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Druse of cubic Fluorite crystals, pale purple color, with dark color zoning on the edges of some cubes, on matrix, with Quartz and Calcite crystals.
Llamas Quarry, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, Las Cabañas, Duyos, Caravia, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain (2010-2011)
Specimen size: 9.6 × 9.5 × 5.0 cm = 3.78” × 3.74” × 1.97”
Price: €120 / US$142 / JPY15620 / AUD$180

5MG68T1: Fluorite, Muscovite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite

Group of crystals formed by dominant cube faces, beveled by the rhombododecahedron and truncated by the octahedron, poorly defined, with rough faces and curvatures. In matrix, cut on the back to give balance to the unit. With Muscovite, white Quartz and small Arsenopyrite crystals. A mine that has produced excellent world-class examples of Fluorite.
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (10/2006)
Specimen size: 12.6 × 8.8 × 4.6 cm = 4.96”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.10”
Price: €280 / US$333 / JPY36450 / AUD$430

9MX27T1: Fluorite, Quartz

Group of transparent cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges and a pale green color with small areas of intense and deep violet color. On matrix, with small crystals of Quartz. It's not so common to see a "phantoms" Fluorite from China.
Xianghuapu Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province China (±2001)
Specimen size: 11.8 × 11.4 × 3.6 cm = 4.65”
Price: €190 / US$226 / JPY24730 / AUD$290

NE27AJ0: Franckeite with Stannite

Spheroidal growths of small Franckeite crystals that are metallic dark gray, almost black, and are very well defined and bright. They are on matrix with Pyrite and very well defined Stannite crystals. An excellent sample of this rare mineral.
The sample was in the Gilbert Gautier collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.4 × 1.4 cm = 1.77” × 1.34” × 0.55”
Price: €220 / US$261 / JPY28640 / AUD$340

CF69AJ4: Franckeite with Stannite and Zinkenite

Radial groups of very sharp and well defined flattened prismatic Franckeite crystals with an implanted dipyramidal Stannite crystal and small acicular Zinkenite crystals.
The sample is from the Carles Curto collection whose label and catalog card we will send to the buyer.
San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department Bolivia (±1987)
Specimen size: 7.6 × 3.9 × 5.6 cm = 2.99” × 1.54” × 2.20”
Price: €440 / US$523 / JPY57280 / AUD$680

CR66AJ0: Franklinite with Calcite

Octahedral Franklinite crystal on matrix with the classical shape of the samples from Franklin in the sixties of the last century. It has very well defined faces and edges which are slightly curved. An American classic from the type locality for the species.
The sample is from the Carles Curto collection whose label and catalog card we will send to the buyer.
Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey USA
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.98” × 0.83”
Price: €140 / US$166 / JPY18220 / AUD$210

MD26AL3: Fülöppite

Good specimen of this rare lead sulphantimonate, with rosette-like crystal aggregates on matrix, dark metallic grey in color. Fülöppite is one of the rare species associated with Stibnite in this mine.
Casualidad Mine, Cordillera de los Picachos, Baños de Sierra Alhamilla, Pechina, Comarca Metropolitana de Almería, Almería, Andalusia Spain (2014-2015)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 1.14” × 0.94” × 0.75”
Price: €120 / US$142 / JPY15620 / AUD$180

2E14: Galena

Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with sharp faces and edges and in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron appear very balanced. From a discovery by Frank de Wit in 2007.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany (07/04/2007)
Specimen size: 9.0 × 5.5 × 3.2 cm = 3.54” × 2.17” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.43” × 0.63”
Price: €90 / US$107 / JPY11710 / AUD$140

EB46T5: Galena

Aggregate, on a metallic matrix, of cuboctahedral crystals with very well defined faces and edges in which the forms of the cube and the octahedron have an equal size. It is from a find by Frank de Wit in 2007 from which we offer all of the available samples. The piece is with a label signed by Frank that we'll send to the buyer.
Meyer Quarry, Hastenrath, Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany (07/04/2007)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.79”
Price: €150 / US$178 / JPY19530 / AUD$230

