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Carles Curto Text: Carles Curto (curator of the Geology Museum, Barcelona ) & Jordi Fabre
Assistance from John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White


USA


Rutile with Pyrophyllite
Rutile with Pyrophyllite. Front
Front
Rutile with Pyrophyllite. Rear
Rear
Rutile with Pyrophyllite. Top
Top

AE48N4: Very sharp crystal, twinned, unusually acute for a sample from Graves Mountains. It is very bright and it is on matrix.
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia  USA

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”


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Enargite with Pyrite and Quartz
Enargite with Pyrite and Quartz

AR52N4: An excellent cluster of crystals, very representative both for the species and the locality, A classic of the American mineralogy. With small crystals of Pyrite and on matrix.
Ex Folch collection whose autographed label we'll send to the buyer with the Silvane collection label.
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana  USA (±1948)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.5 × 4.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.4” × 1.8”

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


Enargite with Pyrite and Quartz. Front
Front
Enargite with Pyrite and Quartz. Side
Side
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MEXICO & CANADA


Mexico

Wulfenite with Calcite
Wulfenite with Calcite. Wulfenite with Calcite.

AP13N4: Uncommon crystalline forms for the locality. The crystals, very rich in forms, have slight curvatures and color zoning and are partially coated by white globular Calcite.
Los Lamentos, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.9 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 0.9”

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

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


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Canada

Analcime with Aegirine

AL46N4: Esthetic growth of clean and bright very well defined crystals, one of them clearly dominant. The black acicular crystals are Aegirine.
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quιbec  Canada

Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.4” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.3 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”


Analcime with Aegirine. Front
Front
Analcime with Aegirine. Top
Top
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Vesuvianite
Vesuvianite. Front
Front
Vesuvianite. Rear
Rear
Vesuvianite.

AB89N4: Group of crystals of very good color, very uniform, and excellent transparency. Furthermore, a lot of the crystals on the group are doubly terminated. A floater.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Quιbec  Canada (1998)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 3 × 2 cm = 2.6” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 0.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.2”


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FSU


Calcite with Stilbite

AJ66N4: Crystals very rich in faces but with dominating forms of the prism and the terminal rhombohedron. They are absolutely clear and extraordinarily bright and are esthetically situated on a matrix of yellowish crystals of Stilbite.
Sokolovskiy Mine, Rudny Altai, Kostanai Oblast  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 7.8 × 7.4 × 3.1 cm = 3.1” × 2.9” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Calcite with Stilbite. Calcite with Stilbite.
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Calcite with Hedenbergite
Calcite with Hedenbergite. Front
Front
Calcite with Hedenbergite. Rear
Rear
Calcite with Hedenbergite.

AG96N4: Uniaxial growth of scalenohedral crystals of Calcite with very well defined faces and edges, rich in secondary faces and curious growths of Hedenbergite on the lower part of the piece, similar to small dark trunks partially included in the Calcite.
Vyerkhniy Mine, Dalnjegorsk, Primorskij Kraj  Russia

Specimen size: 9.6 × 3.7 × 3 cm = 3.8” × 1.5” × 1.2”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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MOROCCO


Epidote with Quartz

AR16N4: Fan groups of very well defined crystals with excellent terminations, color and luster, on a matrix of small crystals of Quartz.
Imilchil, Anti-Atlas  Morocco (02/2005)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 2.3” × 1.1” × 0.8”


Epidote with Quartz. Front
Front
Epidote with Quartz. Top
Top
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Calcite with Pyrite
Calcite with Pyrite.
Calcite with Pyrite.

AZ6N4: Group of fine laminar crystals of Calcite of hexagonal shape, with color zoning and small recrystallizations of the same Calcite in some areas of the piece. The crystals are on a Quartz matrix with small Pyrite crystals.
El Hamman, Meknes  Morocco

Specimen size: 9.3 × 5.4 × 4.2 cm = 3.7” × 2.1” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.8 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Twinned Cerussite

AG27N4: Group of crystals showing the well known "butterfly" twins. They are on matrix and have an excellent smoky color and are extraordinarily bright.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco (1998)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Twinned Cerussite.
Twinned Cerussite.
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Erythrite with Quartz
Erythrite with Quartz.
Erythrite with Quartz.

AR37N4: Groups of very well defined crystals of excellent luster and color, on a metallic matrix and an unusual association with white crystals of Quartz.
Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (1990)

Specimen size: 12 × 7.4 × 5.9 cm = 4.7” × 2.9” × 2.3”

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


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AFRICA


Carrollite with Chalcopyrite and Calcite

AT46N4: Big octahedral crystal of Carrollite of very well defined and bright faces with very well marked triangular forms of growth. Very unusual is the presence of abundant and very well defined crystals of Chalcopyrite that have grown epigenetically on the Carrollite. On Calcite matrix.
Kamoya South Mine, Kambove  Congo D.R. (07/2002)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.3 × 4.5 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.8”


Carrollite with Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Front
Front
Carrollite with Chalcopyrite and Calcite. Top
Top
Carrollite with Chalcopyrite and Calcite.
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SOUTH AMERICA (excl. Brazil)


Pyrite with Siderite
Pyrite with Siderite.

AE36N4: Very aerial growth of octahedral crystal with diploid faces, unusual for Pyrite. The matrix of the piece is two lenticular crystals of Siderite.
Tres Cruces, Potosν  Bolivia (1999)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.6 × 3.1 cm = 2.1” × 1.0” × 1.2”

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


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Quartz (Amethyst) with Calcite

AR17N4: Growth of very bright and deep colored small crystals, with small white crystals of Calcite on their surface and on matrix.
Cantera La Bolsa, Paraje La Bolsa, Artigas  Uruguay (04/2006)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.3 × 7 cm = 3.1” × 2.5” × 2.8”

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


Quartz (Amethyst) with Calcite. Front
Front
Quartz (Amethyst) with Calcite. Rear
Rear
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CHINA


Ferberite with Fluorite and Muscovite
Ferberite with Fluorite and Muscovite. Ferberite with Fluorite and Muscovite.

AL76N4: Well defined crystals of Ferberite with very acute terminations. They are bright, with interpenetrated sheets of Muscovite and octahedral crystals of Fluorite with small cube faces.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.5 × 7.2 cm = 3.0” × 2.6” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 3.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.4”


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Cinnabar with Dolomite and Quartz

AH66N4: Prismatic crystals of cinnabar of hexagonal contour and flat terminations, with excellent color and luster, on a Dolomite and Quartz matrix.
Chatian, Fenghua, Hunan  China

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.9 × 3.9 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 1.5”

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


Cinnabar with Dolomite and Quartz. Cinnabar with Dolomite and Quartz.
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Cassiterite with Beryl
Cassiterite with Beryl.

AA90N4: Group of black twinned crystals of excellent luster and very well defined forms. They are with small tabular crystals of Beryl.
Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China

Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.9 × 2.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”


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ASIA


Spinel with Calcite

AM97N4: Group of crystals of excellent color, luster and transparency, on Calcite matrix. The main crystal clearly shows, on its upper part, the twin that is named for the species.
Pein Pyit, Mogok, Mandalay  Myanmar (2003)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.9” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.4 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”

Fluorescent long & short UV


Spinel with Calcite. Spinel with Calcite.
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