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Botryoidal growth with an uncommon shape for Bad Ems samples. The aggregate has a pleasing color, between cream and slightly brown, and it is on matrix, with small microcrystals of Quartz.
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz Germany
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.7 × 1.7 cm = 2.20” × 1.85” × 0.67”
Price: €230 / US$248 / JPY26570 / AUD$380

4E16: Pyromorphite, Quartz

Globular growths of barrel-shaped Pyromorphite crystals forming rosettes, with a greenish color and silky luster. The specimen sits on a matrix of small Quartz crystals.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie France (03/2011)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.8 cm = 2.20” × 1.89”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.20” × 0.20”
Price: €100 / US$107 / JPY11550 / AUD$160

1E96: Pyromorphite, Quartz

Globular growths of flattened Pyromorphite crystals forming rosettes, yellowish in color and with silky luster, on a matrix of small Quartz crystals.
La Vidale Mine (Brezies), Asprières, Saint-Martin de Bouillac, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Occitanie France (03/2011)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 12.0 cm = 3.74” × 4.72”
Price: €180 / US$194 / JPY20790 / AUD$300

SV89AJ0: Pyrrhotite with Pyrite, Quartz and Sphalerite

Large Pyrrhotite crystals with very well defined parallel growths, with an intense brass color and luster and on matrix with small Quartz and Pyrite crystals and twinned Sphalerite.
The sample was in the Desmond Sacco collection whose label we will send to the buyer.
Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region Russia
Specimen size: 9.2 × 6.5 × 6.2 cm = 3.62” × 2.56” × 2.44”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 3.5 cm = 1.85” × 1.38”
Price: €440 / US$475 / JPY50830 / AUD$730

DV28AC7: Pyrrhotite with Quartz and Sphalerite

Aggregate of thick tabular Pyrrhotite crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are bright and on a Sphalerite matrix with Quartz crystals.
Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region Russia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.5 × 3.4 cm = 2.28” × 1.77” × 1.34”
Price: €320 / US$345 / JPY36960 / AUD$530

AA27AC9: Quars with Siderite, Stannite, Chalcopyrite and Pyrite

Transparent Quartz crystal, coated by very pale lenticular Siderite crystals and dark Sphalerite aggregates coated by Stannite and with small Chalcopyrite and Pyrite crystals. The sample is from the Alain Martaud collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro Portugal (1987-2013)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 4.2 × 4 cm = 3.35” × 1.65” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.87” × 1.14”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

2L86: Quartz

Quartz crystal (herkimer variety) implanted on a small bit of matrix and with a short and poorly developed prism, doubly terminated, with sharp faces and edges, shiny and translucent.
Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York USA (2004)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 7.1 × 5.0 cm = 2.05” × 2.80” × 1.97”
Price: €160 / US$172 / JPY18480 / AUD$268

EP87AI7: Quartz

A novelty at Munich 2018. Group of colorless Quartz crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with diffuse phantom growths, abundant geometric growth figures and extraordinarily bright. A beautiful surprise from a very recent find in the Aït Ahmane area of Morocco.
Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region Morocco (2018)
Specimen size: 12.1 × 4.8 × 3.8 cm = 4.76” × 1.89” × 1.50”
Price: €210 / US$226 / JPY24260 / AUD$350

NX27AL0: Quartz

Pineapple-like growth, complex, very three-dimensional, and on a matrix of doubly terminated Quartz crystals. They have good luster and are between translucent and transparent. The specimen is unusual because the crystals are on matrix whereas the vast majority of Berbes Quartzes are floaters.
It comes from the Miguel David Martínez collection (No. 377), whose label we will send to the buyer.
Berbes mining area, Berbes, Ribadesella, Comarca Oriente, Asturias, Principality of Asturias Spain
Specimen size: 6.4 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm = 2.52” × 1.73” × 1.30”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

TT27AF1: Quartz

Group of crystals, some of them partially doubly terminated, with very well defined phantom growths of red Hematite inclusions. They have an amethystine nucleus visible under a strong light.
Orange River, Warmbad, Karasburg District, Karas Region Namibia (± 1980)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.7 × 5.3 cm = 1.89” × 1.46” × 2.09”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1.7 cm = 0.71” × 0.67”
Price: €220 / US$237 / JPY25410 / AUD$360

TG96AI5: Quartz

Druse of Quartz crystals on a chalcedony matrix. They are very clear and colorless, very bright, rich in faces and have the typical shape that relates to the name of the mine. An extraordinary sample, very fine and carefully preserved, from a classic French locality for Quartz. We’ll send to the buyer the label from the Jean-Pierre Gilian collection.
La Gardette Mine, Brides gallery, Villard-Notre-Dame, Le Bourg d'Oisans, Grenoble, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes France (2015)
Specimen size: 20 × 8.5 × 11 cm = 7.87” × 3.35” × 4.33”
Price: €1800 / US$1943 / JPY207950 / AUD$3020

EQ89V2: Quartz

Group of three large translucent crystals with split growths showing smaller crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, transparent, very bright and practically colorless. The locality, a great European classic, hasn’t supplied collector’s specimens since long ago.
Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region Slovak Republic (05/2011)
Specimen size: 15.5 × 8.5 × 9 cm = 6.10” × 3.35” × 3.54”

Main crystal size: 14 × 4.5 cm = 5.51” × 1.77”
Price: €440 / US$475 / JPY50830 / AUD$730

EF26R9: Quartz

Group of translucent crystals of Quartz. They are slightly spindled and most of them are doubly terminated, and they have inclusions which clearly define phantoms.
Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region Russia (±1990)
Specimen size: 8.1 × 6.2 × 2.9 cm = 3.19” × 2.44” × 1.14”
Price: €120 / US$129 / JPY13860 / AUD$200