TK67T2: Galena

Fine “oldie” with a group of cube-octahedral crystals on matrix, some of them with very well marked spinel law twins, that display a good luster considering it is an ancient sample from a classic locality. The piece is from the collection of John Marshall. The collection card is lost, but the pedigree remains testified by the number of small labels on the back side.
Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen Germany
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.85” × 1.46” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.79” × 0.67”
Price: €260 / US$309 / JPY33850 / AUD$400

NX86AJ7: Galena after Pyrrhotite and with Sphalerite

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals in tabular growths, pseudomorphous after Pyrrhotite, with Sphalerite. Although they were previously known in the area the specimen is from a very recent find.
Sultana open pit, Cabezo de Ponce, Llano del Beal, Cartagena, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (11/2018)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm = 3.98” × 2.24” × 1.61”
Price: €170 / US$202 / JPY22130 / AUD$260

HM190ED: Galena after Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Sphalerite and Calcite

Druse of Galena pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite crystals, partially covered by Pyrite with a deformed cubic habit. On matrix, with twinned crystals of Sphalerite and crystals of Calcite.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2018)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 7.6 × 4.2 cm = 3.43” × 2.99” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 7 × 4.5 cm = 2.76” × 1.77”
Price: €190 / US$226 / JPY24730 / AUD$290

HM190TF: Galena with Baryte, Pyrite and Quartz

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal with very balanced faces of both forms. With bright luster, on matrix, with tabular crystals of Baryte, transparent, shiny and with a yellowish color, and with Quartz crystals.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (01/2018)
Specimen size: 8 × 5.8 × 5.2 cm = 3.15” × 2.28” × 2.05”
Price: €190 / US$226 / JPY24730 / AUD$290

LH76AE7: Galena with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite

Very sharp and aerial Galena crystals, one of them clearly dominant. They are cubic with small octahedral faces, and are on matrix with small white Dolomite rhombohedra and twinned Chalcopyrite crystals.
The sample is from the Carles Millán collection whose catalog card we’ll send to the buyer.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri USA
Specimen size: 7.6 × 4.3 × 4.9 cm = 2.99” × 1.69” × 1.93”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 4.2 cm = 1.77” × 1.65”
Price: €170 / US$202 / JPY22130 / AUD$260

TB37AD1: Galena with Pyrite and Baryte

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals with hoppered growths in some of their faces. They are bright and are on matrix, with Pyrite aggregates and small Baryte crystals. The quality of the Galena is better than usual for the locality.
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2015)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.3 × 5.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.48” × 2.20”
Price: €230 / US$273 / JPY29940 / AUD$350

TE66AB7: Galena with Pyrite and Calcite

Aggregate of bright cubo-octahedral Galena crystals unusually well developed that have a large size for the locality. They are with small Calcite crystals and are on matrix, with Chalcopyrite. Galena is a very rare species at Panasqueira, especially forming such well defined crystals.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal
Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.7 × 2.7 cm = 1.38” × 1.06” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.8 cm = 0.43” × 0.31”
Price: €160 / US$190 / JPY20830 / AUD$240

MC56Z9: Galena with Pyrite and Calcite

Very sharp and bright cubo-octahedral Galena crystals on a matrix of small Pyrite crystals, with white Calcite. The Pyrite aggregate has a curious hood-like shape that probably corresponds to the surface of an old lost scalenohedral Calcite crystal.
Oradea, Bihor County Romania
Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.8 × 3.7 cm = 2.28” × 2.28” × 1.46”
Price: €190 / US$226 / JPY24730 / AUD$290

