst crystals, some of them in scepter shape, with excellent color, brilliance and transparence. The quality of these new specimens is much better than we have never seen before from this locality. Amethyst crystals contrast very esthetically with the matrix covered by small Calcite crystals and globular growths.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 11 × 6.6 × 5.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.6 cm

KL66L9: Wonderful octahedral Fluorite crystal with well defined faces and edges, excellent brightness and very deep color. The crystal has grown esthetically on a small rocky matrix accompanied by Albite.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Face Nord des Droites, Mont Blanc Massif, Chamonix  France (07/1994)

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.9 cm

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3.4 cm

KF88L9: Group of well defined faces and edges on tabular Pyrrhotite crystals. With some recrystalization on the pinacoid faces. To increase esthetics, a very bright Chalcopyrite crystal is located in the center of the specimen.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (±1994)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.3 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 2 × 2 cm

KV89L9: Multiple radial twinned white Cerussite crystals, a fine quality for this locality, excellent brilliance and on an uncommon matrix formed by concretions of micro-crystals of Quartz.
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Bouzougar, Taouz, Erfoud  Morocco (04/05/2003)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5 × 3.3 cm

EK69L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growths of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2.9 × 2.4 cm

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm

EF89L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite and Calcite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 2.5 cm

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 2 cm

EH40L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm

EG50L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of good sized octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.3 × 2 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm

EJ60L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of good sized octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 2.8 × 1.8 cm

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.2 cm

EL80L9: A novelty from the Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Mineral Show. Uniaxial and parallel growth of good sized octahedral Acanthite pseudomorphous after Argentite crystals. With very well defined faces and edges, these specimens have an exceptional luster, much better than other Acanthite specimens from Imiter we have seen before. On the back side of the sample one can see small Pyrite and Calcite crystals.
Imiter, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (12/2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 4.1 × 3.3 cm

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm

EA60L9: A floater formed by a terminated group of Azurite crystals, with curious curvatures. Really good color and excellent luster. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm

EC61L9: Group of Azurite crystals showing curved faces and edges, on a small Limonite matrix. Really good color and excellent luster. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm

EB61L9: A floater formed by a terminated group of Azurite crystals, with small concretions and parallel growth. Really good color and excellent luster. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm

ED13L9: Group of short prismatic colorful Azurite crystals partially covered by Dolomite. Really good color. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 2.8 × 2.5 cm

EE63L9: Group of prismatic crystals with parallel growth and several recrystalizations, partially covered by Malachite. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.2 × 4.2 × 2.8 cm

EF63L9: Group of prismatic crystals with parallel growth and several recrystalizations, partially covered by Malachite and with an excellent color. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.6 × 2.8 cm

EG64L9: Flattened prismatic crystals, some of them grouped in bundles, with parallel growth and several recrystallizations, partially covered by Malachite and with an excellent color. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.1 × 2.6 cm

EH26L9: Prismatic crystals of Azurite with very sharp faces and edges. On a small matrix with Malachite with an excellent color. The specimen is from a recent find at this mine relatively near to Touissit, that hasn't produced significant samples in the last twenty years.
Bou Bekker, Touissit District, Oujda  Morocco (03/2008)

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.3 × 3 cm

EG66L9: A wonderful and complete Phosphophyllite floater, with an excellent color, brilliance and an unprecedented transparence. In one word: a gem. The specimen is from a find made in 1968 in Cerro Rico, not in the well-known Siglo XX Mine, but in the oldest Pailaviri Mine.
Mina Pailaviri, Veta Krauser, Cerro Rico, Potosí  Bolivia (1968)

Specimen size: 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm

EY90L9: From a recent find at the Pingtouling Mine, the sample shows an excellent crystal growth of faces and edges perfectly defined, veery good luster and excellent color, between green to bluish depending on incident light.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2008 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 82, page 27.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang County, Guangdong  China (03/2008)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 3.7 cm

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm

KR76L9: An excellent Mimetite specimen showing well marked hoppered growth. Some of the crystals are doubly terminated and with an interesting and intense yellow color zoning, deepest in the central zone. The good brilliance and intense color contrast with the light and dark colors of the matrix. Really, really esthetic!
The specimen is from the James Catmur collection and we’ll send the label with it.
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan, Sanjiang, Guangdong  China (2003)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 6.3 × 4.4 cm

Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.4 cm