Ste. Marie 2009 Update

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EA64N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals, most of them doubly terminated, of excellent transparency and luster and a very deep color. They are on matrix, with Actinolite (Byssolite). From a recent find in probably the most classical locality for the species.
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg  Austria (03/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.9 × 2 cm = 2.4” × 1.5” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 0.5 cm = 1.7” × 0.2”

EB61N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent sample, a group of long prismatic crystals with very good terminations. They have notable transparency and luster, and a very deep color. They are on matrix, with Actinolite (Byssolite). We must point out the very noticeable bending of the main crystal at the left, with a continuous curvature on the center one. From a recent find in probably the most classical locality for the species.
Knappenwand, Untersulzbachtal, Salzburg  Austria (03/2009)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.3” × 0.9” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 1.3 cm = 2.9” × 0.5”

EM14N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual.
Ambanja, Diana, Antsiranana  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 3.1 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.2”

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

EP46N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual.
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Diana, Antsiranana  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.7 × 1.9 cm = 1.1” × 1.1” × 0.7”

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

EQ66N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual.
This specimen was published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 90, page 42.
Antetezambato, Ambanja, Diana, Antsiranana  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.0” × 0.9” × 0.6”

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

ER86N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual.
Ambanja, Diana, Antsiranana  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.9 × 2.2 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 0.9”

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

ET47N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual.
Ambanja, Diana, Antsiranana  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 3.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 0.7”

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

EV57N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual.
This specimen was published in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 90, page 42.
Ambanja, Diana, Antsiranana  Madagascar (05-06/2009)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.7” × 1.4” × 1.1”

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

TZ11N8: Small doubly terminated crystal. It is pink and transparent and on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 2.9 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 1.1” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 1 cm = 0.1” × 0.4”

TX11N8: Small doubly terminated crystals. They are of intense pink color, very transparent and on a group of Quartz crystals. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.4 × 1.6 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

TC61N8: Small doubly terminated crystals. They are of intense pink color, very transparent and stand on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 4.4 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 1.7” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TB11N8: Small doubly terminated crystal, transparent and of deep pink color. It is on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 2.6 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 1.0” × 0.4” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

TY11N8: Small doubly terminated crystal, transparent and of deep pink color. It is on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 1.3” × 0.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.2” × 0.0”

TE61N8: Small doubly terminated crystal, transparent and of deep pink color. It is on a Quartz crystal. From a recent and lucky find at this classic locality.
Brumado, Bahía  Brazil (10-11/2008)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.3 × 1 cm = 1.4” × 0.5” × 0.4”

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

TP36N8: Group of crystals whose forms are better defined than usual in such specimens. They have a nice color and are on smoky Quartz matrix.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil (02/2009)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.2 × 3.3 cm = 2.3” × 1.7” × 1.3”

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

EC90N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Excellent arborescent growth of native Silver, very aerial, with attractive curvature and on matrix, with Calcite and Galena.
Mina Uchucchacua, Oyón, Departamento Lima  Peru (02/2009)

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.0” × 0.6”

KV97N8: Big crystals with parallel growths and a partially melted look, with Chalcopyrite and with small crystals of Galena, Quartz and Calcite.
The sample is from the collection of James Catmur and we'll send the label to the buyer.
Casapalca, Huarochiri, Departamento Lima  Peru (±1986)

Specimen size: 14 × 8.3 × 5.9 cm = 5.5” × 3.3” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3 cm = 1.4” × 1.2”

EK26N8: Complex crystals of deep honey color. Of a considerable size for the locality, they are on a matrix partially coated by Rhodochrosite.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (21/06/2007)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 7.7 × 5.9 cm = 4.6” × 3.0” × 2.3”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

ET88N8: Esthetic group of rhombohedral crystals of a very deep pink color, on a matrix of Quartz crystals.
Mina Manuelita, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (10/07/2007)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.3 × 5.2 cm = 4.6” × 4.4” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”