April 2009 Update (2)

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TB26N4: Superficial growths and rhombohedral crystals of uniform pink color with clear sharp crystals of Quartz.
Mina El Potosí, Nivel 10, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.7” × 1.0” × 0.9”

HA7N4: Group of crystals, some of them doubly terminated and some with scepter growths but all them with good transparency, color zoning and excellent luster. They are on matrix.
The sample is from Martí Rafel collection whose label will be sent to the buyer.
Piedra Parada, Las Vigas, Veracruz  Mexico

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3 × 3 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.0” × 0.3”

TC27N4: A very esthetic sample, very rich with unusually elongated Wulfenitecrystals, most of them doubly terminated. The crystals consist of a steepdipyramid of slightly curved edges and terminated by the pinacoid. They are on Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.2 × 5 cm = 3.4” × 2.8” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”

TE27N4: Unusually elongated Wulfenite crystals consisting of a prism of slightlycurved edges, beveled by the faces of a dipyramid. There are with globulargrowths of green Mimetite and a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 3.1 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TM27N4: Crystals of Wulfenite consisting of a prism of slightly curved edges with pyramidal polycrystalline terminations. The sample, on Limonite matrix, is especially rich in green botryoidal Mimetite.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.3 × 6.5 × 3.7 cm = 3.7” × 2.6” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

TZ47N4: Short prismatic crystal with slight curvatures on the edges and pinacoidal terminations, with green botryoidal growths of Mimetite on a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TR87N4: Wulfenite crystals unusually elongated with slightly curved edges and the faces of a dipyramid, with green globular growths of green Mimetite, on a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TL67N4: The sample is very rich in short prismatic crystals, some of them doubly terminated, with a color and luster more intense than usual in such pieces.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.6” × 2.2” × 1.1”

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

TH87N4: Wulfenite crystals unusually elongated with slightly curved edges and the faces of a dipyramid, with green globular growths of green Mimetite, on a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8 × 6.5 × 4.8 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

TG87N4: The sample is very rich iu short prismatic crystals of Wulfenite, some of them doubly terminated, whose color and luster are more intense than usual on such pieces. With green botryoidal Mimetite and on a Limonite matrix.
Level 6, San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.8 × 4.1 cm = 3.4” × 2.3” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

RF96N4: Multiple parallel growths of Arsenopyrite and Marcasite of very sharp and well defined forms, epigenetic on Pyrite.
Minas da Panasqueira, Level 2, Beira Baixa  Portugal (±1982)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.9 × 5.2 cm = 3.1” × 2.7” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.8 cm = 0.7” × 0.7”

MG61N4: A very esthetic sample with polycrystalline growths on a tabular crystal attached to a group of clear crystals of Quartz.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1997)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 6 × 2.6 cm = 2.4” × 2.4” × 1.0”

MC12N4: Very aerial floater group of crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the pyritohedron with very well marked longitudinal striations.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1996)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.0” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

MK13N4: Compact group of crystals formed by the faces of the cube and the pyritohedron with very well marked longitudinal striations. On Quartz matrix.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (2008)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 2.8 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

MM64N4: Cuboctahedral crystals of Galena, some of them with skeletal growths, with small very bright crystals of Sphalerite of very well defined faces and edges.
Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.6” × 0.9”

MD96N4: Group of octahedral crystals beveled by the dodecahedron. They are bright, transparent and have the typical greenish shade that characterizes the variety Cleophane.
9 September Mines, Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1993)

Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.3” × 1.1” × 0.9”

ML37N4: Group of bright, transparent crystals of Sphalerite with the greenish color that characterizes the variety Cleophane. With small cubic crystals of Galena and groups of small, very bright, crystals of Quartz.
9 September Mines, Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria (1993)

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.5 × 2 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

MP26N4: Floater polycrystalline growth that is progressively thick toward the main termination. The inclusions are mainly on the lower part, while the upper termination is clearer and has a more intense luster.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 2.5 × 2.7 cm = 3.4” × 1.0” × 1.1”

MM17N4: The crystal has polycrystalline surfaces with the typical spindled shape of the samples from this locality. The sample is very aerial and esthetic on a matrix very rich with small crystals of Andradite.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 6 × 1.6 cm = 2.4” × 0.6”

MR47N4: Crystals with polycrystalline surfaces with the typical spindled shape of the samples from this locality. The sample is very aerial and esthetic on a matrix very rich with small crystals of Andradite.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 9 × 7.8 × 7 cm = 3.5” × 3.1” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 1.8 cm = 2.2” × 0.7”

MT47N4: Crystals with polycrystalline surfaces with the typical spindled shape of the samples from this locality. The sample is very aerial and esthetic on a matrix very rich with small crystals of Andradite.
Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia (2008)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 7.8 × 5.5 cm = 3.2” × 3.1” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.4” × 0.9”

TT37N4: Curved, extraordinarily elongated and flat crystal of native Copper that is on a dendritic smaller group. The Copper is partially coated by reddish Cuprite and small growths of Malachite. A very elegant piece.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.6 × 2.7 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 1.3 cm = 1.7” × 0.5”

TR67N4: Extraordinarily elongated and flat crystal with a very obvious spinel twin. On its upper part it has dendritic growths of smaller Copper crystals. The reddish shade is due to a Cuprite coating.
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan  Kazakhstan (2008)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 2.3 × 1 cm = 3.3” × 0.9” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 5.2 × 1.3 cm = 2.0” × 0.5”