May 2009 Update

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MG27N6: Trapezohedral crystal of Spessartine with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and having an excellent color and standing on a matrix of Mica with brownish Kyanite.
Sangulungulu Hill, Naan, Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Arusha region  Tanzania (2008)

Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

ME63N6: The multiple twinned crystals of Rutile are very bright and sharply defined, and they are doubly terminated. Their matrix is a deformed but complete floater crystal of Hematite-Rutile pseudomorphic after Ilmenite.
Mwinilunga  Zambia (05/2007)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 2.9” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

MA88N6: Globular growths of small crystals of Olmiite whose faces are very well defined and very bright, with two degrees of color, clear cream in some areas and slightly orange in others. On matrix, with small crystals of white Quartz.
N'chwaning II Mine, 45 level, Kuruman  South Africa (10/2008)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.9” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”

TT99N6: Group of nearly transparent bright crystals with excellent color and very well defined terminations. A magnificent representative of the species.
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb  Namibia

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 3.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 1.4”

TV27N6: Group of tabular crystals of hexagonal contour. They are transparent, very bright, and they have a deep pink color that contrasts with the snowy white crystals of the Albite matrix.
Mina La Marina, Pauna, Boyacá  Colombia (2008)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3” × 0.2”

TM47N6: Parallel growth of doubly terminated crystals very different than usual for the locality, resembling Alpine pieces. Thick and neatly transparent, they have a very intense luster and have unidentified inclusions.
Ganesh Himal, Dhading, Bagmati  Nepal (2008)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 4.1” × 2.6” × 1.9”

MB29N6: Cuboctahedral crystal with polycrystalline growths on its faces. It has an abundant variety of internal colors and a residual matrix of Muscovite.
Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern Areas  Pakistan (2008)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 6.5 × 6 cm = 2.6” × 2.6” × 2.4”

TA14N6: Crowded growth of Malachite crystals pseudomorphous after Azurite with minor Limonite fragments. The piece is from an Australian locality that is very rarely represented in worldwide collections.
Sir Dominic Mine, Yudnamutana  Australia (±1980)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.3” × 0.3”

AV47N6: Dendritic growth of small but very sharp crystals of excellent luster and free of alteration. They are with a group of cuboctahedral crystals of red Cuprite.
Ray Mine, Ray district, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 6.5 × 6.2 × 1.5 cm = 2.6” × 2.4” × 0.6”

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

AR68N6: Group of cuboctahedral crystals with a very well defined spinel law twin and with small and thin crystals of frosted Quartz. The piece resembles those from Dalnjegorsk but it is from the famous Bulgarian mining area of Madan.
9 September Mines, Madan, Smolyan, Rhodope Mountains  Bulgaria

Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.3 × 4.8 cm = 4.0” × 2.9” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 5.3 × 3.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.3”

AK76N6: An excellent and interesting miniature. A group of doubly terminated crystals, very transparent, bright and slightly twisted (gwindel) and with parallel growths on terminal faces. A classic Swiss Quartz.
The sample is from the Folch duplicate collection and we'll send his autographed label to the buyer.
Val Giuf, Tavetsch, Grisons  Switzerland

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 1.3” × 1.0” × 0.6”

AP16N6: Group of orange pseudocubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges and on matrix. Quite abundant few years ago, they have now virtually disappeared from the market.
Sokolovskiy Mine, Rudny Altai, Kostanai Oblast  Kazakhstan

Specimen size: 7.7 × 4.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.0” × 1.7” × 1.7”

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

AF77N6: Group of relatively small crystals on Limonite matrix. They are transparent, extraordinarily bright and have a very deep blue color. The sample is from a mine that we can now consider historic.
Puit IX, Touissit, Oujda  Morocco

Specimen size: 6.8 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.7” × 1.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.2 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

AJ96N6: Octahedral crystals on matrix, one of them sharp and with very well defined forms. It is very bright, quite transparent and a deep red color. The crystals and the matrix itself are sparsely coated by small concretions of white Calcite.
Mashamba West Mine, Shaba  Congo D.R.

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 6.8 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 2.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

AH16N6: Complete doubly terminated crystal of this uncommon species. It is white, has very well defined faces and edges and has excellent pinacoidal terminations. It stands on a matrix of laminar crystals of Albite (variety Cleavelandite).
Jacupiranga, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.3 × 1.3 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 0.5”

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

AH67N6: Floater group of very thin tabular crystals of Hematite. Extraordinarily bright, they are very rich in side faces, all them perfect.
Mina da Pombas, Serra das Eguas, Brumado, Bahia  Brazil

Specimen size: 4 × 3.6 × 1.1 cm = 1.6” × 1.4” × 0.4”

AC16N6: Doubly terminated crystal of very well defined faces and edges, of excellent color and a considerable degree of transparency. It is on a matrix of snowy crystals of Albite.
Marcel Telirio Mine, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2000)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.8 × 1.6 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

AC86N6: The crystal is small but it has an excellent definition of its faces and edges. It also has excellent luster and dominant indigo blue color (Indicolite variety) with slightly green shadows. The matrix is a fragment of laminar Quartz.
Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.8 × 1.7 cm = 2.9” × 2.3” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”

AC99N6: Dipyramidal crystals of Scheelite with very well defined faces and sharp edges, excellent luster and a very uniform deep orange color. They are on Quartz matrix, with Muscovite.
Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China

Specimen size: 5 × 5 × 3.5 cm = 2.0” × 2.0” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.7”

AE30N6: Parallel growths of bright translucent crystals perfectly defined and free of damage. The matrix is a group of doubly terminated Quartz crystals.
Kharan Mountains, Baluchistan  Pakistan (2005)

Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.1” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

AT63N6: Bow-tie growths of very bright and very well defined white crystals that contrast with the dark basaltic matrix.
The piece is from the Jan Buma collection and we'll send his label to the buyer.
Jalgaon, Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 6.2 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.4” × 1.7”