TT96W2: Quartz

Parallel growth of crystals with a dipyramidal habit, sometimes erroneously described as β-Quartz. They are translucent, rich with inclusions, and have very well defined faces and edges.
Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China (2012)
Specimen size: 12.3 × 4.7 × 4 cm = 4.84” × 1.85” × 1.57”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4 cm = 1.73” × 1.57”
Price: €195 / US$210 / JPY22520 / AUD$320

EM6AI1: Quartz (Japan law twin)

From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, with a very well defined Japan law twin, with very sharp crystal forms, clear, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia Canada (2008-2011)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.38” × 0.91” × 0.63”
Price: €100 / US$107 / JPY11550 / AUD$160

EK36AI1: Quartz (Japan law twin)

From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, two of them clearly dominant and, of these, one having a very well defined Japan law twin. They have very sharp crystal forms and are clear, colorless and bright with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia Canada (2008-2011)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 2.6 × 3.2 cm = 1.93” × 1.02” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.55” × 0.55”
Price: €120 / US$129 / JPY13860 / AUD$200

EB76AL4: Quartz (Japan law twin)

From a find by local field collectors between 2008 and 2011 in a mineralogically previously little-known locality. Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant, flattened, with the Japan-law twin unusually closed, which gives it a unitary crystal appearance, with sharp crystal forms, transparent, with good luster, colorless and with reddish tones in some areas due to the presence of oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia Canada (2008-2011)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.5 × 3.1 cm = 1.54” × 1.38” × 1.22”
Price: €150 / US$161 / JPY17320 / AUD$252

EV86AL4: Quartz (Japan law twin)

Group of Quartz crystals in which several very sharp, transparent and shiny Japan-law twins stand out. Unusual for the locality, especially for the large number of twins on the same specimen.
Kimmeria, Xánthi Prefecture, Thrace (Thráki) Department Greece (07/2017)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 4.2 × 2.5 cm = 3.62” × 1.65” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.83” × 0.55”
Price: €180 / US$194 / JPY20790 / AUD$302

EF96AI1: Quartz (Japan law twin)

From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them well centered on the sample, flattened, with the very well defined Japan law twin and very sharp crystalline forms. It is transparent, bright, colorless and with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia Canada (2008-2011)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 3.4 × 6.5 cm = 3.39” × 1.34” × 2.56”
Price: €190 / US$205 / JPY21950 / AUD$310

EJ27AI1: Quartz (Japan law twin)

From a find between 2008 and 2011 by local prospectors on a not well known, until today, mineral locality. Group of crystals, one of them clearly dominant and well centered on the sample so, it is very esthetic. These crystals, twinned with the very well defined Japan law twin, have very sharp crystalline forms and are transparent, bright, colorless and with reddish shades in some areas due to iron oxide inclusions.
Harrison Lake, Chilliwack, Regional District Fraser Valley, British Columbia Canada (2008-2011)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.8 × 4.3 cm = 2.44” × 1.89” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.83” × 0.63”
Price: €210 / US$226 / JPY24260 / AUD$350

TJ88AB2: Quartz (Japan Law twin)

A novelty at Tucson 2015. Extraordinarily sharp Japan Law twin with very well defined and transparent crystals. We note that the Japan Law twin, already rare, is even more rare in Alpine type crevices where this Quartz is formed. The sample is a floater with a recrystallized base.
Arun Valley, Mount Makalu, Mahalangur Himalayas Nepal (2014)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.52” × 2.20” × 0.59”
Price: €380 / US$410 / JPY43900 / AUD$630

TH29AB2: Quartz (Japan Law twin)

A novelty at Tucson 2015. Extraordinarily sharp Japan Law twin with very well defined and transparent crystals. We note that the Japan Law twin, already rare, is even more rare in Alpine type crevices where this Quartz is formed. The sample is a floater with a recrystallized base.
Arun Valley, Mount Makalu, Mahalangur Himalayas Nepal (2014)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 6 × 3.4 cm = 2.52” × 2.36” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 5.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.20” × 1.34”
Price: €420 / US$453 / JPY48520 / AUD$700

EE89AL3: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Group of Quartz crystals (variety amethyst) transparent and bright. The color is selectively distributed, with the prism faces being practically colorless, slightly reddish colors on the pyramidal faces, and intense violet concentrated mainly around the terminal edges. The specimen comes from a classic American locality.
North Bend, King County, Washington USA
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.1 × 4.6 cm = 3.07” × 2.40” × 1.81”
Price: €440 / US$475 / JPY50830 / AUD$730

ER89AC2: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Stalactitic growth, on a Quartz (variety chalcedony) matrix, of weakly developed prismatic Quartz (variety amethyst) faces that have a very deep color, intense luster and are very rich in inclusions.
Catalán Grande Quarry, Catalán Grande area, Artigas Department Uruguay (02/2007)
Specimen size: 16.5 × 14.2 × 9.5 cm = 6.50” × 5.59” × 3.74”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.67” × 0.55”
Price: €490 / US$529 / JPY56600 / AUD$820

MF50AA9: Quartz (variety amethyst)

Two parallel stalactitic growths of very sharp and bright crystals, with a very intense, deep and uniform color, that are on a base of white chalcedony. The sample is from a recent find in a new quarry at the locality.
Amarilla Quarry, Catalán Grande area, Artigas Department Uruguay (03/2014)
Specimen size: 12.4 × 8.8 × 5.4 cm = 4.88” × 3.46” × 2.13”
Price: €540 / US$583 / JPY62380 / AUD$900

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