Pre-Tucson 2012 Update

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EY7V0: Aggregate of tabular crystals (poker chip habit) with hexagonal shape and triangular growth forms on the pinacoid. They have a very well defined color zoning, white on the terminations and creamy in the center.
Mina San Bartolo, Charcas, San Luis Potosí  Mexico (1970-1980)

Specimen size: 12.6 × 7.8 × 4.6 cm = 5.0” × 3.1” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.4” × 1.0”

EC46V0: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite with a deeper color in the center and clearer on the crystal terminations. They are on a limonite matrix, with fanlike aggregates of colorless and transparent crystals of Hemimorfite.
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Durango  Mexico (±1970)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.4 × 3.4 cm = 3.9” × 2.1” × 1.3”

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

AG96V0: Groups of Vesuvianite crystals showing two well differentiated crystal generations; the first one with large yellow and transparent crystals, some of them doubly terminated, and the second, with small crystals with a very deep violet color.
The sample is from the Silvane collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Québec  Canada (07/2002)

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

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 1.1 cm = 1.1” × 0.4”

MB6V0: Fanlike aggregates of laminar crystals of Semseyite that are very well defined and bright. They are on a matrix of Galena, with very bright crystals of black Sphalerite.
Herja Mine, Herja, Maramures  Rumania (1970-1973)

Specimen size: 3 × 2.2 × 1.1 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.4”

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

MF46V0: Very aerial group of flattened elongated crystals with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, bright and with a slightly bluish green color.
The sample is from the Tiziano Bonisoli collection (number 6383) whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Alpe delle Frasse, Condove, Val di Susa, Torino, Piemonte  Italy (±1990)

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.1” × 0.9” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MC87V0: Arborescent growths of thin prismatic crystals with brownish yellow color, slightly tapered and with marked hollow terminations. They are bright and have an unusual color for the locality, where the brown crystals tend to be darker.
Mine des Farges, Ussel, Corrèze  France

Specimen size: 5.1 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.0” × 1.8” × 1.3”

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

EF27V0: Aggregate of very sharp crystals of Erythrite, some of them doubly terminated, partially coated by Quartz and with small very well defined crystals of Skutterudite in the back side.
Agoudal Centre Quarry, Bou Azzer area, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate  Morocco (04-05/2010)

Specimen size: 4.3 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.7” × 0.9” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

ED68V0: Group of short prismatic crystals, rich in faces, between transparent and translucent, with a lemon yellow color and on Galena matrix. The sample is from a very classic locality for the species. Only very rarely is it possible to obtain old samples of this quality, and still more infrequently with a yellow color. It’s from a well known European collection whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Sidi Amor ben Salem Mine, Slata, Tajerouine  Tunisia

Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.3” × 1.2” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

MM14V0: Doubly terminated crystal of Aegirine with pyramidal faces on one of the terminations and polycrystalline growth on the opposite end. It’s on a doubly terminated crystal of Quartz, colorless and transparent in the prism and neatly deep smoky on the terminations, one of them with a group of small crystals of Aegirine.
Mount Malosa, Zomba  Malawi

Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm = 2.6” × 1.5” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 6.5 × 0.5 cm = 2.6” × 0.2”

EX17V0: Aggregate on matrix of extremely sharp and flattened prismatic crystals. They have a clear salmon-pink color. One of the nice surprises offered by the mineralogy of Inner Mongolia in the past year 2011.
This specimen was photographed for the ‘Mineralientage München 2011’ section of the magazine ‘Mineralien Welt’ and appears on page 18 of number 1/2012 and also in the magazine ‘Rivista Mineralogica Italiana’ on page 260 in number 2011/4
Chaobuleng Mine, Dongwu Qí, Xilinguole, Inner Mongolia A. R.  China (2011)

Specimen size: 7.4 × 6.8 × 4.7 cm = 2.9” × 2.7” × 1.9”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

EF7V0: Aggregate of crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with slightly curved faces and edges. They are bright, with deep green color and most of them with yellow color zoning on the tips.
Daoping Mine, Guilin, Guangxi  China (2000)

Specimen size: 5.6 × 5.1 × 2.5 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 1.0”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”

MZ14V0: Two groups of Cavansite crystals with very well defined faces and edges, forming a bow on a floater rhombohedral crystal of Calcite, yellow and translucent. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.9” × 0.5” × 0.4”

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

MX76V0: Group of very sharp crystals of Cavansite with a very intense color and luster and some of them doubly terminated, with four rhombohedral crystals of Calcite, transparent and with a clear yellow color. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.1 × 1.8 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.6” × 0.2”

MY27V0: Floater spheroidal aggregate of Cavansite crystals with a very intense color and luster, with four very acute rhombohedral crystals of Calcite that are transparent, with vivid yellow color. One of the few samples found with this association.
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra  India (2008)

Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.5” × 0.2”