Initial Tucson 2010 Update

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TA47P9: The sample is from the Flor de Peña Mine, the type locality. The small crystals with very well defined faces and edges, form sheaf like growths on a matrix partially coated by botryoidal yellowish-white Smithsonite. Color and luster of the Legrandite crystals are excellent.
Mina Flor de Peña, Lampazos, Nuevo León  Mexico

Specimen size: 8 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 3.1” × 1.6” × 1.5”

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

TA13P9: Well individualized crystals of Wulfenite consisting of a single prism and the pinacoid. They have an excellent color and luster and are implanted on a Limonite matrix partially coated by globular growths of green Mimetite.
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 4.6 × 4.2 cm = 2.4” × 1.8” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

TY26P9: Well individualized crystals of Wulfenite, some of them doubly terminated, consisting of a single prism with slight curvatures on their edges, and the pinacoid. Color and luster are very good and they are on a matrix of Limonite with small globular growths of green Mimetite.
San Juan Poniente, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 6 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm = 2.4” × 2.1” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

TD47P9: Well individualized crystals of Wulfenite, some of them doubly terminated, consisting of a single prism with slight curvatures on their edges, and the pinacoid. The crystals, on a matrix of Limonite, have good color and luster.
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8.6 × 5.7 × 3.4 cm = 3.4” × 2.2” × 1.3”

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

TA67P9: Well individualized crystals of Wulfenite, some of them doubly terminated, consisting of a single prism with slight curvatures on their edges, and the pinacoid. The crystals, on a matrix of Limonite, have good color and luster.
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.9 × 1.8 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

TT77P9: An aggregate very rich of Wulfenite crystals formed by a single prism with slight curvatures of their edges, and the pinacoid. The crystals, on Limonite matrix, have very good color and luster.
San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (2008)

Specimen size: 8.4 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 3.3” × 2.3” × 1.5”

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

TG9P9: A fine miniature of tabular crystals with an uncommon (on this locality) deep reddish-orange color and an extraordinary luster. A classic from Los Lamentos.
Los Lamentos, Chihuahua  Mexico

Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3” × 0.1”

EG9P9: The samples of Chabazite (probably Chabazite-Ca) from this locality are scarce. The crystals, on matrix, are small, with a pseudocubic appearance, good transparency and luster and slightly pinkish color, contrasting with the white crystals of Heulandite.
Two Islands, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia  Canada

Specimen size: 5 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 2.0” × 1.2” × 0.7”

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

EG59P9: The crystals from this not so well known locality are on matrix, are trapezohedral and are white with yellowish shades in some areas of the piece.
Wasson Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia  Canada

Specimen size: 7 × 3.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.8” × 1.5” × 1.1”

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

EB13P9: Isolated and grouped crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 1.1” × 0.7” × 0.5”

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

ED13P9: A single crystal and a group of crystals having the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 3 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.2” × 0.7” × 0.6”

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

EM14P9: Isolated and grouped crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color and are on a Serpentine matrix partially coated by a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 6 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 2.4” × 1.3” × 1.1”

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

EA14P9: Isolated crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color and are on a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 7 × 5 × 4.8 cm = 2.8” × 2.0” × 1.9”

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

EV16P9: Isolated crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color and are on a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 1.0”

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

ED16P9: Isolated and grouped crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 7 × 5.7 × 2.8 cm = 2.8” × 2.2” × 1.1”

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

EF16P9: An excellent miniature with a dominant very aerial crystal that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. It has an excellent transparency and luster and is of very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.5”

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

EQ26P9: Isolated and grouped crystals that have the dominant form of the dodecahedron modified by the trapezohedron. They have an excellent transparency and luster and are of very deep green color that contrasts with a matrix rich with a white, indeterminate amphibole. The species has been properly analyzed.
Jeffrey Quarry, ↓200 m., Asbestos, Québec  Canada (25/04/2009)

Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 2 cm = 1.9” × 1.7” × 0.8”

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

MT13P9: Parallel growth of sharp octahedral crystals of Fluorite of lilac color and with very well defined faces and edges. The matrix is a group of crystals of Orthoclase with small crystals of Albite and leafy aggregates of Mica. The locality is not so well known outside of Poland and Germany
Strzegom (Striegau), Swidnica, Silesia  Poland

Specimen size: 12.8 × 7.5 × 3.7 cm = 5.0” × 3.0” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.6” × 0.5”

MM62P9: Small crystals of Galena with very well defined faces and edges, forming the twin following the spinel law on a matrix of so called “book” aggregates of white Barite crystals and with cubic yellow, transparent and bright crystals of Fluorite. An European classic.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Obersachsen  Germany

Specimen size: 7.7 × 5.4 × 4 cm = 3.0” × 2.1” × 1.6”

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

KB56P9: Group on matrix of crystals formed by a hexagonal prism having very prominent curves forming the so called “barrel” habit, typical of this variety of the Mimetite. An English classic.
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England  United Kingdom

Specimen size: 7.4 × 5.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.9” × 2.1” × 1.9”

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

TP16P9: Arborescent growth of prismatic crystals with slightly curved faces and edges and hollow terminations. They are deep green and have a good luster.
Mine des Farges, 150m.↓, Ussel, Corrèze  France (±1974)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.2 × 3 cm = 2.0” × 1.3” × 1.2”