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Perfect miniature with a finely shaped octahedral crystal, with much more defined faces and edges than usual in specimens from this locality. The front face shows polycrystalline growths, the rest being smooth. The Imiter mine, from which this piece came, exploits silver, and this silver sulfide is one of the ore minerals.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2005)
Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.59” × 0.55”
Price: [SOLD]

SM90CEX: Acanthite

Parallel growths of Acanthite crystals of octahedral habit (pseudomorphs after Argentite), with sharp crystal forms. The specimen comes from the Carles Curto collection (number 2008.25), whose handwritten label and computer file we will send to the buyer.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (±2008)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.6 × 3.7 cm = 1.89” × 1.81” × 1.46”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.24” × 0.20”
Price: €90 / US$95 / ¥14680 / AUD$140

NR56AH4: Acanthite

Arborescent growths, on matrix, of very sharp and bright octahedral crystals that form acute parallel alignments. A very fine sample from the Imiter area.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.5 × 1.1 cm = 1.46” × 0.98” × 0.43”
Price: [SOLD]

6GR96Q5: Acanthite

Very aerial parallel growths of cubic crystals with perfectly sharp faces and edges, partially skeletal. This Acanthite has retained an excellent luster and color, characteristic of specimens from this mine, the Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato Municipality, Mexico.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato Mexico
Specimen size: 1.9 × 1.6 × 0.7 cm = 0.75”

Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.7 cm = 0.31”
Price: [SOLD]

TMA97AN5: Acanthite

Aerial group of cubo-octahedral Acanthite crystals, very shiny and sharp for the species, and with distinct hopper growths on some of the faces. We will send the specimen, from a very classic Mexican locality for Acanthite, in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Proaño Mine, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 0.94” × 0.51” × 0.43”
Price: [SOLD]

EM47AM7: Acanthite

Very aerial group of elongated octahedral Acanthite crystals, with very well defined faces and edges. This highly unusual specimen comes from a reference locality for Fluorite and in which Acanthite is practically unknown.
Fontsante Mine, Tanneron Massif, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France
Specimen size: 2. × 1.4 × 1.2 cm = 0.79” × 0.55” × 0.47”

Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.39” × 0.20”
Price: [SOLD]

TB90AE8: Acanthite

Aerial and very elongated cubo-octahedral crystal, with very well defined and bright faces and edges and window growths on some of the faces.
Proaño Mine, San Carlos vein, Fresnillo de González Echeverría (Fresnillo), Municipio Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico (2016)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 1.4 × 1.8 cm = 1.54” × 0.55” × 0.71”
Price: €540 / US$575 / ¥88100 / AUD$880

TZ71AK9: Acanthite

Two very sharp and lustrous Acanthite crystals, of cubic habit (pseudomorphic after Argentite) with very deep hopper growths. An excellent miniature, a classic of Mexican mineralogy, from an old collection.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato Mexico
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.6 × 2 cm = 1.26” × 1.02” × 0.79”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.9 cm = 0.79” × 0.75”
Price: €580 / US$617 / ¥94630 / AUD$950

EK90AK1: Acanthite

The specimen of great aesthetic finesse, shows a very aerial parallel arborescent growth of sharp octahedral crystals with very well defined crystal forms.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco
Specimen size: 5.2 × 2 × 1.5 cm = 2.05” × 0.79” × 0.59”
Price: [SOLD]

TC13AG1: Acanthite

Monumental, a top specimen. Few Acanthites are as impressive as those from this mine and this one in particular stands out for its extraordinary quality.
The specimen has been published in the book 'China II', by Berthold Ottens, on page 299
Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou, Lingqiu, Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province China (08/2016)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 6.2 × 4 cm = 3.39” × 2.44” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 0.98” × 0.67”
Price: [SOLD]

RY13H8: Acanthite

Good miniature with small crystals, which combine the cube and octahedron, and have well-defined faces and edges. Actually it is very difficult to obtain samples from this classic locality.
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region Chile
Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.4 × 1.1 cm = 0.63” × 0.55” × 0.43”
Price: [SOLD]

RL63J1: Acanthite

Very aerial group of complex crystals, very rich with faces and considerably bright. Although on the label the only locality is Chile, we can presume, by its characteristics, it is from Copiapó area.
The specimen is with a label from the now defunct company Suministros Escolares de Barcelona (SEC). We will send the label to the buyer.
Copiapó, Atacama Chile
Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm = 1.06” × 0.51” × 0.31”

Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.28” × 0.16”
Price: [SOLD]

MT47N6: Acanthite

Very aerial growth of Acanthite crystals pseudomorphic after Argentite. They are cuboctahedral and have bright and very well defined faces and edges.
An excellent miniature from a classic mine and formerly in the thumbnail collection of Thomas P. Moore, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.91” × 0.63”
Price: [SOLD]

EC63G1: Acanthite

The crystals of this group are pseudo-octahedral and very aerial and they have an excellent definition and an especially esthetic disposition.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2005)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.59”
Price: €85 / US$90 / ¥13860 / AUD$130

EH16J7: Acanthite

A perfect miniature with a fine sharp octahedral crystal whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.79” × 0.67” × 0.59”
Price: [SOLD]

MN56K9: Acanthite

Well defined octahedron of Acanthite pseudomorph after Argentite, with two small Acanthite crystals in parallel growth.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.91” × 0.83” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.79” × 0.63”
Price: €155 / US$165 / ¥25280 / AUD$250

MF6J7: Acanthite

A perfect miniature with some fine sharp octahedral crystals, one of them dominant, whose faces and edges are very much defined as usual on the samples from the locality.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.14” × 0.87” × 0.67”
Price: [SOLD]

MK56G5: Acanthite

A very aerial specimen, partially arborescent with crystals that are well developed. The luster of the crystals is more intense than usual.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.71” × 0.35”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.4 cm = 0.43” × 0.16”
Price: [SOLD]

MP86J5: Acanthite

Good miniature. Group of two octahedral crystals, very well defined and of a considerable size for the species.
Imiter Mine, Jebel Saghro, Imiter District, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (09/2005)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 0.94” × 0.87” × 0.67”
Price: [SOLD]

FR76: Acanthite

Unusual form: first elongated crystals and then pseudocubic sharp crystals. As in many other cases in this collection, different from the usual.
La Sirena Mine, 590 level, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato Mexico
Specimen size: 4 × 3.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.57” × 1.26” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.47” × 0.31”
Price: [SOLD]

GQ16Q5: Acanthite

Very aerial group of distorted crystals but they have perfectly defined faces and edges. They have an excellent luster, a characteristic of the samples from this mine.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato Mexico (±1980)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 0.94” × 0.63” × 0.39”
Price: [SOLD]

TPP90AO4: Acanthite (Se-bearing) with Aguilarite, Galena (Ag-bearing), Sphalerite and Selenopolybasite

Group of well defined crystals of Acanthite (selenium-bearing variety), lustrous, with skeletal growths of Aguilarite, coatings of Selenopolybasite, cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena and small, darker crystals of Sphalerite. This specimen has been individually analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (01/2018)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.1 × 1.9 cm = 1.34” × 0.83” × 0.75”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1 cm = 0.59” × 0.39”
Price: [SOLD]

TF89AL3: Acanthite (Se-bearing) with Polybasite (Se-bearing) and Calcite

Acanthite crystal growths (selenium-rich) with the dominant faces being the rhombododecahedron, an unusual form for the species, some of them with hoppered growths, associated with Polybasite crystals, likewise rich in selenium, Calcite, and coatings of small Pyrite crystals. Analyses of the specimen, of which we will send a copy to the buyer, indicate a high content of selenium in both the Acanthite and the Polybasite.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (01/2018)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm = 1.50” × 1.50” × 1.46”
Price: €460 / US$489 / ¥75050 / AUD$750

TP66AJ8: Acanthite (Se-bearing) with Pyrite

Aerial growth of dodecahedral Acanthite crystals, a very unusual form for the species, some of them with “window” growths and partially coated by small Pyrite crystals. The sample has been analyzed, the analytic results indicating a high selenium content. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine ‘Mineral Up’ on page 43 of the 2019/02 edition.
San José Mine, San José del Progreso, Municipìo San José del Progreso, Ocotlán District, Valles Centrales Region, Oaxaca Mexico (2018)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.56” × 1.77” × 1.34”
Price: €1500 / US$1597 / ¥244740 / AUD$2460

TV27AN1: Acanthite after Polybasite

Group of sharp platy Acanthite crystals with a clearly hexagonal outline (pseudomorph after Polybasite) with a satin luster, on matrix. We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label, which shows that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Municipio Guanajuato Mexico
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2 × 1.3 cm = 1.10” × 0.79” × 0.51”
Price: [SOLD]

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