Initial Munich 2009 Update

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NC26P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is very neat, rounded and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains. On the upper part some very rounded crystalline shapes are preserved.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008)

Specimen size: 0.8 × 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.3” × 0.1”

ND56P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is very neat, rounded and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains. On its surface some rounded crystalline shapes are preserved.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008)

Specimen size: 1 × 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.1”

NX66P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is rough, rich of forms and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains. Over all its surface some crystalline shapes are preserved.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008)

Specimen size: 1.1 × 1 × 0.2 cm = 0.4” × 0.4” × 0.1”

NB49P4: A novelty at Munich 2009. The locality was known in 2004 for its Gold pebbles but it has been public only very recently. The pebble is very neat, rounded and has empty zones probably corresponding to disappeared Quartz grains and in its surface some quite big, nearly rounded, crystalline forms are preserved.
This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2009 Munich Show in the magazine ‘Le Règne Minéral’ number 90, page 27.
Sierra de la Chimenea, Talarrubias-Casas de Don Pedro, Badajoz  Spain (2004-2008)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.4” × 0.3”

NZ58P4: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Quartz with slight curvatures on the prism edges and on matrix. Their characteristic brown color seems due to indeterminate inclusions. The matrix is also brown Calcite and has been partially dissolved by acid to expose the crystals.
Brañes, Oviedo, Asturias  Spain (2009)

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

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

NC58P4: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Quartz with slight curvatures on the prism edges and on matrix. Their characteristic brown color seems due to indeterminate inclusions. The matrix is also brown Calcite and has been partially dissolved by acid to expose the crystals.
Brañes, Oviedo, Asturias  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 4.1 × 2.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.6” × 1.1” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.4”

NJ9P4: Group of crystals of Quartz with slight curvatures on the prism edges and on matrix. Their characteristic brown color seems due to indeterminate inclusions. The matrix is also brown Calcite and has been partially dissolved by acid to expose the crystals.
Brañes, Oviedo, Asturias  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.7” × 1.2” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.9” × 0.3”

NF59P4: Group of doubly terminated crystals of Quartz with slight curvatures on the prism edges and on matrix. Their characteristic brown color seems due to indeterminate inclusions. The matrix is also brown Calcite and has been partially dissolved by acid to expose the crystals.
Brañes, Oviedo, Asturias  Spain (2009)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm = 1.8” × 1.2” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.4”

NF7P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 3.6 × 1.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.4” × 0.7” × 1.3”

NA8P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix, with hollows and channels showing drusy crystals on their surfaces. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.2 × 3.9 cm = 1.3” × 0.5” × 1.5”

NB58P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix, with hollows and channels showing drusy crystals on their surfaces. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.4 × 3.1 cm = 1.4” × 0.6” × 1.2”

ND9P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.4 × 4.6 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 1.8”

NG59P4: A very uniform light green concretion on slate matrix. The locality is not very well known for this species.
Bercianos de Aliste, Zamora, Castilla y León  Spain (±1999)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.6 × 4.8 cm = 1.1” × 1.0” × 1.9”

ET72P4: Polycrystalline growth of pentadodecahedral (pyritohedral) crystals of very well defined faces and edges on leafy Hematite and in rocky matrix. A classic of quality from the end of the sixties and beginnings of seventies.
Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba  Italy (±1960)

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.3 × 6.4 cm = 3.0” × 2.9” × 2.5”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 6.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.7”

MC64P4: The crystals, with Calcite and on matrix, are very sharp, transparent and bright and have a very clear and uniform color.
Cava Capurru, Osilo, Sassari, Sardegna  Italy (01/05/2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.4 × 3.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.4”

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

EM46P4: A fan group of very elongated prismatic crystals with complex terminations, very bright and with a group of white Feldspar crystals (probably Microcline) partially covered by small doubly terminated crystals of Zircon on the base of the sample. For their luster and size of crystals this is an exceptional piece.
Mount Malosa, Zomba  Malawi (04/2009)

Specimen size: 17.5 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 6.9” × 1.5” × 1.1”

DR67P4: Divergent group of crystals better defined and more elongated than usual in this kind of sample. Color and luster are, furthermore, excellent.
The piece is with a label from the former collection: Kern Material, that we’ll send to the buyer.
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais  Brazil

Specimen size: 4.3 × 3.4 × 2.3 cm = 1.7” × 1.3” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

MD13P4: Very aerial and esthetic group of three transparent crystals of a color between green and blue and with small crystals of Albite. In very good condition, all terminations are complete except one which is fixed to the metacrylate base.
Pederneira Mine, São José da Safira, Minas Gerais  Brazil (1995)

Specimen size: 6.9 × 4.3 × 1.6 cm = 2.7” × 1.7” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 6 × 0.7 cm = 2.4” × 0.3”

MG16P4: A very rich group of small crystals of Huréaulite, well defined and of excellent color, very deep, and lustrous, partially coated by dark small crystals of Reddingite and on a matrix very rich in Rockbridgeite.
Cigana Mine (ex-Jocão Mine), Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (08-09/2006)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.9 × 4.2 cm = 2.3” × 1.5” × 1.7”

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

TE13P4: Blue Strengite with small red crystals of Variscite (a species that very rarely crystallizes) and Albite.
Boa Vista Mine, Galiléia, Minas Gerais  Brazil (2006)

Specimen size: 10.1 × 8.1 × 4.3 cm = 4.0” × 3.2” × 1.7”