Ste. Marie 2009 Update

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TG76N8: The sample is from the type locality. It has radial and globular groups on matrix. The crystals have an excellent luster and an intense yellow color.
Mina Flor de Peña, Lampazos, Nuevo León  Mexico

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

TV14N8: Dipyramidal very sharp Wulfenite crystals with curvatures on the edges and good color. They are with green botryoidal Mimetite and on Limonite matrix.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.1 × 2.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 0.8”

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

TZ26N8: Doubly terminated prismatic crystals of Wulfenite, with flat pinacoidal terminations. They have excellent color with a curious orange zoning in their center. They are with small green crystals of Mimetite and on Limonite matrix.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 3.1 cm = 2.5” × 1.7” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TQ6N8: Short prismatic crystals of Wulfenite, some of them doubly terminated, with flat pinacoidal terminations, with green botryoidal Mimetite and on Limonite matrix.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 7.2 × 4 cm = 3.8” × 2.8” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TR76N8: Doubly terminated crystals of Wulfenite with flat pinacoidal terminations. They have excellent color and a curious orange zoning in their center. They are with small green crystals of Mimetite and are on Limonite matrix.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 9.1 × 6.9 × 3.3 cm = 3.6” × 2.7” × 1.3”

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

TF12N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Very aerial dodecahedral crystal of very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.9 cm = 0.9” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TF13N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Two crystals that combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.3 ×  0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.5” × 0.3”

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

TG13N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. A crystal that combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystal has a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.4”

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

TG14N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystal combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TJ16N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystal combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 1.7 cm = 1.0” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TQ36N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 2.3 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 0.9”

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

TD46N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 1.0”

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

TB56N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystal combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 1.0”

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

TK66N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystal combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 1.0”

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

TY76N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 4.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.9” × 0.9”

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

TT76N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 8.1 × 5.3 × 2.7 cm = 3.2” × 2.1” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TZ96N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.1 × 1.6 cm = 2.4” × 1.6” × 0.6”

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

TV17N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Ste. Marie 2009 in the Russian magazine ‘Mineral Observer’ on page 60 in the volume 14, number 3.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 3.1” × 2.6” × 1.5”

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

TH27N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystal combines a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” × 0.8”

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

TE47N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Two crystals that combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix. The species has been accurately analyzed.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 280 in number 2009/4
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.4 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 0.6” × 0.8”

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

TX28N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 6.8 × 6.7 × 4.5 cm = 2.7” × 2.6” × 1.8”

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

TP49N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 10.9 × 6.4 × 4.6 cm = 4.3” × 2.5” × 1.8”

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

TR50N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. The crystals combine a dominant dodecahedron with the trapezohedron. The crystals have a very deep green color, excellent transparency and luster, contrasting with a white amphibole matrix with Serpentine. The species has been accurately analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 13.5 × 8.3 × 4.2 cm = 5.3” × 3.3” × 1.7”

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