Initial Munich 2009 Update

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TM96P4: Group on matrix of twinned crystals. They are very well defined, bright and have translucent edges. Some crystals have minor scratches or dings.
San Antonio section, Viloco Mine, Loayza, La Paz  Bolivia (01/2008)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.9” × 2.2” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.4 cm = 0.9” × 0.6”

EL86P4: Group on matrix of complex, twinned crystals that have a dark honey color and stand up on a rich growth of microcrystals of Rhodochrosite of very clear color.
Mina Santa Rita, 4300 m.↑, Morococha, Yauli, Junín  Peru (21/06/2007)

Specimen size: 21.5 × 11.8 × 5 cm = 8.5” × 4.6” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”

EF99P4: Groups and single crystals of very bright Stibnite with good terminations, partially included in a big discoid crystal of Calcite, yellow and translucent.
Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 8.5 × 8.3 × 5.9 cm = 3.3” × 3.3” × 2.3”

ET50P4: Groups of crystals with very well marked curvatures that confer on them a curious mushroom shape. The Arsenopyrite is on matrix of very neat crystals of Quartz.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou, Hunan  China (±2005)

Specimen size: 12 × 8.8 × 7.3 cm = 4.7” × 3.5” × 2.9”

EC14P4: Radial sprays of white acicular crystals on Stilbite matrix. The sample is from a locality not well known until recently. The specimen has been carefully analyzed in order to confirm the species. With the sample we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 12 × 10 × 7.5 cm = 4.7” × 3.9” × 3.0”

EB26P4: Radial sprays of white acicular crystals on Stilbite matrix. The sample is from a locality not well known until recently. The specimen has been carefully analyzed in order to confirm the species. With the sample we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.6 × 10.3 × 7.5 cm = 4.6” × 4.1” × 3.0”

EA36P4: Radial sprays of white acicular crystals on Stilbite matrix. The sample is from a locality not well known until recently. The specimen has been carefully analyzed in order to confirm the species. With the sample we’ll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 11.8 × 9.7 × 7.3 cm = 4.6” × 3.8” × 2.9”

AC16P4: Arborescent growth, very esthetic, of thin, elongated crystals with well defined faces and edges. We also note the locality, an American classic for Silver.
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.6” × 0.3”

AC36P4: Group of prismatic, bright, and very well defined crystals that forms parallel growths partially coated by small rosettes of Siderite crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Level 2, Beira Baixa  Portugal

Specimen size: 5 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.8” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.3” × 0.9”

AM64P4: An European classic for the species. The crystals, with slightly curved edges and on matrix, are doubly terminated and have the brown-salmon color, typical for the locality.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate  Germany

Specimen size: 2.8 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.7”

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

AK60P4: Group of sharp dodecahedral crystals of Magnetite with very well defined faces and edges, partially overgrown by scalenohedral crystals of Calcite and small crystals of Epidote.
Dashkesan  Azerbaijan Republik

Specimen size: 5.3 × 4.5 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 1.8” × 0.9”

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

AY98P4: Group of crystals, the main one doubly terminated, on matrix and with Calcite crystals. The specimen has the highest possible quality for the locality.
Dodo Mine, Tyumenskaya Oblast, Polar Urals  Russia (04/2000)

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.6” × 0.4”

AA61P4: Groups and isolated tabular crystals. They are very well defined and have extraordinary color and luster.
ACF shaft, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.3” × 0.6”

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

AQ60P4: Very sharp tabular crystals of Barite, very complete, with very well defined faces and edges and implanted on a thin matrix of Malachite.
Shangulowe Mine, Shangulowe  Congo D.R.

Specimen size: 9.5 × 5 × 2 cm = 3.7” × 2.0” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

AP60P4: Globular aggregates of crystals of primary Malachite on Chrysocolla and on Limonite matrix.
Mashamba West Mine, Shaba  Congo D.R.

Specimen size: 7.8 × 5.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.1” × 2.1” × 1.9”

AH12P4: Groups of complex and twinned crystals of Sphalerite (Spinel law twin) with fine triangular growth forms, bright, with very well defined faces and edges, with Pyrite and Quartz and on matrix.
Mina Huanzala, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huánuco  Peru

Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.3 × 5 cm = 3.4” × 2.9” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8” × 0.7”

AD37P4: Globular growth of Fluorite partially covered by white Opal and on matrix of crystallized Quartz.
Mahodari, Nasik, Maharashtra  India (2003)

Specimen size: 9.2 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm = 3.6” × 1.4” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.1” × 1.1”

AK86P4: The crystals are formed by a sharp prism and a very acute dipyramid and are very transparent and bright. They also present a neat geometrical zoning of greenish yellow color on the area of the prism. On Quartz matrix, the two main crystals are doubly terminated.
Jalgaon, Maharashtra  India (04/1994)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 4.3 cm = 3.4” × 2.4” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 4 × 1.1 cm = 1.6” × 0.4”