VG68Z4: Galena with Pyrite and Fluorite

Cubo-octahedral Galena crystal showing an equal development of the cube and the octahedron faces. One of the cube faces is coated by a grayish-yellow Pyrite crust and the crystal is with white small Fluorite crystals. The Galena crystal is very well defined, more so than usual in the samples from this area.
Weardale, North Pennines Orefield, County Durham England / United Kingdom
Specimen size: 5.2 × 4 × 3.8 cm = 2.05” × 1.57” × 1.50”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 3.2 cm = 1.73” × 1.26”
Price: €280 / US$333 / JPY36450 / AUD$430

EP40AI6: Galena with Quartz

The well known aesthetics of the Kosovar samples enhance some minerals that are currently considered as “modest,” as is the case with this Galena that forms cubo-octahedral crystals that are twinned according to the spinel-law, some of them flattened, all them extraordinarily bright and on matrix with Quartz crystals.
Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District Kosovo (2017)
Specimen size: 17.6 × 11.3 × 6.5 cm = 6.93” × 4.45” × 2.56”
Price: €480 / US$571 / JPY62490 / AUD$740

NZ11AK5: Galena with Siderite

From a collection displayed for the first time at Munich 2019: Group of sharp flattened cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena, partially covered with a layer of small lenticular deep brown and lustrous Siderite crystals.
The specimen is from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 597), whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain
Specimen size: 5.6 × 3.9 × 1.3 cm = 2.20” × 1.54” × 0.51”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.8 cm = 1.18” × 1.10”
Price: €70 / US$83 / JPY9110 / AUD$100

NE27AK8: Galena with Siderite and Calcite

Cubic crystals with small octahedron faces, lustrous and on matrix, on Siderite druse with white Calcite coatings. A Galena of excellent quality for the locality that comes from the collection of Miguel David Martínez (No. 501) whose label we will send to the buyer.
La Gaviota Mine, Cola de Caballo Cove, Sierra Minera de Cartagena-La Unión, Portmán, La Unión, Comarca Campo de Cartagena, Murcia, Region of Murcia Spain (2017)
Specimen size: 10.7 × 5.2 × 5.5 cm = 4.21” × 2.05” × 2.17”
Price: €190 / US$226 / JPY24730 / AUD$290

MF27AJ5: Galena with Siderite, Calcite and Pyrite

Galena crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with the form of the cube truncated by the octahedron on the corners. The sample is of the best quality for the locality.
Aizpea claim, Cerain Mines, Zerain, Comarca Goyerri, Gipuzkoa / Guipúzcoa, Euskadi Spain
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6.3 × 4.6 cm = 3.31” × 2.48” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.22” × 0.87”
Price: €220 / US$261 / JPY28640 / AUD$340

TC150ET: Galena with Sphalerite

Cubic crystals of Galena with distinct polycrystalline growths, very lustrous, on matrix with crystals of Sphalerite (variety marmatite).
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures Romania (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 6.1 × 3.2 cm = 3.46” × 2.40” × 1.26”
Price: €150 / US$178 / JPY19530 / AUD$230

ER97AL8: Galena with Sphalerite

Octahedral crystals of Galena, well outlined and with very marked geometric growth figures. On a matrix of small complex crystals of Sphalerite with a very deep red color. Possibly one of the best specimens from this specific find in a not very well known mine.
Planioles Mine, Planioles, Figeac-Ouest, Figeac, Lot, Occitanie France (2003)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.1 × 2.6 cm = 3.03” × 2.40” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 3 cm = 1.26” × 1.18”
Price: €280 / US$333 / JPY36450 / AUD$430

EK27AM1: Galena with Sphalerite and Dolomite

A novelty at the 2020 Munich Virtual show. Cubo-octahedral crystals of Galena with very distinct polycrystalline growths, good luster, on a matrix covered by rhombohedral Dolomite crystals with a pale pink color, and small white Calcite crystals. This material was practically unknown until now.
Zelidja Mine, Touissit-Bou Bekker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region Morocco
Specimen size: 8 × 7.7 × 3.6 cm = 3.15” × 3.03” × 1.42”
Price: €220 / US$261 / JPY28640 / AUD$340

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