April 2009 Update (2)

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NQ16N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 1.3”

NP26N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 3.5 × 2.9 cm = 2.5” × 1.4” × 1.1”

NK46N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.6 × 3.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.8” × 1.4”

NP56N4: Esthetic and fine fan growths of acicular crystals with color zoning and a very well marked velvet luster, on matrix.
Kerrouchen, Khénifra  Morocco (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.7 × 3.5 cm = 2.3” × 1.5” × 1.4”

MP27N4: The group is very rich in rhombohedral crystals with slight curvatures on the faces. They are mainly yellowish but darker in some areas of the piece. A classic from Tsumeb.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb  Namibia

Specimen size: 13 × 9.3 × 7 cm = 5.1” × 3.7” × 2.8”

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

TN37N4: Floater group of crystals, all them doubly terminated, bright, with very well defined faces and edges and very rich in Chlorite inclusions.
Diamantina, Minas Gerais  Brazil (11/2007)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.3” × 2.5” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 7.1 × 2 cm = 2.8” × 0.8”

MT73N4: A curious growth in which the crystals, with a marked zonation of color, start successively one after one. The two most well-defined crystals are perfectly doubly terminated and show two different terminations, one with a flat pedion and the other with a pyramid. It is not repaired or reinforced and appears as Nature and the pegmatites made it.
Cruzeiro Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais  Brazil (03-04/2008)

Specimen size: 13 × 5.5 ×  3.2 cm = 5.1” × 2.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 11.7 × 1.7 cm = 4.6” × 0.7”

ER37N4: Dendritic growth of elongated crystals, small but with very well defined faces. The locality is very uncommon for native Copper.
Mina La Farola, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó, Atacama  Chile (±1985)

Specimen size: 11.5 × 10.5 × 4.3 cm = 4.5” × 4.1” × 1.7”

EH9N4: Group of complex crystals with good transparency and color, on a matrix of botryoidal Rhodochrosite. The sample is of good quality for the locality.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (21/06/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.3 × 3.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.7” × 1.3”

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

TM66N4: Crystal of Calcite on Quartz (Amethyst) matrix. The Calcite shows two phases of growth, one of them, with rhombohedral terminations, partially wraps the other, totally coated by small crystals of white Quartz.
Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas  Uruguay (08/2008)

Specimen size: 8.8 × 7 × 5.3 cm = 3.5” × 2.8” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 6.4 × 2.1 cm = 2.5” × 0.8”

MK16N4: White translucent and bright crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They have fine growth striations and are on matrix.
Piotang Mine, Dayu, Ganzhou, Jiangxi  China (09/2007)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.6 × 2.1 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

ML26N4: Crystals of Euclase, one of them clearly dominant, clear, transparent and very bright, with very well defined faces and edges, fine growth striations and on matrix.
Piotang Mine, Dayu, Ganzhou, Jiangxi  China (09/2007)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.2” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

MR96N4: Floater group of doubly terminated crystals of good color, transparency and luster, with growth deformations marked by fibrous zones.
Nyet Bruk, Braldu Valley, Baltistan  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm = 2.2” × 1.5” × 0.5”

FK27N4: Group of thin crystals of excellent color and luster, some of them with good terminations and on Limonite matrix. Some pictures of the sample are on different pages of the sheet 378 (March 2009) of the French magazine "Mineraux et Fossiles", in an article about Crocoite.
Adelaida Mine, Dundas, Tasmania  Australia (±1974)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 5.5 × 4.2 cm = 3.4” × 2.2” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 0.3 cm = 0.8” × 0.1”

RT8N4: Small but very well defined and doubly terminated crystal, formed by the faces of the prism and of a dipyramid. We apologize for not offering more information about the locality. The original manuscript label simply indicates North Carolina.
North Caroline  USA

Specimen size: 0.8 × 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2” × 0.2”

RA12N4: From an American classic locality. Although originally labeled as Bravoite in reference to the grayish coating on Pyrite crystals, our analysis didn't confirm the existence of Bravoite. Subsequent consultations also confirm that it is not Bravoite and, even knowing that similar specimens could also contain Molybdenite, this species didn't appear in our analysis.
Gilman, Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.4” × 1.2”

RB64N4: Group of well defined, bright crystals of good color with fibrous aggregates of Pectolite on the back of the piece. It is from a classic American locality.
The sample is with the label of John S. Albanese, (Union, New Jersey) that we'll send to the buyer.
West Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

RM61N4: Very well defined, floater and doubly terminated crystal that has good color. An American classic.
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

RA58N4: The locality, due to its rarity, is the most notable about this piece which has an excellent color.
With a label from Shale`s(Los Angeles) that we'll send to the buyer.
Trinidad, Baja California  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.7 × 3.5 × 1 cm = 2.2” × 1.4” × 0.4”

RH63N4: From a very uncommon locality, an Alpine classic. The crystal, a floater, has a termination of partially chloritized faces and the other healed. Good color and luster.
Pollux Mountain, Zermatt, Matter Valley, Valais  Switzerland (1952)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”

RX60N4: Very well defined and isolated crystals of good color and transparency, with Calcite and on matrix.
Arhbar Mine, Bou-Azzer  Morocco (±1979)

Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm = 1.3” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

RY58N4: Small crystal with very well defined faces and edges. It is transparent and bright and it is from probably the most classical locality for the species.
Rio Piracicaba, (São Miguel de Piracicaba), Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 1.4 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” × 0.4”