January 2010 Update

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TV96P8: Complex equidimensional crystals, very rich in faces, growing on an early generation of smaller crystals primarily covering a stalactitic growth of a mineral that has disappeared, maybe Limonite?. A very esthetic piece. The sample is from J. Catmur collection and the label indicates that it was acquired in 1994.
Mina El Potosí, Santa Eulalia, Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua  Mexico (±1994)

Specimen size: 14 × 10 × 3.5 cm = 5.5” × 3.9” × 1.4”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”

HF27P8: Group of crystals of good size, thick, with unusual very acute terminations of velvety luster and very bright, not cleaved, lateral faces with subtle polycrystalline growths. The sample is with a numbered collection label without a name reference.
Minas da Panasqueira, Level 2, Beira Baixa  Portugal

Specimen size: 12.7 × 5.9 × 3.8 cm = 5.0” × 2.3” × 1.5”

MP6P8: A super classic from a classic European locality. Crystals are trapezohedral, brownish and form the typical dense aggregates for which the locality is known.
Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Caras-Severin County  Rumania

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.7 × 7.8 cm = 3.9” × 2.6” × 3.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

EK66P8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals with a dominant pinacoid, a thin prism and dipyramidal faces. Color and luster are excellent. The group is on a small matrix of Barite.
ACF shaft, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 3.1 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm = 1.2” × 0.7” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.4” × 0.3”

EJ66P8: Very aerial group of thin tabular crystals, one of them, the biggest, with a dominant pinacoid, a thin prism and dipyramidal faces. Color and luster are excellent. The group is on a small matrix of Barite.
ACF shaft, Mibladen, Midelt  Morocco (01/2009)

Specimen size: 3.3 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 1.3” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

NR56P8: Botryoidal and spherical growths of small acicular crystals of Shattuckite with a single Dioptase crystal that has an excellent color and luster and very well defined faces and edges.
Tantara Mine, Kakounde, Likasi, Shaba  Congo D.R.

Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.9” × 1.3”

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

MM13P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.6 × 2.9 × 2.3 cm = 1.8” × 1.1” × 0.9”

MN13P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm = 1.9” × 1.0” × 0.7”

ME26P8: Deeply striated crystals with very well defined rhombohedral terminations. This feature gives the group a distinct velvet luster and an attractive clear greenish color. The sample is from Pirineus Mine, currently closed.
Lavra Pirineus, Monte Belo, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais  Brazil (±1995)

Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.9” × 1.1” × 0.8”

EB27P8: Lenticular crystal formed by an extremely flattened rhombohedron and a thin prism. It has very well defined faces and edges, is bright and translucent, of yellow color, and is on matrix. It has, as an inclusion, a Stibnite crystal at the bottom of the Calcite crystal.
Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan  China (2009)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 5.3 × 3.9 cm = 2.6” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 5.4 × 5.3 cm = 2.1” × 2.1”

TV90P8: Parallel growth of translucent crystals of Scheelite. It is honey yellow and has an excellent luster. On a Muscovite matrix, it has the unusual presence of two sharp, water-clear crystals of Fluorite, cubes with minor octahedral faces.
Shaobaodin Mountains, Pingwu, Sichuan  China (2007)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.7 × 4.7 cm = 2.3” × 1.9” × 1.9”

MM6P8: Very acute and aerial growth of elongated and flattened crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Stilbite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.5” × 1.5” × 1.3”

MN86P8: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Stilbite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 1.5”

MP96P8: Centered growths of very thin and elongated, almost acicular, crystals with very well defined faces and edges, excellent color and luster. On a basaltic matrix with white crystals of Stilbite. The sample has been analyzed and we'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (09/2009)

Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.7 × 2.2 cm = 1.8” × 1.5” × 0.9”

MB11P8: A novelty from Munich 2009. Very aerial yellowish globular growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a Heulandite matrix and with (analyzed) Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 6.4 × 6.1 × 5.7 cm = 2.5” × 2.4” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.1”

MC14P8: A novelty from Munich 2009. Yellowish globular growths of acicular crystals of Mesolite on a Heulandite matrix and with (analyzed) Laumontite.
Kannad, Aurangabad, Maharashtra  India (08/2009)

Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.6”

Main crystal size: 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.6” × 1.3”